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• Manage entire real estate development life cycle: design, entitlement, acquisition, construction, disposition.
• Review appraisals, market studies, title work, site and economic data to assess financial/market feasibility.
• Oversee design process: site planning, architecture, engineering, space programming, interior design.
• Obtain entitlements: rezoning, permits, environmental clearances, state and local licenses, community and political support, utility and ingress/egress easements, economic development incentives.
• Assist in arranging financing: conventional and federally insured mortgages; waterfall structures for return of investor equity, preferred return hurdles, and cash flow distributions; government and non-profit.
• Negotiate and execute: retail lease agreements, exclusive marketing agreements, land purchase contracts.

• Created development budgets (land, soft, hard costs), proforma income and cash flow statements, loan sizing estimates, sensitivity analyses, profitability projections (IRR, ROI, ROE).
• Prepared due diligence packages and coordinated with acquisition and construction lenders.
• Prepared disposition and investment marketing packages for potential equity partners and buyers.
• Hired and managed each project’s team of third-party general contractors, architects, engineers, environmental consultants, designers, attorneys, salespeople, marketing consultants.
• Secured approvals: Department of Community Affairs land use amendments, city and county planning commission rezoning approvals, building permits, Water Management District conservation easements and wetland mitigation.
• Property types: luxury high-rise ocean- and river-front condominiums; marinas; master-planned land developments; some mixed-use hotel, retail, office.

Jacksonville, Florida, US

• Provided coastal and hydrology engineers and scientists with expertise in geographic information systems (GIS), digital cartography, and 3D spatial analysis; analyzed aerial laser swath topographic data.
• Researched a difficult floodplain analysis problem with which the firm had little experience, obtained the appropriate software, and developed a detailed methodology for the team to follow.

Amsterdam, Nederland, NL

• Used GIS to perform site selection studies and due diligence analysis (flood zones, soil types, topography, drainage, zoning, wetlands, land use, vegetation/land cover) for potential real estate development projects.
• Consulted for wetland mitigation banks, military redevelopment, big box retailers, land developers.
• Used spatial business data to create custom maps depicting development trends for various market sectors.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Mba, Business Administration

Certificate Of Graduate Studies, Bible & Theology

Bachelor Of Science, Geomatics Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Geomatics (Civil Engineering Dept)