Mr. Garcia founded the Gateway Companies in 1978 specializing in commercial real estate development and general contracting. He is well versed in all phases of the development cycle including site selection, design, financing, and construction and has offered the community many efficiently planned business environments.

He joined the Codina Group in 1994 and became responsible for handling all aspects of commercial sales and leasing for the Beacon Centre, a 3.2 million square foot, 205-acre master planned, mixed-use business park and one of the premier corporate parks in the southeast United States. Subsequently, Mr. Garcia became responsible for Flagler Station Business Park; a 960-acre master planned Business Park. While there, he concluded over 8,880,000 square feet of transactions totaling $375 million on behalf of Flagler Development Co. and its parent company, Florida East Coast Industries. As Senior Vice President at Codina, Mr. Garcia was one of the top producers for the firm.

In April of 2005 Mr. Garcia returned full time to the Gateway Companies which specializes in tenant/buyer, landlord/seller representations, land sales, and in the placement of equity capital and disposition of real estate for institutions and corporations as well as the structuring of build-to-suit developments and joint venture participations. Mr. Garcia has concluded more than 2.2 billion dollars in sale and lease transactions.

In 2008, Binswanger-Gateway was formed as a strategic partnership to enhance existing market coverage in Florida and to strengthen Binswanger’s reach into Latin America. Mr. Garcia’s intimate market knowledge, backed by Binswanger’s international experience, uniquely positions the Binswanger-Gateway to serve multinational corporations looking to capitalize on Miami’s reputation as the “Gateway to the Americas”. Headquartered in Philadelphia, Pa., Binswanger is an international full-service real estate organization with offices worldwide throughout the U.S.A., Canada, Mexico and South America, the U.K. and Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

Mr. Garcia is a graduate of the University of Miami, a State Certified General Contractor, and a Licensed Real Estate Broker. Mr. Garcia’s commitment to the community and civic affairs is strong and he serves as a director on numerous boards. He is active in various national and local professional organizations, including the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR) and the Realtors Commercial Alliance of the Miami Association of Realtors.

He has received numerous industry achievement and project awards including NAIOP Broker of the Year, Project Sale of the Year, Office Lease of the Year, Industrial Lease of the Year, Sublease of the Year, Office Build-To-Suit of the Year, Industrial Build-To-Suit of the Year, Industrial/Commercial Development of the Year, New Development of the Year, Codina Realty Broker of the Year, SIOR Largest Dollar Volume Award, CoStar Annual Power Broker Awards for both Office and Industrial leasing, and the Realtor’s Association Commercial Realtor of the Year, Honor Society Member, and Commercial Industry Leader of the Year awards.

OFFICE SQUARE FEET

Ryder System, Inc. World HQ 250,121

GSA (U.S. Secret Service) 82,500

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Florida 134,775

Eastman Kodak Co.-CALA 31,517

DHL Airways, Inc. 129,127

First Union National Bank Operations 51,133

Air Jamaica 31,954

CELLIT, Inc. 43,770

Union Planters Operations Center 101,406

Central Region Providers (Non Profits) 51,569

BellSouth Advertising & Publishing 51,364

AT&T Florida HQ 27,623

YP Real Estate 17,630

INDUSTRIAL SQUARE FEET

HUDD Distribution Services 119,200

Crowley American Transport 90,650

Acer Latin America 72,882

Tech Data Corporation 138,996

Eagle USA 100,720

BWD Automotive 72,500

GPS Momentum Logistics 26,300

FedEx 90,735

Mercator Shipping 77,100

Marlin Showcase 65,794

Recall Total Info Management 112,730

C.H. Robinson 53,300

American Air Carriers 146,018

Dana Corporation 121,979

The Pillsbury Company 32,700

Caterpillar Logistics 300,000

USCO Distribution Services 359,504

Florida Dept. of Children & Families 320,000

USF Logistics 112,000

Keystone Automotive Industries 105,900

PriceMart 85,300

IMPAC Logistic Services 122,979

Mobis Parts – Hyundai 121,000

BellSouth Telecommunications 216,432

BellSouth Telecom. & BAPCO 132,738

AT&T Florida 165,276

Montague Claybrook, Ch. 7 Trustee 35,458

Bertram Yacht Manufacturing 110,250

Roberto J. Lang (JAIR Building) 101,200

INVESTMENTS SQUARE FEET

Beacon Industrial Park 781,000

Blue Lagoon Business Park 325,611

Shoppes at Lago Mar Shopping Ctr. 82,710

Lamps HQ 200,000

McCahill Industrial Park 879,833

Gran Park at Lewis Terminal 310,810

Airport Business Center 530,647

Beacon Centre 2,214,709

Martin Brower Building 52,000

Caterpillar Logistics Dist. Center 300,000

USA Building 82,500

Westside Corporate Center Bus. Park. 406,000

U.S. Postal Facility, Pinecrest, FL 27,102

StorageMart Facility, Hialeah, FL 69,218

Bertram / Allied Facility 400,887

Cisneros Studios. 119,008



LAND ACRES

M Holding, LLC (Martell Pontiac GMC) 3.27

Williamson Doral, LLC (Saturn) 3.22

Ryder System, Inc.(Various) 126.43

TA/Western LLC 42.00

Shore Properties, Inc. 5.19

Flagler Development/FECI (Various) 161.00+

Codina Development Corp. (Various) 42.00

U.S. Cold Storage 10.70

Trends GPL, Inc. 8.00

BellSouth Telecommunications 72.13

First Industrial Realty Trust 14.10

Beacon Village (AMB Property Co.) 9.14

Banco Popular North America 5.06

Sigma Equipment 11.84