Ryan Shear manages the development of a growing real estate portfolio with over $10B in assets, including all acquisitions, financing, construction, design, marketing, sales and operations. Ryan primarily focuses on new construction condo and multifamily high rises in urban cores, including Miami, New York, Orlando, Denver, Atlanta and more. Recent condo projects he’s spearheaded include Echo Aventura, Echo Brickell, Muse Sunny Isles, Sage Longboat Key Residences, E11EVEN Hotel & Residences and the Waldorf Astoria Hotel & Residences Miami. Recent multifamily projects include X Miami, Society Las Olas, Society Biscayne, Society Orlando and Society Wynwood. Ryan graduated with a BA in Business Administration from the Goizueta School of Business at Emory University in Atlanta.

Drawing on his prior experience as a banker and general counsel for a

private equity firm, Joe Hernandez counsels a variety of clients in negotiating and structuring complex commercial real estate transactions. He represents real estate developers, financial institutions, private equity firms, and public entities in all phases of such transactions, with deals across the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean. He handles acquisitions, development, financing, leasing, joint ventures, and advises clients on raising capital for real estate projects.

He also represents developers and investors in the area of condominium

redevelopment, which oftentimes involves the complex process of

terminating an existing condominium. He helps clients navigate all stages of the process, from due diligence, joint venture structuring, and termination strategies to acquisition financing, construction financing, and mezzanine financings that facilitate the redevelopment.

Joe is a Fellow of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL), a prestigious fellowship reserved for lawyers distinguished for their skill,

experience, and high standards of professional and ethical conduct in the practice of real estate law. He also serves as Chair of ACREL’s Common Interest Ownership Committee.

Cuban American real estate powerhouse, Mayi de la Vega is the Founder and CEO of ONE Sotheby’s International Realty (ONE SIR), a Sotheby’s Auction House affiliate and leading luxury brokerage firm in South Florida, that’s recognized in the Sotheby’s International Realty international network as the 5th highest producing affiliate based on average sales pricing. As a true visionary, de la Vega founded the luxury brokerage firm back in 2008 during the depths of the country’s worst economic crash with one office and 30 agents, which today has flourished to 15 offices and more than 750 agents.

De la Vega’s entrepreneurial spirit sprouted at a young age alongside her father, who together co-founded Intercontinental Metals, a distributing company that sold aluminum sheet and plate to the aerospace industry, where she built an affluent network that led her into her following endeavor, luxury real estate.

Alongside her son, Daniel de la Vega, the current president of ONE SIR, and Mayi’s leadership, ONE SIR’s development division set the precedent in the luxury market with 18 revered, luxury pre-construction exclusive developments in Miami-Dade and Broward, holding the majority market share of luxury condominiums above the million-dollar mark in their portfolio, which account for more than $4 billion worth of real estate inventory.

De la Vega prides herself in building a sustainable lifestyle, network and community for her clientele and staff. ONE SIR is recognized as the true voice of luxury through de la Vega’s achievements of maximizing the prestigious reputation of the historic Sotheby’s Auction House, challenging the status quo within the Sotheby’s International Realty network with award-winning marketing methods, publishing of ONE LIFE magazine and her induction into the network’s elite Braintrust Consortium.

The woman entrepreneur, philanthropist, real estate expert and avid art collector dedicates a lot of her time traveling the globe, serving as the brand ambassador for ONE SIR, while marketing Miami as an international cultural mecca.

Aside from serving as CEO of her company in the luxury real estate industry, she also dedicates her time to the local community through charitable, philanthropic organizations and educational programs both domestic and international. De la Vega is on the Chair Committee for the Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, The Board of Trustees for FIU, The Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation and serves as a “Guardian Angel” for Jackson Memorial and a Board Member of CIF.

She currently resides in Miami Beach, Florida.

Nitin Motwani has served as the Managing Partner of Miami Worldcenter

Associates since 2006. In this role, he has overseen the development of a $4

billion mixed-use real estate project located in the heart of downtown Miami,

Florida. Encompassing 27 acres of retail, residential, office and hotel uses,

Miami Worldcenter is the largest urban development project underway in

Miami and among the largest in the U.S. Mr. Motwani is responsible for every

facet of the project, including land acquisition, zoning and entitlements,

financing (public and private), joint ventures and development. Mr. Motwani is

currently overseeing $1.2 billion of development at Miami Worldcenter and has

secured over $500 million of debt in the past twelve months.

