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Major Projects in Orlando

Kevin Mays
The Grove Resort & Waterpark

Kevin Mays

COO

BTI Partners

Eran Landry
Modera Central

Eran Landry

Managing Director, Multifamily

Ram Realty Advisors

Bobby Long
Moderator

Bobby Long

Principal, Director of Design

Kephart

Kevin Mays

The Grove Resort & Waterpark

BTI Partners

Kevin joined BTI in 2015 and led the development of The Grove Resort and Water Park, a highly amenitized 878 unit condominium hotel and resort in Orlando, FL. In his current role as Chief Operating Officer, he leads the integration of BTI’s real estate development efforts throughout Florida. Kevin, a Florida state licensed General Contractor and Real Estate Broker, has 30 years of experience in all aspects of acquisition, diligence, entitlement, development, and construction. Prior to joining BTI, he led both public and private companies in community development, homebuilding, resort and fractional ownership, as well as mixed use development.

Bobby Long

Moderator

Kephart

Bobby brings over three decades of expertise in architectural design, storytelling, project management, and community planning. Throughout his career, he has successfully undertaken numerous regional and national projects, with a strong emphasis on creating comfortable and welcoming homes. Bobby’s comprehensive experience encompasses all aspects of community development, ranging from initial land acquisition and zoning to the final stages of construction and occupancy requirements. He is well-versed in planning, real estate, engineering, and construction management. His primary focus lies in collaborating with clients and the community to develop residential and mixed-use projects that not only provide residents with a sense of “home,” but also contribute to the overall improvement and connectivity of the neighborhood. Most importantly, Bobby ensures that these projects are both functional and financially sustainable. His unwavering passion and dedication to creating impactful and attainable housing, align perfectly with KEPHART’s mission statement of “EVERYONE deserves a well-designed place to live, work, and play.”

Capital Markets

Reinerio Faife
Futura at Nona Cove

Reinerio Faife

Founder & President

FUTURA

Tony Fineman

Tony Fineman

Senior Managing Director, Head of Originations

ACORE Capital

Liz Koteles

Liz Koteles

SVP- Commercial Investments

FCP

Rachael Yenque
Moderator

Rachael Yenque

National Account Manager and Senior Commercial Closer

First American Title

Reinerio Faife

Futura at Nona Cove

FUTURA

Reinerio P. Faife is a University of Florida and Harvard trained architect and real estate developer with a business minded “master-builder” mentality, that has also proven to be a very talented and a strategic visionary capable of foreseeing the market demand factors required to properly structure, prioritize and streamline the decision-making process required to visualize and execute the completion of sustainable; thus, highly profitable real estate investment deals that have led to long-term sustainable communities.

He has an excellent track record hiring and coordinating large and diverse professional teams required to gain the trust, support and acceptance from neighborhood communities and the many local officials with jurisdiction over a range of different types of development or investment proposals. He has a keen ability to get projects done on time and within each project’s specific investment criteria.

His persistently patient approach has gained him the experience required to supervise the acquisition, design, entitlement, permitting, financing, construction and delivery of significant projects within highly constrained real estate submarkets, representing multiple complex degrees of development difficulty.

Thus far, his professional training and experienced work ethic, coupled with his boundless visionary approach and personal ability to persevere turning challenges into great opportunities, has allowed him the capacity to participate in the execution of over 28 very successful communities composed of over 8,427 residential units, developed, rehabbed, and/or converted to condominium, in correlation with self-storage, hospitality and retail uses, accounting for a total real estate value of over $1 Billion.

Tony Fineman

Senior Managing Director, Head of Originations

ACORE Capital

Mr. Fineman has more than 20 years of experience in the commercial real estate

business. At ACORE, Mr. Fineman is responsible for originating, underwriting,

structuring and closing commercial real estate financing opportunities, and for managing

originations for the Eastern Region.

