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Tampa Bay’s Next Generation of Major Projects

High-rise development, mixed-use districts and the destination-making projects raising the region’s profile

Larry Feldman

Larry Feldman

President & CEO

Feldman Equities

Steve Barber

Steve Barber

Development Executive

Kolter Urban

Chris Hernandez

Chris Hernandez

VP - Development

The Related Group

Alex Graham

Alex Graham

Senior VP, Central Florida Market Leader

JLL

Jorge Lago

Jorge Lago

President and COO

KW Property Management & Consulting

Alex Andreakos
Moderator

Alex Andreakos

Partner & Principal

Mancini

Larry Feldman

President & CEO

Feldman Equities

Mr. Feldman has been the president and CEO of Feldman Equities since

1990. From 1997 until 1999, he was the founder of, and served as the

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Tower Realty Trust, a

publicly traded REIT (New York Stock Exchange symbol: "TOW").

From 2004 to 2009, Mr. Feldman served as Chairman of Feldman Mall

Properties, Inc. a publicly traded REIT. He is also the founder and former

Chairman of the Midtown West Association of New York City. Mr. Feldman

was formerly a member of the Board of East Woods School in Oyster Bay NY. He graduated

from Windham College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics. Mr. Feldman has

lectured at the graduate schools of N.Y.U. and Columbia University on commercial real estate

development.

Mr. Feldman has been directly responsible for the management, development or acquisition of

over 11 million square feet of real estate with an aggregate value of over $3 billion dollars during

a career spanning over 30 years in the commercial real estate business. Mr. Feldman's primary

focus over his career has been on the acquisition and redevelopment of turnaround real estate.

Alex Graham

Senior VP, Central Florida Market Leader

JLL

Alex Graham, is a Senior Vice President and JLL's Central Florida Market Leader. Alex oversees the Project and Development Services platform across Orlando, Tampa and Jacksonville. Alex leads the regional team and drives business development, client relationship management and project delivery for JLL clients throughout Central Florida.

Alex has managed multiple projects in excess of 1,000,000 SF throughout the region, actively leading assignments across all markets over his career and time with JLL. A licensed General Contractor, he brings hands-on construction expertise to every engagement, spanning land development and entitlements, industrial, defense, and hospitality projects, as well as a broad range of office tenant improvement work. This cross-vertical experience allows him to guide clients from early-stage site planning and entitlement strategy through construction execution and delivery

Jorge Lago

President and COO

KW Property Management & Consulting

In his role as President, Jorge Lago works with the executive team to continue strengthening KWPMC’s people, processes and technology while keeping the organization focused on delivering superior customer service. Since joining KWPMC, Lago has been instrumental in driving new technological updates and enhancements across the organization, positioning the company as an industry innovator. His focus on technology, process optimization, and data driven approaches has led to significant improvements in customer service and precision in operations. Lago has also integrated key values services such as F&B, Engineering, Hospitality, and Procurement programs providing essential products to customers faster. His contributions reaffirm KWPMC's commitment to drive industry trends and continually enhance its service offerings to customers. Prior to joining KWPMC, Lago was Senior Vice President of Property and Asset Management at My Community Homes, a KKR portfolio company, where he led its business growth initiatives and national operations. Prior to that, Lago served as Vice President of Real Estate Asset Management for Wells Fargo Bank in Seattle. In that role, he oversaw all real estate asset management services in the Pacific Northwest, which included seven markets, and managed commercial and residential real estate investments for high-net-worth and institutional clients.

Beginning his career in property management with FirstService Residential, Lago managed high-rise condominium associations across South Florida. He earned his Master of Business Administration from the University of Miami and Bachelor of Business Administration from St. Thomas University.

Alex Andreakos

Moderator

Mancini

Alex is a Principal at Mancini, where he leads firm-wide strategy and business development for the nationally recognized design practice. With more than a century of legacy and a forward-looking, technology-driven approach, Mancini specializes in architecture, interior design, and master planning. In his role, Alex shapes and advances strategic initiatives across each of the firm’s practice sectors, developing continuously evolving growth frameworks that integrate research, market intelligence, and relationship development. His work ensures that design innovation and emerging technologies are embedded throughout the firm’s process and long-term vision.

With over 18 years of experience, Alex is recognized for leveraging technology not simply as a tool, but as a strategic driver of growth and competitive advantage. As a key leader within Mancini’s Design Lab and AI initiatives, he champions the integration of advanced visualization, immersive environments, data-driven processes, and interactive platforms that elevate both creative output and operational performance. His work continually reimagines workflows, unlocking new efficiencies while expanding the firm’s capabilities in an increasingly digital and interconnected design landscape.

Alex began his career in architecture and visualization before transitioning into strategic and operational leadership. His foundation in architectural design spans a diverse range of sectors, including multifamily and single-family residential, education, and mixed-use environments. This cross-sector perspective enables him to analyze market nuances with precision, refining growth strategies at a granular level while aligning business objectives with design excellence.