In 2009, Mr. Motwani was involved in the creation of Encore Capital Management (Encore), a private

equity fund focused on opportunistic real estate investments and development. He now serves as Encore’s

Managing Director, focusing on acquisitions, dispositions, development and fundraising. Encore is

developing over 20,000 rental apartments, homes for sale, and residential lots with sell out revenue of

approximately $4 billion. Encore assets under management are approximately $2 billion with committed

equity in excess of $1 billion. Encore currently has investments in Miami, Orlando, Jacksonville, Tampa,

Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento, San Francisco, Portland, Jersey City, and Phoenix.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Motwani was the President of Merrimac Ventures where he oversaw the

acquisition, entitlement, asset management and disposition of hotel, office, retail and residential assets

throughout the country. Prior to joining Merrimac Ventures, Mr. Motwani was an equity derivatives

trader at Goldman Sachs in New York.

An active member of the greater South Florida business community, Mr. Motwani serves as a member of

the board of the Miami Downtown Development Authority where he is the chair of both the economic

development and marketing committees. He also serves as Board Chair of the University of Miami’s

Master of Real Estate Development (MRED) program. He has also recently been named as Co-Chair for

One Community One Goal, Miami Dade County’s long term strategic plan for economic development.

Nationally, he is a member of both the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and International Council of Shopping

Centers (ICSC). He is also a member of City Year’s Red Jacket Society and The Scleroderma Foundation.

Mr. Motwani has been recognized as one of “Real Estate’s Rising Stars” by The Real Deal South Florida;

one of South Florida’s “20 Emerging Leaders Under 40” by The Miami Herald; one of the country’s

“Stars to Watch: Rising Leaders in Commercial Real Estate” by Commercial Property Executive

Magazine; “Young Leader of the Year” by the Urban Land Institute; a “Top 40 Under 40” professional by

the South Florida Business Journal; and a Power Leader in Commercial Real Estate by the South Florida

Business Journal.

Mr. Motwani earned a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Duke University and holds a

Master of Science in Real Estate Development from Columbia University. He lives in Miami with his

wife and three sons.

Brad Meltzer is a Partner and President of Two Roads Development. In this role, he oversees real estate development activities from design through construction and supports the team in identifying new opportunities. Meltzer has facilitated the growth of numerous regional business units scaling some from start up to more than 250 employees. Specializing in delivering high-end projects, Meltzer has led award-winning projects from inception to completion across various asset classes, including condominium, multifamily, hospitality, office, and retail. A sampling of such projects includes Biscayne Beach, The One Thousand Museum Tower, the 4 Tower Paraiso Complex, the Ritz Carlton Residences Miami Beach, The Marquis, Millicento, W Hotel South Beach, One Hotel and Homes, Icon Bay, Carillon Miami Beach (aka Canyon Ranch), Town Center One at Dadeland, Aventura Mall Expansion, Westshore Marina Pointe, Mandarin Oriental Miami. Meltzer led the construction of 15 buildings in excess of 35 stories and 2 in excess of 60 stories. He holds a Masters's in Architecture from Tulane University and has more than 30 years of construction experience, having headed a top national construction firm as its CEO. Meltzer also sits on the Advisory Board of the University of Miami MRED+U and Construction Management programs, Tulane University School of Architecture Advisory Board, Gulliver Prep Board of Trustees, and Voices for Children Board of Directors.

Inigo Ardid oversees the day-to-day operations of development projects as well as the acquisition of new properties for Key International. He is a seasoned real estate developer who has been involved in over $4 Billion worth of real estate transactions and has built over 10 Million square feet of real estate. His projects include buying and developing hotels, rental and for sale residential properties, purchasing distressed asset notes, office buildings, and retail properties. Inigo has developed over 2,000 hotel keys and over 2,600 residential units.

Key International is headquartered in Miami and has been developing and acquiring properties in the United States since the 1970’s. A few of Key International’s landmark developments include the Eden Roc Miami Beach, the Marriott Stanton South Beach, and several luxury condominium towers including The Harbour, 1010 Brickell, 400 Sunny Isles, Eden House, and Mint & Ivy.

