Who We Are
The Solutions RE team has the background, advanced skills, and extensive experience you’re looking for in a commercial real estate problem solver. When you work with our team, you also get the benefit of our connections. We have contacts with many area lenders, which means that we often have early access to a variety of assets. You also get the benefit of our off-market and non-traditional methods of securing quality assets. Take a look at our distinguished roster – and then contact us to learn more and launch a productive relationship.
We approach each and every assignment dispassionately and provide our clients & customers with an unbiased opinion as to the best course of action moving forward. Contact us today for something scarce in today’s world: Intellectual Honesty.
Intellectual Honesty is an applied method of problem solving characterised by an unbiased, honest attitude, which can be demonstrated in a number of different ways.
Meet Our Team
Richard Wood
Principal
Richard brings over 30 years financial and real estate experience as a founder and principal of GKI Ventures LLC, along with Ken Nagid. His focus is identifying distressed opportunities, analyzing and valuing these opportunities and assisting in planning how the investment may perform under various scenarios. He also develops new relationships with potential investment partners and helps maintain the existing relationships with these investors. Richard often maintains the relationship with borrowers in order to expedite the resolution.
Richard also works the day to day with the properties, leasing, sales, tenant management and negotiations and improvements. He feels it´s important to maintain a presence in the properties and this knowledge helps better evaluate new opportunities.
Richard has held numerous positions, including consultant for Price Waterhouse Coopers, as Chief Financial Officer for the Miami Beach Development Corporation and as Chief Financial Officer and for Majestic Properties.
Richard received a BS in Finance from Indiana University and an MBA from the New York Institute of Technology. He also maintains a Florida real estate license.
Connect with Richard:
Office: 305-742-8864
Email: richard@solutions-re.com
Ken Nagid
Principal
Ken, a Co-Founder and Principle of GKI Ventures, brings a keen vision and a dogged pursuit for opportunities, with his focus on developing and maintaining relationships with lenders of all types. Ken maintains strong ties with international investors who are interested in investing in US defaulted debt instruments. Ken further assists to both analyze and value these opportunities.
Ken also has primary responsibly to oversee some of our larger investments, including our 400+ room hotel in Doral, FL.
Ken previously worked in Israel for Siemens as a Project Manager in the R&D field.
Ken relocated to Miami in 2006 and served as Property Manager and Director of Operations for Majestic Properties, where he managed more than 30 properties, including both commercial and residential properties. His responsibilities included leasing, construction, financial strategies, insurance, and legal matters.
Ken is a graduate of Tel Aviv University with a BSC degree in Electronic Engineering and Business Administration. He also maintains a Florida real estate license.
Connect with Ken:
Office: 786-325-9981
Email: ken@solutions-re.com
Jenny Lobenberg
Commercial – VP
Jenny Lobenberg joined the GKI team as Property Manager in 2019 and brings over 25 years of property management experience to the company.
Jenny has worked with small and large scale residential communities, condominium and homeowners’ association and various types of commercial properties. Jenny manages all aspects of properties including rent collections, tenant and maintenance management, vendor relationships and government agencies.
Jenny holds a Florida Community Asset Management License and a degree in business administration.
Connect with Jenny:
Office: 786-271-0230
Email: jenny@solutions-re.com
Mark King
Director
Mark is a Director at Solutions RE and manages commercial real estate sales and marketing for the firm. His decades of success in managing and marketing sophisticated marketing plans has delivered outsized results for the firm and the clients. Mark has worked for probate attorneys and US Bankruptcy courts in Florida and Colorado. He has also completed transactions with the Colorado US District Court and the New Jersey US Attorney’s Office. Mark has entitled retail land, turned around challenged multi-family and managed/leased core retail. This experience and Mark’s keen eye for good opportunities, along with a firm grasp of market fundamentals, has created a unique skill set that is very powerful in the realm of disintermediation.
Prior to joining Solutions RE, Mark was with Lee & Associates national commercial real estate brokerage firm in Miami for 6 years and prior to that he was with New York City based Racebrook Capital, parent of Sheldon Good & Company. His work with Racebrook began in Denver in 2009 working with Sheldon Good as an Associate Director of business development bringing commercial properties to auction. His success in listing a Denver bank portfolio of OREO, a Chapter 11 mixed-use construction project in Aspen, CO and a Chapter 7 trustee’s sale of 7 resort condominiums spread across the United States lead him to be recruited to the Manhattan headquarters of Racebrook as a Director in order to focus on real estate related bankruptcy cases and other hard to value real estate in markets across the country.
With more than 26 years of experience in commercial and resort real estate transactions, serving in nearly all related functions, Mark’s analytical approach, comprehensive market knowledge and engaging personality adds value to any transaction.
Mark received a BA in Criminal Justice from Colorado State University. He also maintains a Florida real estate license
Personally, Mark is an avid cyclist and outdoorsman with 11 years of experience volunteering on a Colorado search and rescue team. When not focused on real estate, he is often planning his next adventure trip.
Connect with Mark:
Office: 970-708-1399
Email: mark@solutions-re.com