Alex earned his Master of Architecture from the University of South Florida’s School of Architecture & Community Design. He is a LEED Accredited Professional and an active member of the American Institute of Architects, Tampa Bay. Based in Florida, Alex brings the same curiosity and craftsmanship to his personal pursuits as he does to his professional work, with interests ranging from woodworking and music to photography and automotive design—creative outlets that continue to inform his multidisciplinary approach to innovation.

Beyond the Urban Core: Tampa Bay’s Next Growth Markets

Following housing, jobs and infrastructure into Pasco, Plant City, Clearwater and the region’s emerging development corridors

Tom Suminski

Tom Suminski

Senior Managing Director

Aventon Companies

Nat Linden

Nat Linden

VP - Development

Ryan Companies

Matt Picket

Matt Picket

Principal

Gotham Organization

Patrick Senne

Patrick Senne

Director

Colliers Engineering & Design

Heidi Wigand
Moderator

Heidi Wigand

VP

Cumming Group

Patrick Senne

Director

Colliers Engineering & Design

Mr. Senne is a 6 th generation native Floridian with 35 years of experience performing a full spectrum of survey, geospatial, and subsurface utility mapping services throughout Florida and the Southeast.

In his current role with Colliers Engineering & Design, Patrick is responsible for developing, coordinating, and executing business development strategies for multiple firm disciplines as they continue their growth and expansion in the governmental services and private sector markets in the great State of Florida.

As a Florida licensed Professional Surveyor and Mapper, Mr. Senne has overseen a wide range of projects supporting land development (commercial and residential); infrastructure (transportation, rail and transit, bridges, water and wastewater, and stormwater drainage); telecommunications and fiber optic network expansion; GIS/asset inventory and condition assessment; parks, trails, and recreation facilities; and large-scale conservation lands and wildlife corridor easement acquisitions.

Heidi Wigand

VP

Cumming Group

Heidi Wigand is Vice President at Cumming Group, a global project management, cost management, and real estate consulting firm with more than 2,500 professionals across 60+ offices worldwide. She leads South Florida's owner's representation and project management practice, overseeing many of the region's most significant development, redevelopment, and capital improvement projects.

Her current portfolio includes major financial institutions expanding their Miami presence, luxury residential and hospitality developments, and the redevelopment of TradeWinds Resort in St. Pete Beach. Throughout her career, Heidi has helped deliver landmark projects including the Miami Beach Convention Center renovation, Miami Worldcenter, the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science, Fisher Brothers' Joule House Miami, and the Finker-Frenkel Wish House for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Southern Florida. Cumming Group is widely recognized throughout Florida for delivering complex luxury residential, hospitality, corporate, and mixed-use developments.

A South Florida native, Heidi has spent nearly three decades helping shape the region's built environment and the past decade growing Cumming Group's South Florida operations and owner's representation practice. She is a licensed Florida General Contractor and holds CCM, PMP, and LEED AP credentials. Heidi also serves on the City of Miami's Wynwood Design Review Board, where she contributes to the thoughtful growth of one of the city's most dynamic neighborhoods. She is recognized for her collaborative leadership, deep understanding of Florida's development and regulatory landscape, and longstanding relationships that help clients successfully navigate complex projects from vision through completion.

Making Tampa Bay Projects Pencil

Capital, underwriting, design and construction strategies for delivering projects in a more demanding market

Edward Kobel

Edward Kobel

President & COO

DeBartolo Development

Miroslav 'Misha' Mladenovic

Miroslav 'Misha' Mladenovic

President

m2e Consulting Engineers

Maria Johnston
Moderator

Maria Johnston

CEO

M. Johnston Consulting

Edward Kobel

President & COO

DeBartolo Development

As President and COO, Edward M. Kobel leads DeBartolo Development’s investment strategy, execution and capitalization. Backed by the DeBartolo family and major capital commitments he secured, DeBartolo Development has underwritten a real estate pipeline of over $4.6 billion since 2003. Prior to overseeing DeBartolo Development, Ed was a partner at Fortis Advisors in Scottsdale, an affiliate company of DeBartolo Property Group, where he managed more than $600 million in real estate projects. Before joining Fortis, he founded Trinity Development with offices in Colorado Springs, Denver, Phoenix and Chicago. Trinity Development was primarily engaged in new retail development as well as value-added shopping center renovation and completed over $300 million in retail development. Throughout his professional career, Ed has devoted his time and leadership to multiple non-profit organizations and was awarded the Outstanding Professional and Community Citizenship award from Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio.

Miroslav 'Misha' Mladenovic

President

m2e Consulting Engineers

Mr. Mladenović's experience in engineering and construction spans more than 30

years. During that time, he has overseen projects ranging from multi-purpose

conference halls to luxury condominiums across three continents. As President, he has led Project Management, Owner Representation, and Quality Control for

various multimillion-dollar residential and commercial projects. His hands-on

approach to resolving construction issues includes defective work or components, delay analysis, and budgeting disputes. Mr. Mladenović fluently speaks Serbian,

Russian, English, Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese.

