BRAD GUARINO
DEVELOPMENT MANAGER - PROJECT MANAGER - ARCHITECT - URBAN DESIGNER - PLANNER - LEED AP
Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Master of Architecture in Urban Design, 1989
Louisiana State University, School of Architecture, Bachelor of Architecture, 1984
Registered Architect, Florida AR92444, Massachusetts 7816, NCARB 110878, LEED AP
Fourteen Years REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE on 30+ projects over 12.8 million sf, over $2.5 billion in value. Including land acquisition analysis, project management, leasing and sales, strategic development planning, community planning, design, environmental, transportation and infrastructure improvements
Fifteen Years PROFESSIONAL ARCHITECTURAL EXPERIENCE on 100+ projects over 18.5 million sq. ft., over $6 billion in value.
An innovative and energetic real estate development specialist, I have over twenty years of diverse project experience, including mixed-use, residential, retail/entertainment, office/ commercial, lifestyle centers, urban infill, industrial, city planning, and community development.
Possess excellent management, negotiation, and communication skills with the ability to motivate and guide teams from project inception through marketing, leasing, sales, design, construction and delivery.
Streamlines and controls the pre-development process by bringing to the developer's Asset management team in-house capabilities and expertise in key areas of research, environmental sustainability, design, analysis, budget, Proforma and feasibility studies.
Maximizes real estate values with ability to solve complex urban programming, planning, and design problems utilizing creative processes that provide a competitive edge in the market.
Excels in communication - information technology by maintaining crucial computer skills, using AutoCAD, MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premier, Acrobat, Word and other technology and methods to result in a more efficiently managed project.
Effective in team management - capable of guiding and inspiring staff and selecting the right consultants, while delegating and managing a large number of tasks within an integrated work effort.
Diplomatic and experienced in winning public approvals for important projects in the highly charged community/political arenas by gaining support from key people through nurtured relationships and focused public relations efforts. Persuasive communication skills coupled with a strong graphic, technical and writing ability.
Skilled in analysis of community development plans, zoning, variances, and permitting process with current knowledge of state-of-the-art planning and urban design practices. Achieves zoning entitlements, variances, and permits within timeframes. Controls construction costs while emphasizing product quality and marketability.
Active in community planning advisory roles at City, County level, volunteering for environmental and neighborhood improvement projects.
Key Professional Experience/ Real Estate Development
The DJamoos Group/ J.E.D. of Southwest Florida, Naples
Development Manager, 2004 to present
The DJamoos Group is family-owned real estate Development Company with commercial, mixed-use and residential projects of exceptional quality and creativity throughout Southwest Florida. Under my leadership, the design and development team has established a proven record of accomplishment in conceiving and planning projects characterized by enduring urban design and exemplary architecture. The DJamoos Groups real estate portfolio is valued at over $900 million.
Manages and directs the overall development processes for the company on land acquisitions, planning, design, governmental entitlements and permitting, maintaining involvement in twenty- plus development projects over the past four and a half years.
Key member of the Development team, responsible for coordination and input to Sales and Marketing, providing project analysis, research, documentation for sales and lease negotiations, interfacing with Legal teams, reviewing sale and lease documents and coordinating efforts with the Sales team and Real Estate Brokers.
Contributes on strategic planning to Asset Management, providing project development options and inputs on a range issues from land acquisitions, leasing and sales negotiations through project design to project completion and delivery.
Responsibilities include key aspects of site acquisition analysis, due diligence, financial feasibility studies, pre-development programming, proposals, design, scheduling, marketing, leasing, sales, permitting, construction coordination and operations.
Serves as manager of consultants and primary point of contact, for Design/ Architecture, Civil Engineering, Landscape Architecture, Traffic, Survey Engineering, Visualization, Graphic Design and Marketing.
Represents J.E.D. in conjunction with Public Relations consultant, at Public and Governmental meetings, in the community at public information forums, political leadership briefings, design reviews, design charettes, workshops, project updates and presentations.
Proactive tasks include, leading Development meetings, scheduling in house updates, coordinating project teams with work requirements, producing project reports and communicating issues to fellow staff and team representatives.
Negotiates contracts and interfaces with Consultants, Construction Managers and Vendors on all projects, forming a unified team, to efficiently fast-tract the design, permitting and construction processes.
Produce development potential reports in conjunction with research, financial feasibility and project Proforma inputs, provides budget analysis and project cost comparisons.
Creates and evaluates Bid information, maintains project schedules and timelines for all projects, generates and maintain project history folders, processes all correspondences, invoices and information requests.
