Elias M. Vassilaros has over thirty-five years of experience in all aspects of real estate development including acquisitions of entitled and developed properties that lend themselves to redevelopment, or un-entitled tracts of land that are master planned for mixed use developments; planning and development; financing; horizontal and vertical construction of improvements. Elias Vassilaros has been the Executive Vice President of Courtelis Company for over 15 years responsible for the day to day operations. Prior to that, Elias M. Vassilaros was Vice President and General Manager of Florida Ecological Company, an underground utility construction company. Elias M. Vassilaros holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and a Master of Science from the University of Miami.
George Myers has over twenty-five years of experience in real estate and property management in Washington, D.C. and Miami. He has been with Courtelis Company since 1985, where he has professionally managed a number of Southwest Florida properties. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland and has been a licensed Florida Real Estate Broker since 1990.
Jim Zaydon has extensive experience in commercial real estate sales, leasing and restaurant development. He is currently the Senior Leasing Manager at the Courtelis Company. Prior to joining the Courtelis Company, Jim Zaydon was the Real Estate Representative for Burger King Corporation’s Eastern Region, which included 26 states. He has also been employed at such firms as The Brandon Company and Trammell Crow Company where he handled in excess of 350,000 square feet of real estate transactions which valued over $28 million. Jim Zaydon is a Florida Licensed Real Estate Broker and a graduate of Barry University, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance.
Ms. Goldberg has 18 years of experience in the shopping center industry. She was formerly at JLL Brokerage as VP of Retail Brokerage, Franklin Street Real Estate as Director of Leasing and Tenant Representation. While at JLL Brokerage and Franklin Street she was responsible for third party brokerage of over 1.5 million square feet of grocery-anchored and ground up retail developments. Prior to JLL and Franklin Street she worked at RAM Realty Services specializing in shopping center leasing for Landlord owned value-add assets, ground-up developments and mixed-use projects throughout the State of Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia where she generated approximately 2 million square feet of retail and restaurant leases with an estimated value of more than $170,000,000.
Ms. Goldberg attended the University of Miami and holds a real estate license in Florida. She is active in the brokerage community and is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers. She has served on ICSC committees in Broward County for NextGen events as well as ICSC Orlando leading roundtables for specialty leasing.
Brian F. Kiely has over twenty-five years of experience managing the financial, accounting and administrative activities for real estate and service companies. With over fifteen years in the real estate industry, Mr. Kiely has been involved in both the commercial (retail, office and industrial) and residential (land and apartments) development and property management. In addition to his current position as Chief Financial Officer for Courtelis Company, where he is responsible for the financial and tax reporting of over thirty operating and investment entities, he has held both positions with the Michael Swerdlow Companies and Rosen Associates. Mr. Kiely has graduated from Colby College with a B.A. in Administrative Science and from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania with an MBA in Finance. He is also a licensed Florida Certified Public Accountant.