Pedro J. Garcia's Page

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 including his last development project, Gateway Office/Tech Park, a twelve building, 300,000 square foot office and flex space planned Business Park.

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 and founded Gateway Realty Services, LLC 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 1.8 billion dollars in sale and lease transactions.

He 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. He is active in various national and local professional organizations, including the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR), Commercial Industrial Association of South Florida (CIASF), and the Realtors Commercial Alliance of Greater Miami & the Beaches (RAMB). 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 – Office, Codina Realty Broker of the Year and the CoStar Annual Power Broker Awards for both Office and Industrial leasing.

Mr. Garcia is a resident of Coral Gables, Florida, where he lives with his wife and their three children. He serves as a member of numerous Boards of Directors and is very active in the community.



A select representative sampling of transactions follows:

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 Corp. 51,364
AT&T Florida HQ 27,623

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 122,000
Mobis Parts – Hyundai 121,000
BellSouth Telecommunications 216,432
BellSouth Telecom. & BAPCO 132,738


INVESTMENTS / SQUARE FEET
Beacon Industrial Park 781,000
Blue Lagoon Business Park 325,611
Shoppes at Lago Mar Shopping Ctr. 82,710
Fine Art 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

LAND / ACRES
M Holding, LLC (Martell Pontiac GMC) 3.27
Williamson Doral, LLC (Saturn of West Dade) 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