Case Study: Midtown Park by Proper

The Vision and Strategy Behind One of Miami’s Largest Undeveloped Parcels

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  Carlos Rosso

  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

  Rosso Development

  Founder

  Carlos Rosso

  Founder

  Rosso Development

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  Iris Escarra

  Iris Escarrá is Co-Chair of Greenberg Traurig’s Land Use Practice and a deeply experienced attorney in zoning and land use law. Located in the firm’s Miami office, Iris regularly represents property owners and developers in large development projects valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars. With her counsel, dozens of high-profile commercial, mixed-use, and residential projects have been completed throughout Miami over the past two decades. A Florida Bar Board Certified Specialist in city, county, and local government law, Iris guides clients through the municipal zoning and land use process to seek approvals for some of South Florida’s largest and most complex projects. She routinely helps clients obtain full entitlements for development, including navigating subdivision, zoning, and other applicable development regulations. She also assists in procuring government contracts and conducts due diligence to assess a property’s development potential. Her clients include many of South Florida’s largest developers, who appreciate her creative and pragmatic approach to their complex legal matters. Clients frequently praise Iris for her ability to leverage her wide-ranging knowledge of zoning and land use law to help bring their development projects to fruition.

  Greenberg Traurig

  Shareholder

  Moderator

  Iris Escarra

  Shareholder

  Greenberg Traurig

The Construction Revolution: The Tools Transforming Building in Real Time

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  Ricardo Blas

  COO

  Resia

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  Patrick Senne

  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.

  Colliers Engineering & Design

  Director

  Patrick Senne

  Director

  Colliers Engineering & Design

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  Anthony Rinaldi

  President and CEO

  Rinaldi Group

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  Guillermo Navarro

  VP, Preconstruction

  Suffolk

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  Brigitte Jenkins

  With a decade of experience in the steel industry, Brigitte Jenkins currently serves as Commercial Solutions Supervisor at Vulcraft, a division of Nucor, one of North America’s leading steel producers. Known for blending technical expertise with strategic insight, Brigitte has been a part of many successful commercial projects across the southeast utilizing her expertise in joist and deck design. Throughout her career, Brigitte has built a reputation for delivering results through collaboration, problem solving, and understanding the needs within steel construction. At Nucor, they lead cross-functional teams to develop tailored solutions that meet evolving market needs while maintaining the company’s commitment to quality and sustainability.

  Nucor Vulcraft Verco

  Design Supervisor

  Brigitte Jenkins

  Design Supervisor

  Nucor Vulcraft Verco

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  Shawn Oden

  Managing Director

  BMO Commercial Bank

Disruptive Development: Breakthroughs in Concept, Design & Execution

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  Taylor Collins

  Partner

  Two Roads Development

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  Pablo Castro

  Pablo Castro Sáez is a seasoned Spanish real estate developer with over 30 years of experience in real estate and development. Graduated in Law, with a Master’s in Urban Planning Law and a Master’s in Real Estate Law, he has completed 19.6 million ft² of construction, including large-scale residential, commercial, and industrial projects in Spain and Monaco. As co-founder of Corp Promotors, one of Barcelona’s largest real estate firms, he helped develop over 5,600 homes and managed a portfolio of 13,000 assets. In 2019, he partnered with the Grifols family to invest €600 million in Barcelona’s rental housing market. Expanding into the U.S., Castro has been investing in Miami for 15 years. In 2023, he acquired an 11.8-acre site in West Little River for $29.3 million and, alongside top industry partners, proposed a 4,032-unit residential development, one of South Florida’s largest in recent years. Now Pablo is focusing on developing The HueHub, collaborating with local partners, developers, architects, engineers, and companies to introduce a new sustainable solution for the construction sector.

