Background
EDUCATION:
- Graduated from Fort Lauderdale High School, 1965
- Attended: Vanderbilt University, 1965-68
- University of Florida, 1968-70*
*Member of Sigma Chi Fraternity
MILITARY SERVICE:
- Served in Army National Guard, 1970-76
BUSINESS:
- Commercial Real Estate Investor
PRESENT AFFILIATIONS:
- Trustee Museum of Science & Discovery /Blockbuster IMAX Theatre
- Board Member, Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Past Chairman
- Member, D’Toqueville Society, United Way
- Founding Member Cattleman’s Club Boys & Girls Club
- Advisory Board Member, BB&T (Branch Banking & Trust)
- Diamond Collar Society, Humane Society of Broward County
- Leonardo Da Vinci Society
ACHIEVEMENTS:
- Inductee & Member of the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business & Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame, Nova Southeastern University
- Riverwalk Trust Tribute (see articles, past honorees)
- United States Commissioner to the Inter-American
- Tropical Tuna Commission (Presidential Appointment)
- World Record Holder for Mutton Snapper
- Jaycees, 1976 Man of the Year
PAST AFFILIATIONS:
- Director, Stephen Foster Memorial Board, State of Florida (Gubernatorial Appointment)
- GOB – Blue Ribbon Committee, City of Fort Lauderdale
- Supervisor, Tindall Hammock Soil & Water Conservation District
- Chairman, Riverwalk Committee, City of Fort Lauderdale
- Chairman, Broward County Performing Arts Center
- Trustee, Behavioral Sciences – Nova Southeastern University
- Director, Barnett Bank of Plantation, Barnett Banks of South Florida, N.A., Barnett Banks of Broward County, N.A.
- Advisor, Nations Bank of Broward County, N.A.
- Director, Association of Retarded Citizens
- Board Member, Neurofibromatosis Center
- Board Member, Florida Atlantic University Foundation
- Ex Officio Committee Member, Northwest Dade County Freshwater Lake Plan Implementation Committee
- Member, United Way Budget Committee
- Member, Marine Advisory Board, City of Fort Lauderdale
- Director, Better Business Bureau
- President, Florida Cemetery Association
- Pine Crest Board of Advisors
- Industrial Development Advisory Board, Town of Davie
- Director, Port Everglades Association
- Member, Southeastern University Foundation
- Trustee, Museum of Art – Nova Southeastern University
DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE AND SIGNIFICANT REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS:
- Broward County Convention Center, Partner
- 720 Unit Rental Community, Davie
- 950 Unit Mobile Home Park, Davie
- The Legal Center, Fort Lauderdale, 50,000 sq. ft.
- 200,000 sq. ft. Distribution Center, Davie
- 135,000 sq. ft. Industrial Warehouse, Lauderhill, FL
- BFI Recycling Center, 75,000 sq. ft.
- Kendall Properties & Investments, 3,000 acres, rock mining & industrial development, 200,000 sq. ft.
- Krome Mining Partners, 320 acre rock mining
- Ferncrest Utilities, 3,500 customers
- Miscellaneous Warehouse and Build to Suit, 100,000 sq. ft.
- Coastal Tower, 260,000 office building, Fort Lauderdale
- Lauderdale Market Place, 266,000 sq. ft. commercial center
- Plantation Properties, 100,000 sq. ft. office/warehouse redevelopment
- Harbourage Place, 22 story luxury condominium
- New River Village, Phase I, 400 mid-rise unit downtown Fort Lauderdale
- New River Village, Phase II, 450 mid-rise unit downtown Fort Lauderdale
- Sunrise Properties, 230,000 ft. redevelopment
- University Commons – flex warehouse, 129,817 square feet
- Gold Coast Data Vault, 63,000 sq. ft.
- 6,800 Affordable apartment units
