CALL US TODAY · (727) 535-5151 Home Our Projects Founder's Bio Properties For Sale Contact CHRIS SCHERER President / CEO Scherer Development, LLC Qualifications State of Florida Class A General Contractor License #CGC057908 State of Florida Real Estate Broker License # BK682983 Bachelor of Business Administration Degree from Texas A&M University in fields of financing and accounting in 1989 President of Pasco County Home Builders Association 1994 - 1996 City of Saint Petersburg Commissioner. Development review commission 2010 - 2016. Vice Chairman 2015. Chairman 2016. Scherer Development, LLC Founded in 1994 to provide clients with complete development services including site selection, design, construction, leasing and property management services. Major Clients and Projects Diablo Business Park; Las Vegas, NV - 5 building, 500,000 sq. ft. multi-tenant flex space office park, purchased, rehabbed, released and sold in 2007 Hooters Corporate Office Center; Clearwater, Florida - Design Build 30,000 sq. ft. office project John Deer Landscapes, designed, leased and constructed numerous retail centers throughout the Southeast U.S. Drug stores and pharmacies – Numerous design/build/lease projects completed for Walgreens, CVS and Rite Aid throughout Southeast U.S. Fishhawk Crossings; Lithia, Florida - Self-developed 9,000 sq. ft. multi-tenant strip center and adjacent Walgreens Build to suit 5,500 sq. ft. Hooters Restaurant Saint Petersburg, Florida Sam’s Center; Wesley Chapel, Florida - Self-developed 10,000 Sq. Ft. multi-tenant strip center located within Sam’s Club Center. 6880 Lake Ellenor Drive; Orlando, Florida - Self-developed rehab of 30,000 Sq. Ft. multi-tenant office building – tenants included Darden Restaurants, Hewlett Packard, Sunterra Resorts and Marriott Vacations. Other clients and tenants include: Subway, Mattress Firm, Sports Clips, Tijuana Flats, Blimpie, Doral Dental and Duncan Donuts. Interphase, Inc. (1993 - 2000) President Responsibilities: The multi-tenant management of over six-hundred thousand square feet of leased commercial properties. The design, construction, sales leasing and development of all commercial multi-tenant projects which included: Class A, B and C office buildings, industrial parks, warehousing, flex space buildings and retail strip centers. The management of full service real estate brokerage firm with sales transactions in excess of fifteen million dollars. The management of a full service, twelve million dollar design/build commercial construction firm with offices in Tampa, Orlando and Fort Lauderdale. The design, sales, construction and development of all residential products which included single family subdivisions, apartments and manufactured home parks and attached villas. The management of a seven million dollar residential construction company producing over one hundred homes per year. Jim Walter Homes, Inc. District Manager Responsibilities: Responsible for the yearly sales and construction of 700 plus single family site built homes in a two state, forty-five county area. Directed and controlled the efforts and activities of four construction managers in the Ocala, Fort Myers and Tampa, Florida offices as well as Albany, Georgia. Managed and supervised sales staff of fifteen and approved all construction and sales contracts. Negotiated all subcontractor and supplier contracts. Reviewed and approved all payment requests. Multi Family / Multi-Tenant Experience Ridgewood Community; Ellenton, Florida 265 Unit 55+ Rental Community Management Performed: Leasing management and lease forecasts Capital budgets and income forecasts Real time, monthly and yearly income and expense statements Cash flow management Regulatory and agency reporting compliance Tennant lease administration – prescreening, lease compliance and retention programs Facilities management – Unit inspections, orderly work order maintenance, landscape maintenance vendor approval and maintenance contract negotiations Direct supervision over leasing and sales staff Ridgewood Community Phase II Development Designed and permitted additional 107 unit sites Responsible for site development and construction budgets Directly supervised all contractors and subcontractors efforts Reviewed and approved all construction budgets and contractor payment requests Generated and submitted all financing requests to lender with required documentation Managed payment to contractors and collected necessary partial lien releases Managed and verified all contractors /subcontractor insurance liability policy certifications / workman’s compensation and bonding certifications Direct supervision of placement, construction and installation of new homes Grove Point Apartments; Ruskin, Florida 80 Unit - 99,000 sq. ft. Apartment Project Construction Management Performed: General Contractor Hard bid fixed cost project Critical path construction management Supervision of all direct employees / tradesmen and subcontractors Generated and collected monthly payment request of subcontractors / suppliers and submitted to architect Provided and managed the collection of lien releases, insurance certificates and draw requests Submitted as built drawings to lender, architect, building departments, utility departments and agencies as required Completed entire project including site development in 122 days Allen’s Creek Apartments; Clearwater, Florida 700 Unit Apartment Site Assembled, four parcel, 60 acre development site on Tampa Bay one mile South of SR 60 on US 19. Organized numerous community meetings with affected and adjacent property owners in order to gain public support. Rezoned property to multi-family high density to allow for 18 units per acre. Amended the Clearwater future land use plan as filed with Pinellas County and the state of Florida. Obtained preliminary site plan approval from the city of Clearwater and Pinellas County. Obtained State of Florida Department of Community Affairs approval for a 700 unit multi-family development. Obtained Florida Department of Transportation approval to utilize and improve U.S. 19. Negotiated city of Clearwater annexation contingent upon concurrency certifications, site plan approval and impact fee reductions. Obtained permits necessary to develop a 60 slip full service marina from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and Pinellas County. Purchased site development permits. Negotiated sale of property with all plans, permits and entitlements to Sun America. Riverside Villas; New Port Richey, Florida Designed, permitted, constructed and platted 270 unit attached rental and fee simple units Responsible for site development and construction budgets. General Contractor of record and supervised all subcontractors efforts. Reviewed and approved all construction budgets and contractor payment requests. Generated and submitted all financing requests to lender with required documentation. Managed payment to contractors and collected a necessary partial and final lien releases. Managed and verified all contractors /subcontractor insurance liability policy certifications / workman’s compensation and bonding certifications. Submitted all as-builts as necessary to obtain final plat. Leasing management and lease forecasts. Capital budgets and income forecasts. Real time, monthly and yearly income and expense statements. Cash flow management. Regulatory and agency reporting compliance. Tenant lease administration – prescreening, lease compliance and retention programs. Facilities management – Unit inspections, orderly work order maintenance, landscape maintenance vendor approval and maintenance contract negotiations. Established a lease to own program. Managed affairs for homeowners association including: Yearly meetings, budgeting and deed restriction compliance. Scherer Development can evaluate your property quickly and determine if it is an acquisition candidate. CALL US TODAY (727) 535-5151 Contact Us Today ABOUT SCHERER DEVELOPMENT We are the number one stop in the region for development, acquisitions, and construction. We’ve been serving the area for more than 20 years, and we do it with pride. LOCATION Clearwater, FL CONTACT US (727) 535-5151