Greg Morris - President
About
Native Floridian raised In Miami
Education
University of Missouri - Columbia
- Bachelors Degree - Finance
- Masters Degree - Finance
Professional Background
- 2009 - Joined Commercial Property Southwest Florida - Principle & President
CPSWFL is the exclusive Cushman and Wakefield Alliance Member for Southwest Florida.
- 2001 - Joined Private Equity Group - Executive Vice President & Director of Real Estate
From 2001 through 2008 planned and executed the acquisition and disposition of an average of $100 million per year in diverse real estate investments throughout the in the state of Florida.
- 1996 - Joined Lehigh Corporation - President in Fort Myers
A large (125,000 lots) community in Lee County which was purchased from the RTC by Minnesota Power in 1992. Minnesota Power (now Allete) is a broadly diversified electric utility company with headquarters in Duluth Minnesota with extensive commercial and residential real estate holdings in the State of Florida.
In 1999, led Allete through the acquisition of the Cape Coral, Florida $250 million diversified real estate portfolio then owned by Avatar Holdings. It was the largest private sector real estate transaction to date in Cape Coral Florida. Mr. Morris then developed and executed a five year disposition plan for the Cape Coral holdings. This was completed in two years – three years early and well over profit projections.
- Prior - Joined AmeriFirst Federal Savings and Loan In Miami (20 years)
An old line four billion dollar financial institution with roots going back to the 1930’s.
Held a variety of real estate related capacities including:
- Staff Appraiser
- Division Vice President of Facility Management & Construction
- Culminating As President - AmeriFirst Development (“ADCO”)
600 million dollar full service real estate development company and retail home builder. ADCO was involved in most major markets in Florida (with offices in Miami, Tampa, Orlando, and Boca Raton). Accomplished major developments including the Sawgrass Mills DRI , which at that date was the largest in dollar terms Development of Regional Impact undertaken in Florida.
Experienced
30 Plus Year Executive In Real Estate:
- Investment
- Development
- Acquisition
- Financing
- Disposition Industries
Achievements
Participated in a diverse variety of transactions in excess of $5 billion throughout Florida.
- Downtown Miami Office High Rises
- Residential Home Building
- Large Scale DRI Developments
- Bank REO
- Acquisitions & Sales
- Installment Lot Sale Communities
- Retail Shopping Centers
- Purchases & Sales
- Leasing Bank Retail Branches
- Bank Operation Centers
- Site Selection Planning & Construction
- Tens Of Thousands Acres Of Vacant Florida Land Transactions