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September 1996 Mr. Wright was a partner in the Orlando based law firm of
Gray, Harris & Robinson, P.A., and effective September 2001 became Of Counsel
with Gray Harris, and in September 2003, left the employment the firm, now known
as GrayRobinson, P.A . (www.gray-robinson.com)
From 1990 to 1996, Mr. Wright worked
as a real estate attorney for two other law firms in Florida (Smith, Mackinnon,
Greeley & Edwards, P.A. and Akerman Senterfitt, P.A.). Prior to that, for
seven years, he was the senior in-house real estate counsel for Southern Farm
Bureau Life Insurance Company in Jackson, MS, managing the day to day legal affairs
of its multi billion dollar commercial real estate portfolio.
Between January, 1983 and October, 1983, Mr. Wright had
a solo law practice in George County (Lucedale) Mississippi.
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Mr. Wright is the managing general
partner of Kae's Corner,
LLP, (d/b/a Shoppes At
Ives Dairy Road), a to be developed
shopping center in Miami-Dade County,
Florida, containing approximately
26,000 square feet of retail space.
Starbucks, Chilis Restaurant, Footlocker,
Radio Shack, Gamestop, Subway, and Wireless
Toyz are a few of the nationally
recognized tenants in this development.
Opening Fall 2006.
Mr. Wright is the managing general
partner of PRC Plaza Assoc.,
LLP, the owner of a single
tenant building containing 139,000+
square foot, immediately west of
the Golden Glades Interchange in
Miami-Dade County, Florida. The
office building is 100% leased to
Precision Response Corp. The partnership
has identified two out parcels on
the PRC Plaza parcel that can be
developed or sold consisting of
an additional 6+ acres, 3.5 of which
front the Palmetto Expressway, the
major north south and east west
loop around north and west Miami-Dade
County.
Mr. Wright is sole owner of MMI
Development, Inc., a commercial
real estate investment and development
company. The firm was formed for the purpose
of acquiring and developing commercial
real estate properties, either through
land assemblage or making buys of
existing income producing properties
based on an analysis of achieving
the realistic creation of significant
value over and above the original
purchase price through the combination
of several key factors (e.g. purchase
price, competent management, and
repositioning of a property within
its submarket).
Mr. Wright was the sole owner of Valencia
Lane, Inc., the former sole corporate general partner of Valencia Lane Apartments,
LTD ("VLA"). VLA is a Florida limited partnership formed in 1999 for
the purpose of constructing, owning and operating a 240 unit apartment complex,
in East Orange County, FL. The project completed permitting and planning and securing
its construction financing in late summer, 2003, and broke ground October, 2003.
Mr. Wright sold his interest in project to his partners shortly thereafter, in
late 2003.
Mr. Wright is the sole managing general partner of Dean Road
Assoc., LLP, and owns a 63% share in the company. DRA was formed for the purpose
of assembling four (4) contiguous parcels of land, consisting of a total of approximately
17 acres, in East Orange County, Florida. The DRA property is at the south exit
of the East/West Expressway for Dean Road and is near the University of Central
Florida, Lockheed and the UCF Research Park. DRA's ultimate goal is to develop
a 288 unit, garden style, Class A apartment complex. Dean Road's basis in the
property, designated as R3 (20 units/acre of residential) on the Orange county
Future Land Use Map, is approximately $3,000/unit at this density. The typical
price for zoned, multifamily land in the east Orange County submarket is $10,000/unit.
Mr.
Wright is the managing general partner of 2153 Coral Way Assoc., LLP, the
owner of a single tenant, 32,000 square foot, mid-rise on Coral Way in Miami,
Florida, which has been 100% leased since inception of ownership, with the tenant
exercising two renewal options and has renewed the existing lease for an additional
five (5) year term under a newly negotiated lease, with rents increasing approximately
45% over the 4 year period of ownership.
Mr. Wright is the managing general
partner of 2103 Coral Way Assoc., LLP, the owner of a single tenant, 62,000
square foot, mid-rise on Coral Way in Miami, Florida which was 40% leased at the
time of acquisition and which is now in excess of 92% occupied.
Mr. Wright
is the managing general partner of Golden Glades Assoc., LLP, the owner
of an eight building, multi-tenant, 191,000 square foot, office park, consisting
of low and mid-rise buildings immediately west of the Golden Glades Interchange
in Miami-Dade County, Florida. The office park was 77% leased at the time of acquisition
in August, 2003, and achieved a leased occupancy 97% by March, 2004.
Mr.
Wright along with Mr. Tim Jackson were the managing general partners of FCB
Holding Co, the largest single stockholder in a de novo bank, First Commercial
Bank of Florida, until the holding company was liquidated in early 2002, netting
the investors a return in excess of 20%, on an annualized basis.
Mr. Wright
is president, COO and 25% owner of Stennis Properties, Inc., a Wright family investment
and holding company, with interests in two hotels, and First Commercial Bank of
Florida common stock and cash reserves.
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