LOUIS BIRDMAN - Developer / Architect & Co-Founder of One Thousand Group

For over three decades, real estate industry veteran Louis Birdman has taken a leadership role in the development of over 70 residential projects, comprising more than 18,000 residential units nationwide with real estate valued at more than $8 billion. Mr. Birdman has an extensive background in property acquisitions, dispositions, entitlements, financing, planning, design, construction, sales, and marketing. Since the late 1990s Mr. Birdman has been a principal investor and lead developer in numerous condominium developments projects nationwide, as well as multiple high-rise condominium developments in South Florida. 

Currently, Mr. Birdman along with his partners are under construction with Villa Miami, a 56 story (649’ tall) 70 residence ultra-luxury branded condominium tower on the Biscayne Bay at 29th Street in Miami’s Edgewater neighborhood, designed by ODP Architects, which is now about to reach top-out and is scheduled for delivery 3rd Qtr. 2027. One Thousand Group is co-developing Villa Miami in partnership with Terra Group and it will be the first condominium residences branded by the global hospitality visionaries Jeff Zalaznick, Mario Carbone and Rich Torrisi of Major Food Group.  Villa Miami prior to its completion has already been awarded the 2024-2025 International Property Award for “Best Residential High-Rise Architecture” 

Additionally, Mr. Birdman and his One Thousand Group partners have recently announced their latest branded development, Anantara Resort and Residences. The entitled development is a Mixed-Use 46 Story (649’ tall) Anantara branded Hotel & Residences Tower designed by New York Based KPF Architects, adjacent to the entrance of the Miami Design District.  The Project will be a true mixed-use development that will be longevity and vitality focused and will be comprised of 50 Key 

5-star Anantara Hotel, 100 Branded Resort Residences and 100 Branded Residences. This development will mark the debut of Thailand based Anantara Hotel in the Americas, adding Miami to their portfolio of over 58 Hotels around the world.  

Previously, Mr. Birdman’s and partners completed One Thousand Museum, designed by the Late Dame Zaha Hadid Architect, a 62 Story (709’ tall) ultra-luxury high-rise condominium Tower with 84 Residences, which has become known around the world as one of the most recognized buildings on the Miami Skyline. The project was described as “one of the most complex skyscrapers to ever make it off the drawing board” on PBS’s documentary, “Impossible Builds.” One Thousand Museum has won over a dozen industry awards including World’s Best International High-Rise Architecture and ENR Best of the Best Project Nationwide in the Residential / Hospitality Category. One Thousand Museum remains as one of Miami’s most desirable buildings and has been home to many notable celebrity buyers including David & Victoria Beckham, Mark Anthony, Nicky Jam, Loren & JR Ridinger, David & Isabella Grutman, Sela & Sherman Ward, Paul & Zulay Pogba. As well as numerous UHNW buyers including Anthony Hsieh, Lucy Guo and many others noteworthy undisclosed buyers from around the world.

Mr. Birdman has been a registered architect licensed in multiple jurisdictions in the past, including New York, Illinois, Nevada and Florida where he has been a registered architect since 1989. Mr. Birdman was also a principal in an architectural firm he co-founded in 1986 in Hollywood and managed that firm until its sale to his co-founder in the late 1990’s Mr. Birdman holds a Bachelor of Design in Architecture from the University of Florida, as well as a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Miami. Mr. Birdman currently resides in Hollywood, FL since moving to South Broward in the mid-1970’s.

Jose A. Rodriguez has a practice focusing on real estate development and corporate matters associated with

real estate development. He has extensive experience dealing with the needs of ultra high net worth

entrepreneurs and international clients. His primary focus is representing many prominent South Florida real

estate developers. He has dedicated himself to structuring complex business and real estate ventures,

corporate matters, workouts, and coordinating and closing large real estate related financed transactions. Mr.

Rodriguez has represented parties in a significant number of luxury high rise condominium and vertical

subdivision projects during the last 25 years. His practical, goal-oriented, and knowledgeable approach to

business and real estate ventures, has added material value and assisted his clients in accomplishing their

unique objectives.

Mr. Rodriguez leads the real estate team of attorneys at the firm with transaction values typically in excess of

$800 million annually.

A graduate of Nova Southeastern University, Mr. Rodriguez received his J.D. degree with high honors in 1993

and his Bachelor of Science in Finance and Multinational Business from Florida State University in 1989. Mr.

Rodriguez is a member of The Florida Bar sections of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law.