Prior to joining ACORE, Mr. Fineman was an Executive Vice President with Brickman

and a principal at Hillcrest Finance, where he was responsible for originating,

underwriting, structuring and closing equity and debt investment opportunities, and

financing new and existing equity investments. Prior to Brickman, Mr. Fineman held

various positions in commercial real estate finance including a senior role with

Wachovia Bank, where he managed, structured and closed more than $25 billion of

complex commercial real estate finance transactions often involving multiple lenders

and tranches of debt, and a role as a banker with Nomura Securities in the mid to late

1990s. In addition to his finance experience, Mr. Fineman has also spent a significant

amount of time on the equity side of the commercial real estate business where he was

involved in the development, ownership, management and operation of commercial real

estate, including in senior roles with Centres Inc. and Terranova Corporation, and in his

time with Brickman. Mr. Fineman began his career in commercial real estate as an

attorney representing institutional and private clients in a wide range of commercial real

estate transactions, including finance, acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, development

and land use. After college and prior to law school, Mr. Fineman spent several years at

IBM Corporation as a marketing representative.

Mr. Fineman received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Drexel University and a J.D.

from the University of Florida. Mr. Fineman serves on the board of enCourage Kids

Foundation. Mr. Fineman is married to Lori and they have two children, Mia and Rocky.

Liz Koteles

SVP- Commercial Investments

FCP

Liz Koteles, located in FCP’s Atlanta, GA office, leads the firm’s commercial efforts in the Southeast. She focuses on sourcing, structuring and executing commercial investments and developments throughout several current and expansion markets. Prior to joining FCP, Ms. Koteles was a top producer at JLL, where she represented a variety of ownership groups for their leasing needs across Atlanta.

Prior to JLL, Ms. Koteles was a Manager of Corporate Strategy and Business Development for Novelis, Inc., an $11 billion aluminum manufacturer. Ms. Koteles began her career in investment banking with VRA Partners focusing on M&A and private placement advisory services. Ms. Koteles graduated magna cum laude from Washington & Lee University with degrees in Business Administration and Spanish. Ms. Koteles is an active member of NAIOP and ULI.

Rachael Yenque

Moderator

First American Title

Rachael Yenque joined First American Title’s National Commercial Services

Orlando office in 2006. She served as a senior closer for more than a decade

before expanding her responsibilities in 2018 to include business

development. Rachael has handled a significant volume of high-liability

transactions, including complex multi-site/multi-state portfolios in the $500M to $1B

range across all asset types, an experience that provides her with the critical

skillset necessary to efficiently overcome the myriad challenges that may

arise within commercial transactions.

Customers recognize Rachael for proactively, skillfully and pragmatically

overcoming challenges on their behalf. She is a forward-thinking and results-

oriented professional who is tenaciously dedicated to exceeding client expectations

by doing whatever is necessary to achieve their business objectives. Rachael looks

forward to the opportunity to partner with new clients and earn their loyalty by

providing the best title and settlement services the industry offers.

Summary

  1. What deals and project do developers have in the pipeline and how will they redefine the Orlando real estate market?

  2. Will Orlando be able to diversify its labor pool, which is primarily concentrated in the leisure and hospitality industries, to shelter itself from an economic downturn?

  3. What impact will the Virgin Train service have on Orlando and its transit services?

  4. Capital Markets: who are the top buyers, sellers and investors of commercial real estate in Orlando?

  5. With Orlando's rapid growth in population and workforce, what areas and neighborhoods in Orange County have the supply to feed demand?

What deals and project do developers have in the pipeline and how will they redefine the Orlando real estate market?

Will Orlando be able to diversify its labor pool, which is primarily concentrated in the leisure and hospitality industries, to shelter itself from an economic downturn?

What impact will the Virgin Train service have on Orlando and its transit services?

Capital Markets: who are the top buyers, sellers and investors of commercial real estate in Orlando?

With Orlando's rapid growth in population and workforce, what areas and neighborhoods in Orange County have the supply to feed demand?

Venue

The Mezz
100 S Eola Dr #200
Orlando, FL 32801

Floor: 2nd Floor


 
Self Park - $10
Garage at: 101 South Eola Ave. 32801

Agenda

Time Activity
12:00 PM
1:00 PM
Coffee, Breakfast & Networking
1:00 PM
1:45 PM
Major Projects

The latest design & development trends.

1:45 PM
2:30 PM
Capital Markets

Lending & investing appetite and outlook in Orlando.

2:30 PM
3:00 PM
Post Event Networking & Deal Making