Projects & Capital
Standardized project intake, curated pipeline visibility and targeted introductions to lenders, equity partners and institutional stakeholders.
Submit a project →THE FLORIDA REAL ESTATE CHAMBER
A statewide chamber built around active real estate developers, development firms and aligned partners—connecting projects to capital, policy, public-sector opportunity and the relationships required to execute.
THE FREC MODEL
FREC brings together independent development firms without diluting the identity, economics or relationships that make each sponsor effective. The Chamber creates the connective infrastructure around them—curation, visibility, advocacy, education and access to aligned partners.
How the Chamber works →WHAT FREC DELIVERS
Not generic networking. The platform is organized around the specific friction points that slow real estate projects and sponsor growth.
Standardized project intake, curated pipeline visibility and targeted introductions to lenders, equity partners and institutional stakeholders.
Submit a project →A coordinated developer voice around land use, zoning, permitting, CRA governance, housing policy and public-private development opportunity.
Explore committees →Practical education, sponsor-to-sponsor collaboration, technical resources and access to experienced operators who understand execution.
Membership benefits →DEVELOPMENT PIPELINE
The Sponsor Pipeline gives developer-members a structured way to submit project scope, stage, location and capital requirements so FREC can understand the collective opportunity set and align projects with the right relationships.
Developer provides standardized project and capital information.
FREC organizes the opportunity and identifies readiness gaps.
Relevant lenders, equity partners and strategic stakeholders are matched.
Introductions, feedback and next steps move directly to the sponsor.
CURRENT MEMBERS
Mixed-use, residential, hospitality
The Peebles Corporation is a privately held national real estate investment and development company with real estate developers specializing in residential, hospitality, retail and mixed-use commercial properties.
HAP-contract value-add multifamily
A real estate investment and asset-management platform with specialty experience in HAP-contract recapitalizations and value-add multifamily.
Master-planned, affordable, workforce, conversions
A vertically integrated national platform focused on master-planned communities, affordable housing, workforce housing and complex conversions.
Workforce multifamily, hospitality
A South Florida development platform applying analytical rigor to workforce multifamily, hospitality and structured public-private opportunities.
Affordable rental, homeownership, faith-based
A development platform centered on affordable rental, homeownership and faith-based development opportunities.
Multifamily, senior, LIHTC-financed
Icon Heritage Partners actively acquires, develops, and repositions multifamily properties to maintain the highest potential for growth.
CAPITAL ENGAGEMENT
FREC is not a fund. Capital relationships remain directly between the selected investor or lender and the individual sponsor.
Understand asset class, geography, check size, return targets and impact priorities.
Match capital partners with members whose platform and pipeline fit the mandate.
The partner evaluates the sponsor and specific opportunities directly.
Capital, governance and economics are negotiated deal-by-deal with the sponsor.
BUILD WITH FREC
Whether you are an active developer, an emerging sponsor, a financial institution or a corporation seeking a meaningful role in Florida’s development ecosystem, there is a clear way to engage.