Since 1986, Girona Ventures has been transforming sub-performing commercial properties throughout the US into stabilized, high occupancy, high quality assets. This extensive experience in real estate investment, redevelopment, leasing and asset management is the key to successfully executing real estate investments.
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Jeffrey D. Ravetz
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Mr. Ravetz is the President of Girona Ventures and has spent his entire career acquiring commercial properties and adding value through recapitalization, capital improvements, changing a properties use, implementing tax benefit programs, remediating environmental hazards, coordinating efficient lease-up, re-tenanting and other creative value-add enhancements. Prior to Girona Ventures, Mr. Ravetz was a principal of Lighthouse Real Estate Ventures, a Long Island based real estate investment company which has owned and operated approximately 4,000,000 SF. Since 1990, Mr. Ravetz has also been a principal with DNC Capital, a New York based real estate investment banking concern. Through DNC, Mr. Ravetz has participated in the acquisition and financing of multifamily, office and retail properties totaling in excess of two million sf. These properties are located in Texas, New York, Oklahoma, Californina, Nebraska and Arizona. Previously, Jeffrey was responsible for acquisition and financing at Time Equities, the national real estate investment firm based in New York. Prior to Time Equities, Mr. Ravetz was a small business strategist at Deloitte, Haskins and Sells. Jeffrey received his B.S. in Economics and M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Business, and is both a New York licensed Certified Public Accountant and Real Estate Broker.
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