Will There Be a Migration To South Florida?

Brian Gale is Vice Chairman of Cushman and Wakefield of Florida. Through his 27 year career, Brian has overseen the signing of leases totalling 12 million square feet, with a value of over $2 billion. His team currently represents almost 7 million square feet of office space in South Florida, with buildings in Downtown Miami, Brickell, Coral Gables, South Miami, Coconut Grove, Wynwood, Airport West and has clients which include Metlife, Nuveen, Related, AEW, Prudential, OKO Group, Cain International, IP Capital, CIM, L&B, Banyan and Crocker Partners. From 1993 to 1999, Brian was a broker in the Miami office of CB Richard Ellis and from there he spent the next 18 years as a broker and Principal of Taylor and Mathis before joining Cushman and Wakefield in 2016. Brian is a 2 time “Broker of the Year” winner for Miami-Dade County.

Justin joined Cain International in 2019 and is responsible for overseeing Cain’s Miami portfolio, which includes 830 Brickell, Missoni Baia and Una Residences. Cain also owns two additional large-scale development sites in South Florida and is involved in the redevelopment of the historic Delano Hotel in South Beach. Cain is a London-headquartered real estate investment firm with over $10 billion in assets under management with equity and debt investments in gateway cities in the U.S. and Western Europe. Throughout his career, Justin has worked on over $8 billion of real estate transactions. Justin joined Cain from Imperial Companies, where he was responsible for sourcing and executing new transactions with a focus on new development or substantial redevelopment. Prior to that, Justin spent nearly five years at Savanna Real Estate Fund, a New York City focused owner, operator and developer. Justin started his real estate career at Eastdil Secured. Justin holds a Master of Commerce from the University of Virginia and a Bachelor of Science in economics from Boston College. Justin is actively involved in the Advisory Board for the Master of Real Estate Development + Urbanism program at University of Miami’s School of Architecture and is a member of PropTech Angels, a group of real estate professionals that invests in early-stage real estate tech companies.

Apollo Bank, a Miami based community bank, was organized in 2009 and formally launched in March 2010. Apollo was formed to create a service oriented, community focused financial institution organized around similar principles of the original Apollo Mission--when you get really smart people together focused on a common goal, you can do anything. Since 2010, Apollo Bank has become a full service bank serving entrepreneur, business owners, and investors throughout South Florida. Key Achievements: --2010, Apollo Bancshares acquires Union Credit Bank, forming Apollo Bank. --2014, Apollo Bank acquires The First Bank of Miami. Apollo Bank further extends its branch network and surpasses the $500 million in total assets mark. --Recognized as one of the "Top Places to Work" by Florida Trend Magazine for 6 straight years. --Recognized as one the "Best Banks to Work for" by American Banker Magazine for 5 straight Years. --Apollo Bank's founder, Eddy Arriola, was named "Ultimate CEO" by the South Florida Business Journal in 2019. --Apollo Bank surpasses $750 million in Total Assets mark in 2019. --December 2019, Apollo Bank announces sale of the bank to Suncoast Credit Union, the largest Credit Union in the State of Florida and 10th largest in the country, with over $10 Billion in assets. The sale is the largest transaction in history of a Credit Union acquiring a bank.