Maria Johnston

CEO

M. Johnston Consulting

Mrs. Johnston is the CEO of M. Johnston Consulting, LLC, specializing in facilitating collaborations between developers and utility companies for relocations, overhead to underground projects, and new service delivery engineering. With a background that includes engineering, government affairs, and sales at AT&T, she managed a $100M revenue segment across five states, leading strategy formulation, P&L, and a geographically dispersed team. In her role as Regional Director of AT&T's External Affairs department, she managed community engagement, legislation review, lobbying, and represented AT&T on local boards in the South Florida market.

Mrs. Johnston holds the technical certification of Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD) since January 1996, the first female employee in the AT&T/BellSouth region to have earned this certification. She designed Fiber and Copper facilities for customers in a deregulated environment and worked with Fiber companies to develop custom fiber cables based on the business needs. She holds an MBA in Strategic Management from Regis University in Denver, CO. She is a graduate of Leadership Florida class XXXIV and an Executive Education program participant at the Harvard School of Business.

Mrs. Johnston has received numerous accolades and awards during her career including the Hispanic Leadership award in Technology from the SFL Hispanic Chamber and Service Excellence Award from AT&T, she's served on various boards, including the Beacon Council Executive Board, Miami Dade College Foundation, Miami Children’s Hospital Foundation, Children’s Diagnostic Treatment Center (CDTC), and Leadership Broward Foundation. Currently, she holds the Director role on the 211 Broward Board and chairs the Legislative committee.

Why Tampa Bay’s Development Leaders Need to Be in the Room

2026 is Tampa Bay's year! Development in the region is Miami's hottest commercial real estate story. High-rise residential towers, mixed-use districts, entertainment destinations and large-scale redevelopment opportunities are raising Tampa's profile, while housing, healthcare, industrial development and employment growth continue pushing investment farther into Pasco County, eastern Hillsborough and Pinellas County.

The opportunity is significant, but the development equation has changed. Capital is more selective, construction and insurance costs remain elevated, infrastructure must catch up with population growth, and developers are being challenged to create projects that deliver more than a single use. Today’s strongest developments combine housing with workplaces, dining, entertainment, public spaces and services that can generate activity throughout the day.

Join the developers, owners, investors, contractors, engineers, architects and capital providers determining what moves forward, where Tampa Bay grows next and how the region’s most ambitious projects will be delivered.

What You’ll Learn

  • How developers are assembling capital stacks and adjusting underwriting to move projects forward in a selective financing market.

  • Where construction costs, insurance, labor availability and permitting continue to affect feasibility and timelines.

  • What it takes to deliver large-scale residential, mixed-use, entertainment and waterfront developments in Tampa Bay.

  • Why walkability, placemaking, hospitality and experience-driven amenities are becoming essential to major projects.

  • How developers are creating districts where people can live, work, dine and gather without relying on a single anchor or asset class.

  • Why investment is expanding into Pasco County, Plant City, Clearwater, Riverview and other markets beyond Tampa’s urban core.

  • How housing, healthcare, employment centers, roads, utilities and digital infrastructure determine which submarkets can support the next wave of development.

  • Which projects and asset classes are most likely to attract capital and begin construction during the next 12 to 24 months.

For questions regarding content and speaking, please email our Event Producer, Elizabeth Herrgott, at elizabeth.herrgott@bisnow.com. Want to get involved? Contact Jordan.Hinsch@bisnow.com to get information on sponsorship, pricing and availability at this event. To request disability-related accommodations, please contact ariel.fromm@bisnow.com no later than seven business days prior to the event.

Agenda

Time Activity
8:00 AM
9:00 AM
Registration, Breakfast & Networking
9:00 AM
9:40 AM
Making Tampa Bay Projects Pencil

Tampa Bay continues to attract investment, but getting from acquisition to groundbreaking has become considerably more complicated. Developers, investors, engineers and market leaders will examine how financing conditions, construction costs, insurance, infrastructure requirements and changing demand are influencing what gets built. The conversation will explore how teams are restructuring capital stacks, managing risk earlier in the process, controlling costs and determining when a project is ready to move forward.

9:40 AM
9:55 AM
Networking Break
9:55 AM
10:35 AM
Tampa Bay’s Next Generation of Major Projects

A new generation of ambitious projects is changing how Tampa Bay lives, works and gathers. This panel will bring together the developers behind prominent urban and waterfront developments to discuss how large projects advance from vision to execution. Speakers will examine site selection, entitlements, capital, phased development, luxury demand and the growing importance of public spaces, dining, entertainment and other experience-driven uses in creating successful destinations.

10:40 AM
11:20 AM
Beyond the Urban Core: Tampa Bay’s Next Growth Markets

Tampa Bay’s growth is no longer concentrated in its downtowns. New communities, employment centers, healthcare campuses, industrial districts and redevelopment initiatives are creating opportunities throughout Pasco, eastern Hillsborough and Pinellas County. This panel will examine where developers are acquiring land, what demand exists beyond the urban core and how transportation, utilities, schools, healthcare and digital connectivity influence the viability of a growing submarket. Speakers will also discuss how product type, density and development strategy must change from one community to another.

10:45 AM
11:15 AM
Post-Event Networking

Venue

The Motor Enclave Tampa
6500 Motor Enclave Way Unit 517
Tampa, FL 33610

Floor: Main Ground Floor

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