Carlos Rosso is the Founder of Rosso Development, a fully integrated development firm focused on high-end boutique development opportunities. Rosso is set to oversee multiple upcoming awe-inspiring projects in key markets in South Florida and Latin America—with the first ever The Standard Residences in Midtown Miami as his debut project. Rosso founded Rosso Development in 2020 after nearly 20 years with The Related Group, where he was a driving force behind the company’s condominium operations. As the president of the condominium and international development divisions, he oversaw all facets of condominium development domestically and internationally.

Over the course of his career, Rosso developed well over 16,000 units, and in the process, mastered diverse development disciplines including construction, project financing, land acquisition and sales and marketing. Under his leadership, Related successfully delivered iconic projects including the 1,600 unit Paraiso District in Miami; Residences by ARMANI/CASA designed by César Pelli; Hyde Beach House; Park Grove by OMA/Rem Koolhaas; Auberge Beach Residences and Spa in Fort Lauderdale; SLS Cancun & Residences in Mexico; and V:HOUSE in Brazil.

Prior to his time at Related, Rosso held a number of positions across global development firms, having served as Vice President of Real Estate Development for Investment Properties Ltd. in Boston; and ten years as Project Director for Besix International, overseeing the development and construction of over ten million square feet of multi-family, hotel and office buildings in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Rosso graduated summa cum laude from the Universidad de Buenos Aires with a master’s degree in Architecture. He also earned a master’s degree in Real Estate Development and Finance, with the highest honors, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). www.rossodev.com

Lauren serves as Chief Growth Officer for Power Design and uses her extensive expertise and experience to play a crucial role in driving the company's strategic growth. Lauren's responsibilities include cultivating and nurturing Power Design’s relationships, expanding partnerships into new markets, and elevating the company’s brand. She is also dedicated to continuously enhancing the customer experience, ensuring that Power Design delivers exceptional service and value to its clients. Being a member of the Executive Steering Committee, Lauren actively contributes to the strategic decision-making and overall direction of the company. In addition, she is actively involved in industry organizations such as the Urban Land Institute Multi-Family Development Council and the National ACE Mentor Advisory Council, where she contributes her expertise and insights to further promote excellence and innovation in the industry. B.S. in Construction Management | Certified General Contractor

Justin Failoni is a Partner and Senior Vice President at Acrisure, specializing exclusively in construction and development risk.

For more than 18 years, he has advised developers, owners, and contractors on the insurance and risk strategies behind complex residential high-rise, mixed-use, hospitality, and commercial developments throughout Florida.

His expertise includes OCIPs, CCIPs, Builder's Risk, and project-specific liability programs, with a focus on protecting project schedules, reducing insurance costs, and delivering certainty for owners, lenders, and project stakeholders from groundbreaking through completion.

Peggy Olin, Chief Executive Officer of OneWorld Properties, is a renowned strategist and broker regarded for her expertise in the luxury real estate industry. Since founding the company in 2008, she has been responsible for over $4 billion in luxury property sales, continuously connecting with buyers from major cities across the United States and over 60 countries. OneWorld Properties has maintained an active inventory of approximately $1 billion throughout Florida. Current projects include Cove Miami, 2200 Brickell, 600 Miami Worldcenter, The Crosby, 501 First Miami, Legacy Hotel + Residences, and PARAMOUNT Miami Worldcenter. The firm has offices in Miami and Fort Lauderdale and is one of the only U.S. firms to have a permanent presence in China with offices in Shanghai, Beijing, and Shenzhen. Peggy is actively involved in her community as a board member of the Broward Performing Arts Foundation, Miami Bridge, Birch State Park, Broward Workshop, Trustee for the Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce, and an active member of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO).

Henrique Driessen is the Founder and CEO of Elephant Skin, a global go-to-market partner specializing in luxury real estate developments. With a background in real estate development, he has built his career at the intersection of development, branding and commercial strategy, helping developers translate complex projects into compelling market propositions.

Since founding Elephant Skin in 2017, Henrique has led the company's expansion to eight offices serving clients across the Americas, Europe and the Middle East. The firm has supported more than US$5 billion in real estate sales since its inception through integrated go-to-market strategies for luxury residential developments, branded residences and mixed-use projects.

His work is focused on building go-to-market systems that align strategy, narrative and execution to support long-term asset value, bringing together market intelligence, immersive customer experiences and commercial performance for some of the world's leading real estate developments.