Real Estate Florida - May/June 2009

Lowndes Drosdick Doster Kantor & Reed Orlando

Furman was the lead land use attorney for Winter Garden Village at Fowler Groves, which included creating a DRI

and other entitlements for over 1. 1 million square feet in west Orange County. She has also assisted Wal-Mart Stores and General Growth Properties with entitlements.

JOSE GONZALEZ, 35

VP-Land Planning & Entitlement

Flagler Development Group

Coral Gables

Gonzalez’s top achievements include closing the sale of the 733-acre Lakeland Central Park and helping solidify the

deal with Bacardi USA to take new headquarters space in Coral Gables. He also helped obtain entitlement for a Beacon Commons, a mixed-use development in Doral.

MATTHEW GOODMAN, 35

Principal

CresaPartners

Miami

Goodman was involved in more than 392,000 square feet of office space transactions in 2008 and works with clients

such as Merrill Lynch, HSBC and Great American Hangar Co. He has 11 years of real estate experience and has been involved in transactions exceeding $100 million, and has demonstrated exemplary leadership while handling larger clients.

SHELTON GRANADE, 35

First Vice President

CB Richard Ellis

Orlando

Granade’s Central Florida Multi-Housing Group has closed more than $1.5 billion in local apartment sales over the past

three years, claiming more than half the area’s market share in 2007 with $572 million. The group posted $181 million in sales last year. Granade is recognized for his depth of capital relationships and transaction management expertise.

MATTHEW GREER, 31

CEO

Carlisle Development Group

Miami

Greer leads Florida’s largest developer of multifamily affordable housing in Florida and is credited with completing 733

units in 2008. He takes tremendous pride in moving countless families into apartments that they can afford, while at the same time pursuing a for-profit business model.

Grout directs the Vector Group subsidiary’s involvement in acquiring properties statewide. She is at the helm of New

Valley’s strategic growth plans, and has researched and analyzed all types of commercial and multifamily real estate. She is also licensed to practice law in Florida.

NICK HAMANN, 27

Manager, Real Estate Development Rockefeller Group Development Corp. Miami

Hamann was involved in the acquisition and development of the 29-acre Lake Mary office site as well as the Lakeland

Speedway industrial distribution site. He also serves as co-chair of the Brickell section for the Downtown Miami Master Plan Task Force.

SCOTT HENLEY, 32

VP-Office Division

Coldwell Banker Commercial Benchmark Jacksonville

Henley has $190 million in real estate transactions to his credit, is recognized as a top commercial broker in the Jack-

sonville market and has been CBC Benchmark’s top local producer for four years in a row. His community involvement includes Business Buddies, Habitat for Humanity and Ronald McDonald House.

GREGG ICKES, 32

Principal

CNL Commercial Real Estate

Orlando

Ickes has leased over one million square feet of industrial transactions with Tram-mell Crow Co. and was promoted to

director of property management and leasing, growing the platform to 35 million square feet. He is one of CNL’s youngest principals and his recruiting efforts helped CNL expand from 13 to 50 associates among four offices.