Armando Codina, Codina Partners is Keynote Speaker

The Miami Finance Forum is pleased to present its annual CEO Power Breakfast on South Florida Commercial Real Estate entitled ‘What Does the Future Hold for Our Market’ on Tuesday, March 14, 2017 from 7:30am – 10:30am at the Conrad Hotel, 1395 Brickell Avenue, Miami.Early registration is $35 per person for members and $75 per person for non-members by 3-12-17. Registration at the door is $55 per person for members and $95 per person for non-members.To register, visit www.miamifinanceforum.com or call 561-504-1306 for additional information.

Approximately 150 people are expected to attend the annual Miami Finance Forum’s Commercial Real Estate event which will focus on various real estate sectors including capital markets, hospitality, industrial, multifamily and office & retail.

“We continue to raise the bar year after year with our annual commercial real estate event and very proud to welcome Armando Codina as our Keynote Speaker to kick off this morning event, which promises to provide market insight, trends and an opportunity to network with the very best CRE industry professionals,” said Gregory M. Santín, Chairman, Miami Finance Forum and career commercial real estate and banking executive.”

The Keynote speaker is Armando Codina, Executive Chairman of Codina Partners. Panelists include:

*Attorney James W. Shindell, Partner, Bilzin Sumberg and Chair of the firm's Real Estate Group (Moderator)

*Christian R. Lee, Vice Chairman, CBRE, Capital Markets Institutional Group

*Diego Lowenstein, CEO, Lionstone Development

*Ernesto Cambo, Founder & Principal, CPF Investment Group / AVE Aviation andCommerce Centre

*Steve Patterson, President/CEO, Related Development

*Avra Jain, Founder, The Vagabond Group

The MFF South Florida Commercial Real Estate event is sponsored by Bilzin Sumberg, Codina Partners, Aei, AVE -Aviation and Commerce Centre and 2020 Salzedo, the new Class A mixed-use development in Coral Gables offering 56,261 rsf of office space with a six-story building and 213 luxury apartments within a 16-story building.

Armando Codina is Founder and Executive Chairman of Codina Partners, LLC, a real estate investment and development firm based in Coral Gables. Codina Partners and its affiliates are engaged in multiple real estate development and investment activities. The firm’s portfolio is comprised of residential, commercial and mixed-use projects including the over one billion dollar investment in Downtown Doral. Codina currently serves on the Board of The Home Depot and on the Board of Trustees of the Mayo Clinic.

James W. Shindell serves as Chair of Bilzin Sumberg’s Real Estate Group. His practice involves the representation of developers, owners, private and institutional investors and lenders in a broad range of real estate matters, including acquisitions, sales, financings, leasing, joint ventures, workouts and restructurings. These matters have involved office, retail, hotel, warehouse, industrial, residential, mixed-use, telecommunications and development properties.

Christian Lee is one of the nation’s leaders in putting together large, complex real estate deals. He and his partners run a nine-person team that advises many of the largest U.S. real estate investors on the planning and execution of their investment, disposition and capitalization strategies. During the course of his 20-year career, Lee and his team have closed more than $14.47 billion in transactions, including several landmark office and sizeable industrial properties in Florida.

Diego Lowenstein has been part of his family’s international business interests for over 25 years, and his active involvement and know-how in acquiring, developing, revitalizing and repositioning hotels and casinos, leading the now 50 year old family-entrepreneurial firm to new heights. In partnership with service-industry leaders, including The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, Kimpton Hotels, Hilton Hotels, AM Resorts, the InterContinental Hotel Group, and Virgin Hotels,in the last decade, Lionstone has entitled, converted and developed over 1,500 hotel rooms and over 2 million square feet of real estate projects, with a robust development pipeline and plans to double its portfolio by 2020.

Ernesto Cambo is the founder and principal of CPF Investment Group LLC., a boutique investment group with interests in real estate, aviation and manufacturing. As a principal, Cambo oversees and is responsible for the finance, legal, construction and marketing of various investments. He is also the managing member of AVE LLC, the investment vehicle for AVE, Aviation and Commerce Park, a $250MM Class A master-planned 2.5 million square feet mixed-use business park situated on 178 landscaped acres on the western section of the Opa Locka Airport which is now 50% complete. AVE is home to USPS, RaceTrac gas station, Turbo Power, Offlease Only and many other companies.

Steve Patterson is President and Chief Executive Officer of Related Development, LLC. He joined the company in 2010 and is responsible for all new multifamily rental development activities. Related is active in market rate rental, luxury condo and affordable housing and also pursues investment in value add acquisitions, in all income property sectors. The company has over 4,000 multi-family units currently under construction and has closed investment transactions totaling over $600 million in the last two years. Patterson has an established track record of profitable real estate investment ventures totaling over $2 billion in value.

With a career path that has taken her from bond trading on Wall Street to developing properties along some of Miami's trendiest streets, Avra Jain, Founder of The Vagabond Group, has earned a reputation for identifying the next it neighborhood. Jain develops projects based around two of her favorite pursuits: art and architecture. To date, that vision has resulted in 26 boutique projects that range from converting a 100,000 square foot warehouse to luxury loft condominiums in New York's Tribeca neighborhood to the remake of The Vagabond, from motel to hotel on Biscayne Boulevard.

Established in 2006, the Miami Finance Forum is dedicated to providing a network for South Florida’s finance professionals to meet and interact in the community. Other goals include enhancing the knowledge base and professional practices of its members, as well as to create exclusive networking opportunities for professional growth and career development.For more information, visit www.miamifinanceforum.com.