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Dr. Wazir Ishmael was appointed City Manager on December 3, 2014 by the Hollywood City Commission. He joined the City of Hollywood as Assistant City Manager for Sustainable Development in August 2014. Dr. Ishmael oversees a city government comprised of more than 1,400 full-time and part-time employees with a combined budget of nearly $500 million. He is one of three employees appointed directly by the City Commission (the other two being City Attorney Douglas Gonzales and Community Redevelopment Agency Executive Director Jorge Camejo). Dr. Ishmael's seeks to guide a city-wide vision that promotes responsible industrial, commercial, and office development and redevelopment while enhancing residential quality of life, the preservation of open space, and the emergence of a quality, city-wide community aesthetic based on sustainability. Dr. Ishmael has over thirty years of experience as a local government administrator, planner, educator and international business executive with the City of Miramar; Broward County Planning Council; Clark County, Washington; Wigan County Council, Lancashire, United Kingdom; and PlanLogical Corporation. During his 16 year tenure with Miramar, he progressively held the positions of Planning Manager, Community Development Director, Assistant City Manager for Development Services, Deputy City Manager and Interim City Manager. Dr. Ishmael completed the prestigious “Senior Executives in State and Local Government” course at Harvard’s Kennedy School in July of 2019. Dr. Ishmael received his Bachelor’s Degree with Honors in Development Studies (focusing on Economics and Natural Resources) from the University of East Anglia, Norwich, England; his Master's of Urban Regional Planning from the University of Miami, Florida; and his Doctorate in Urban Studies from Portland State University, Oregon.

Eric Fordin joined the Company in 2004 and currently serves as a Managing Director for the firm. His real estate experience spans more than 29 years, with the specialization in the acquisition, entitlement, development, financing, sales and marketing of condominium, multifamily and mixed use projects. Since joining Related in 2004, Mr. Fordin has overseen the development, from concept through to completion, of over 3,000 units with a value in excess of $6 billion. Most recently, Mr. Fordin completed Residences by Armani/Casa, recognized as the first residential commission for the Armani/Casa brand in the United States and the single largest tower ever developed by Related at over 1.7M square feet. Additional projects spearheaded by Mr. Fordin include Six Fisher Island, Rivage Bal Harbour, The Residences of Hillsboro Beach, Hollywood Arts, Diplomat Landings Residences, Hyde Resort & Residences, Apogee Beach, Beachwalk Resort & Residences, Hyde Beach House, Loft and Loft 2. With each project, Mr. Fordin is responsible for the negotiation of land acquisition, partnership agreements, budget creation and project fiscal responsibility and the overall management of the development process. He works closely with teams of consultants including general contractors, architects, engineers and designers in the realization of projects that raise the bar for Related. After earning a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of South Florida, Mr. Fordin attended New York University where he completed real estate-related courses in project management, cash flow analysis, and construction essentials for owners and developers.

In his role as the Senior Vice-President of Development for Altman Development Company, Lon Tabatchnick is responsible for overseeing all facets of the development process and all multifamily development in South Florida. Specifically, Lon is responsible for land acquisition, financial underwriting, entitlements, product design and construction oversight. Lon has a broad background in real estate having served as the founder and President of The Lojeta Group since 1985, a family owned and run real estate development company which has built residential homes, multifamily, commercial space, and mixed-use space with various partners. Under Lon’s leadership, The Lojeta Group has developed real estate projects in excess of $500 million and built for brands that need no introduction including The Margaritaville Hollywood Beach Resort.

Mr. Poliakoff represents owners of multifamily residential and commercial properties on issues relating to land use and zoning, and he has substantial experience in obtaining entitlements. He works closely with local public officials and provides guidance to his many business clients on the complex governmental processes, for example, public sector procurements, affordable housing, developer agreements, and legislative initiatives. Mr. Poliakoff’s annexation legislation, still serves as the model in the Broward County Local Bill Manual for the legislative process. He also has considerable experience with community redevelopment agencies and has been involved in numerous redevelopment efforts throughout Broward County. In 2005, Mr. Poliakoff was appointed to the Broward County Land Preservation Board by the Broward County Commission. This board was responsible for reviewing all land acquisitions in Broward County, specifically overseeing the $400 million bond issue that was approved to preserve and reclaim over 1,400 acres of open space in Broward County and repair and enhance the county’s recreational parks.

Inigo Ardid oversees the day-to-day operations of development projects as well as the acquisition of new properties for Key International. He is a seasoned real estate developer who has been involved in over $4 Billion worth of real estate transactions and has built over 10 Million square feet of real estate. His projects include buying and developing hotels, rental and for sale residential properties, purchasing distressed asset notes, office buildings, and retail properties. Inigo has developed over 2,000 hotel keys and over 2,600 residential units. Key International is headquartered in Miami and has been developing and acquiring properties in the United States since the 1970’s. A few of Key International’s landmark developments include the Eden Roc Miami Beach, the Marriott Stanton South Beach, and several luxury condominium towers including The Harbour, 1010 Brickell, 400 Sunny Isles, Eden House, and Mint & Ivy.

Ian Bruce Eichner, a seasoned developer of urban mixed-use properties, has a proven track record in real estate spanning more than three decades. His vast portfolio of projects in New York, Miami and Las Vegas include City Spire, One Broadway Place, The Manhattan Club, The Kingsley, Royale, American, and Boulevard as well as Montague Street built in Brooklyn Heights. Outside of New York he has developed the Continuum, a 2-tower gated condominium community in South Beach, and the Cosmopolitan, a 3,000 room resort and casino on the Las Vegas strip. His latest project 45 East 22nd Street, recently completed, is the tallest and, considered by many, the most iconic building in the Flatiron District. Transforming the downtown skyline, the tower consists of a glass silhouette of 65 stories which rises 777 feet into the sky. The striking exterior, crafted by the global architectural firm of Kohn Peterson Fox, wraps around timeless interiors created by the Martin Brudzinski Design Studio. The building contains 82 apartments and approximately 230,000 sale-able square feet with the following five floors of amenities including:  Landscaped garden and fifth floor terrace designed by Oehme Van Sweden  Fitness center  Children’s playroom  Indoor basketball court  Golf simulator  Drawing room with separate billiards and cards rooms  Upper Club on the 54th floor with bar, private dining room and catering kitchen  Automated private residential parking garage His newest project 960 Franklin Avenue, Brooklyn is a proposed 1.3 million square feet development consisting of 1600 residential housing units including a proposed 50/50 split between market rate, work-force and low-income apartments. Mr. Eichner’s acute business sense has produced a series of visionary real estate developments that have been characterized by a creative mix of distinctive purpose- built properties. Each of these properties illustrates his extensive real estate expertise and ability to take situations which others may find unachievable and off-putting, and design and execute solutions which realize value for the developer. Mr. Eichner’s notable development achievements that were the first in their class include: 1. First high-rise built in Brooklyn Heights since landmarks height legislation was passed in 1965 (Montague Street, 1998) 2. First urban timeshare in New York, with a new concept of being able to book stays one day at a time (The Manhattan Club, 1996) 3. First and only beachfront gated community in South Beach (The Continuum, 2003-2008) 4. First development on the Las Vegas strip to employ an urban development model, maximizing a small (8.5 acre) site to its full square footage potential of 6 ½ million square feet. (The Cosmopolitan) Mr. Eichner’s career in real estate follows almost a decade in the criminal justice system, including terms as an Assistant District Attorney and program development chief of a New York State agency during Governor Nelson Rockefeller’s tenure.