The McCourt Company, Boston
Project Design Manager, 1999 to 2004
One of Boston's most influential private landowners then holding 24-acres valued at over $250 million, in the emerging Seaport District adjacent to the downtown financial district. The development plans focused on residential, mixed-use, retail and civic/ cultural developments, entailing 15 separate projects with 9.5 millions square feet of development potential valued at over $2.5 billion.
* Managed the planning, design, and entitlements processes for McCourt's development projects. Responsibilities included financial feasibility studies, due diligence, programming, proposals, marketing, permitting, construction coordination and operations.
* Initiated and managed consultant teams during the design process for all development projects, including residential, hotel, office, retail, mixed-use and transportation uses that ranged from 80,000 to 1,500,000 sf with budgets over $200 million.
* Served as key contact for consultants in; Design/ Architecture, Visualization, Engineering, Traffic, Civil, Survey Engineering, Graphic Design and Marketing.
* Represented the company in various roles at over 200 community meetings, public forums, political leadership briefings, design charettes, workshops, project updates and presentations while contributing to comments and feedback on projects going through the public review process.
* Created and coordinated the design of a future 1 million sf, $180 million Convention Hotel project across the street from Boston's new $700 million Convention Center, with air rights over the Central Artery/ Tunnel project that included locating and constructing twenty foundation supports over the tunnel.
* Served as lead designer of the $90 million Silver Line Courthouse Station for McCourt and administrator for the construction process. Through design innovations, I was responsible for reducing costs on the project by $3 million dollars.
* Designed and programmed a proposed Boston Red Sox, waterfront ballpark, projected to cost over $350 million on a 12-acre site.
* Established for the firm its Design Management/ Graphic Information System technology office and network.
* Analyzed and maintained in electronic form all, property, legal, infrastructural information and documentation, utility maps, roadway, photographic records, project history and archival resources.
* Authored and created over 30 unique PowerPoint presentations of various projects and purposes for both public/community forums and for business development. Assisted in the production, provided information and reviewed the Request for Proposals and marketing brochures for the company for all of the Seaport Development parcels.
Project Experience Addendum:
Project Type Summary
Mixed Use/ Urban Design
CityPlace, West Palm Beach, Florida
Huntington Avenue of the Arts, Boston
Hotel El Dorado, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Meydenbauer Place, Bellevue, Washington
Central Wharf, Boston
New Center for Arts and Culture, Boston
Boston Red Sox Bid/ Waterfront Ballpark, Boston
Gateway Project, Boston Seaport
Seaport Boulevard, Boston
Seaport Development/ Property Improvement and Infrastructure
Vanderbilt Galleria, Naples
Orion Center at Daniels and Plantation Road, Fort Myers
So Grato on Airport Pulling Road, Naples
Estero on the River, Estero, FL
Retail
CityPlace, West Palm Beach, Florida
The Limited; Dadeland Mall, Florida; Country Club Plaza, Kansas City and other locations
Central Wharf, Boston
730 North Michigan Avenues, Chicago
LaGuardia Airport modernization, New York
Plaza del Sol at Corkscrew Road and Three Oaks Parkway in Estero
Coconut Crossing on the corner of US 41 and Coconut in Estero
Hotels
730 North Michigan Avenues (Chicago Peninsula)
Hotel El Dorado, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Cornell University - Statler Inn and Hotel School, Ithaca, NY
Meydenbauer Place, Bellevue, Washington
Boston Peninsula Hotel Study
Central Wharf, Boston
Peninsula Hotel/Residential Study
SpringHill Suites, Estero, FL
Corporate/ Commercial
Toyota North American Parts Logistics Division Corporate Offices, Ontario, California
Bay Colony Corporate Center, Phase IV, Boston
Tysons II, Office Building D, Tysons Corner, Virginia
Putnam Investments, Boston
Vanderbilt Galleria, Naples
Corkscrew Palms on Corkscrew Road in Estero
Residential
The Heritage on the Garden, Boston
CityPlace, West Palm Beach, Florida
Hyde Park Square, Chicago
Seaport Development, Boston
So Grato on Airport Pulling Road, Naples
Estero on the River, Estero, FL
Transportation
MBTA Silver Line Courthouse Station, Boston
MBTA Government Center Station Study, Boston
LaGuardia Airport modernization, New York
Corporate/ Commercial
Toyota North American Parts Logistics Division Corporate Offices, Ontario, California
Bay Colony Corporate Center, Phase IV, Boston
Tysons II, Office Building D, Tysons Corner, Virginia
Putnam Investments, Boston
Vanderbilt Galleria, Naples
Corkscrew Palms on Corkscrew Road in Estero
Industrial
Toyota North American Parts Logistics Division Distribution Center, Ontario, California
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