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Brian T. Ahearn, CCIM
Senior Vice President
Industrial Brokerage Services
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Prior to joining Butters Realty & Management, Mr. Ahearn served as Senior Commercial Advisor for Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT for over 11 years. At Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT Mr. Ahearn specialized in sales and leasing of industrial, office and investment properties. Brian was consistently recognized as one of the top 10 commercial agents for Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT in Florida. Some of the National awards he received while at Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT were Commercial Elite, Gold Circle of Distinction & Presidents Award. His prior client list is extensive and includes Advance Auto Parts, Wells Fargo Bank, Quanta Services Inc., Irby Construction Company, Florida International Marketing, DOKA USA, DR Horton, DHI Mortgage, Bertling Logistics, NitroFill, Tricab, ID & Design International and many others.
EDUCATION AND CURRENT RESPONSIBILITIES
Mr. Ahearn received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Mr. Ahearn was the 2019 President of the Broward County CCIM District and is currently on the Board of Directors where he has served since 2016. A CCIM (Certified Commercial Investment Member) is a recognized expert in the commercial and investment real estate industry. Mr. Ahearn is an integral part of the Industrial Brokerage Services Team for Buildings E, F, G and H at Hillsboro Technology Park in Deerfield Beach, First Sawgrass Commerce Center in Coconut Creek and Cabot at 16th Street in Pompano Beach to name a few.
Phone: 954-361-6198
Cell: 954-937-4540
Email: [email protected]
Skylar Butters
Senior Leasing Associate
Sky Butters specializes in office lease up and retention of tenants in southern Palm Beach and Broward county. Sky was allotted the lead position at the 950 Peninsula Corporate building where she increased occupancy from 65% to 94% in less than a year, attracting credit tenants through the use of segmented marketing strategies. More recently, she has been assigned to 1489 W. Palmetto, the second building of the Palmetto Park Road office campus to undergo full renovation as it reintroduces itself to the market place. She has already signed leases to major companies in the market, such as Sprint, despite the building’s current, pre- construction conditions.
Phone: 754-227-5032
Cell: 954-464-0402
Email: [email protected]
Virginia Calcaño
Broker
Virginia Calcaño is a Commercial Real Estate Advisor with over 15 years of experience in the Doral, Miami Airport and Medley areas. She started her career in real estate working for Regus | Serviced Office Space | Coworking and Virtual Offices for South Florida. Shortly after, she started as a Commercial Associate at Kaizen Realty Partners and most recently at Miami Commercial Real Estate. Ms Calcaño specializes in warehouse leasing and sales and her background includes tenant and landlord representation.
After studying “Modern Languages” in Venezuela at “Universidad Central de Venezuela” and “Universidad Metropolitana”, she started working with Dun & Bradstreet Information Services where she served as Sales & Customer Service Manager for the Caribbean and Venezuela. At Dun & Bradstreet she received the Regional Leadership Award and also four “Hats Off Awards”.
Ms. Calcaño is fully bilingual in English and in Spanish and is passionate about helping clients achieve their real estate goals.
Phone: 754-227-5039
Cell: 954-588-9033
Email: [email protected]
JC Conte
Executive Vice President
Director of Industrial Sales & Leasing
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Prior to joining Butters Realty & Management, Mr. Conte served as Principal and Director of Industrial Services for the Staubauch Company‐South Florida, Vice President of Industrial Brokerage Services for CB Richard Ellis, Senior Associate at Easton Badcock & Associates in Doral, FL and most recently was the President & CEO of his own firm, JC Commercial Realty in Pompano Beach, FL, for over eight years.
EDUCATION AND CURRENT RESPONSIBILITIES
Mr. Conte received a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Florida in 1989. While in the University, Mr. Conte was a copublisher in the Journal of Applied Physiology for his research in cycling aerodynamics on behalf of the US Olympic Committee. Since 1996 Mr. Conte has been working exclusively in the commercial real estate business with a focused emphasis on South Florida industrial and logistics. On July 4, 2010 Mr. Conte launched JC Commercial Realty and operated his firm for over 8.5 years. JC has multiple years of active membership and service experience with the National Association of lndustrial and Office (NAIOP) and is a licensed Real Estate Broker. Mr. Conte is now focused on helping Tenants and Buyers position, plan and execute on the complexities of their HQ Relocation requirements. For over 23 years Mr. Conte has prided himself in providing his clients with Gold Standard Corporate Real Estate Services.
Mr. Conte is the third of four children born to Cuban immigrants and writes and speaks fluent Spanish. JC Conte helped direct his father, Rafael Conte’s, campaign where he became the first Mayor of the Village of Key Biscayne in 1992. Rafael Conte served two consecutive terms. JC spends his spare time coaching predominately under privilege youth in the sport of wrestling and has served as the Director of Calvary Wrestling Club in Fort Lauderdale for almost six years. In 2019 he will begin servicing the emotional, financial and athletic needs and goals of the High School Student Athlete within Cardinal Gibbons Wrestling. Mr. Conte is an active Executive Board Member for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) for the past 6 years for Broward County. JC is a South Florida native and has been very happily married to his wife, Grace, for over twenty‐six years. Grace and JC have four children; Claudio (25) CPA, MA, Gabriel (24) Actor & Social Media famous, Sofia (18) and Nicolas (15).
Phone: 954-418-7198
Cell: 954-336-8001
Email: [email protected]
Tom Hotz
Senior Vice President
Tom has 27 years of commercial real estate experience in Broward and Palm Beach Counties. His background includes Tenant and Landlord representation in Office and Industrial sales and leasing. Brokerage experience includes Cushman and Wakefield of Florida, Commercial Florida Realty Partners, Grubb & Ellis and has been with The Butters Group since 2001. Owner representations include Principal Life Insurance Company, Morgan Stanley, Prologis, KTR Capital, REEF Funds, The East Group, Cabot Industrial Trust, and Teachers Insurance and Annuity.
Phone: 954-312-2415
Cell: 561-389-0377
Email: [email protected]
Molly McDonough
Senior Vice President
Molly McDonough has over fifteen years’ experience representing approximately 2,000,000 SF of office space in South Florida and has negotiated more than $100,000,000 in transaction volume for these clients. In 2010 alone, she competed over $13,500,000 of lease transactions and 165,000 SF of tenant representation and secured the largest net absorption lease in Palm Beach County and was nominated for Deal of the Year by NAIOP and the Daily Business Review. Given that success and having represented and spoken to landlords on daily basis for over ten years, she is taking that landlord experience and understanding of the way they think to the tenant side to exclusively represent and protect a tenants best interests by educating them on the market and negotiating the highest level of savings and efficiencies. She has been active in NAIOP (National Association of Industrial and office Properties) in a leadership capacity as Chair of the annual Golf Tournament raising in excess of $100,000 for local charities, she serves on the program committee and is committed to giving back to the community through various organizations that mentor high school students and work with the elderly.
Phone: 954-312-2412
Cell: 561-213-4134
Email: [email protected]