  The HueHub

  Chairman & Founder

  Pablo Castro

  Chairman & Founder

  The HueHub

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  Selma Rabelo

  EVP-Development

  Integra Investments

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  Ellen Buckley

  Ellen C. Buckley is the Founder and CEO of Prospera Real Estate Collective, LLC (“Prospera”), a national real estate development firm. In this highly competitive industry, this experienced real estate developer stands out as a tenacious trailblazer backed by an accomplished academic performance. Over the past two plus decades, she has led the execution of major projects totaling approximately $16 billion in real estate value in a full spectrum of asset classes, including: multifamily/workforce housing, mixed use, luxury residential, hospitality, retail, industrial, education, adaptive reuse, and master-planned communities throughout the Midwest, Northeast, Southeastern US and Asia. Historically, the focus of real estate development has been transactional – merely generating wealth – rather than addressing what makes people human and enables them to create meaningful connections within their communities. Committed to bring value to people, place and partners, she is establishing a new metric for evaluating the impact of real estate development by bringing profits and people together to create transformative outcomes. Notably, across all projects, Ellen and her Prospera team create thriving environments where people of all ages can fulfill the basic human need for positive connections that minimize loneliness and maximize wellbeing. Ellen received graduate degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, a Certificate of Real Estate Development and Finance from The Wharton School, and a Master’s of Science in Historic Preservation and a Bachelors of Architecture from the University of Miami, where she graduated first in her class. Committed to expanding investment and research in neuroscience, Ellen is a proud board member of the Baptist Health Foundation with an appointment to the Neuroscience Institute Council. Ellen also serves as an Advisory Board Member for the University of Miami’s School of Law LLM Real Property Development program. More information is available at www.prosperaco.com

  PROSPERA Real Estate

  Founder & CEO

  Ellen Buckley

  Founder & CEO

  PROSPERA Real Estate

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  Jorge Garcia

  An honor graduate of the University of Miami, Jorge is the driving force behind the firm’s growth and development since 1987. Prior experience includes earning a reputation with highly acclaimed architectural as well as land development firms, where he grew to understand the importance of leadership within an organization, the community, and the unique ability of integrating innovative architecture with rational business criteria in a balanced format. Jorge’s primary focuses are corporate leadership, design, vision, collaboration, and growth development for the firm’s philosophical ideals. Jorge is a licensed architect in thirteen states with expertise in the design of national and international facilities including hotel & resorts, commercial, institutional, mixed-use developments, and residential, projects. He is a sought-after authority on the realities and challenges clients face in the planning, approval and entitlement processes found in today’s challenging development environment.

  garciastromberg

  CEO

  Jorge Garcia

  CEO

  garciastromberg

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  Kelly Ruane Melchiondo

  Kelly Ruane Melchiondo is a Partner in Bilzin Sumberg's Construction Law and Litigation Group. Kelly’s practice focuses on complex construction litigation, in both jury and non-jury trials, of claims involving construction and design defects, construction contract claims, and products liability matters at the trial and appellate levels in federal and state courts. As Co-Lead of Bilzin Sumberg’s Attorney Training Committee, Kelly strives to equip the firm’s lawyers with the knowledge, skills, and resources they need to serve ever-evolving client needs and to succeed in their careers in the short and long term. Kelly is also a member of the firm's Data Security & Privacy Team. Her cybersecurity practice focuses on counseling clients on safeguarding their data and private information by drafting and implementing policies for data security and strengthening internal controls, assisting clients with data breach prevention and response including reporting to and interacting with state regulatory and law enforcement agencies tasked with enforcing state data privacy laws, and client counseling to strengthen internal data security controls. In 2018 and 2021, Kelly served on The Sedona Conference Working Team 11, Brainstorming Committee, which aims to help organizations prepare for and respond to data breaches and to assist attorneys in resolving issues of legal liability and damages. The Sedona Conference is a non-profit organization dedicated to the advanced study of law and policy in the areas of complex litigation, intellectual property rights, and data privacy. Kelly has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America in Construction Law and Litigation - Construction. Kelly earned her J.D. from Boston University and her B.S. from the University of Miami. She is fluent in Spanish.

  Bilzin Sumberg

  Partner

  Moderator

  Kelly Ruane Melchiondo

  Partner

  Bilzin Sumberg