Max D. Puyanic, Chief Executive Officer

I was born in Chicago, Illinois, on October 19th, 1947, was raised there and completed
my under-graduate studies at
Roosevelt University. I graduated in 1968 with honors and in doing so, was awarded membership in
the honorary fraternity, Beta-Gamma-Sigma. After graduation,
I
worked with Arthur Anderson & Company as an Accountant for one year before relocating from
Chicago to Miami, Florida to attend Law School.
I attended the University of Miami Law School and obtained a Juris Doctor Degree
on June 4th, 1972. I was admitted to the Florida Bar on October 6th, 1972. On December 10th, 1974, I was admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeal, on January 2nd, 1975, to the United States District Court and on December 6th, 1976,
to the
United States Supreme Court. I practiced law in Miami, Florida
as a Sole Practitioner and as a member of a small firm which I founded and ran for numerous years. I currently
maintain my law practice at 30 W. Mashta Dr., Suite 400, Key Biscayne, Florida and
primarily practice law for my own investments and business in Real Estate.
I began making investments in Real Estate almost immediately after opening my law
firm in Miami, Florida and soon thereafter, opened Commodore
Realty, Inc., designated as
the entity under which I operate, manage, and lease all of the Real Estate that I have invested in. Over
the years, I have had great success with my investments in a multitude of areas in Real
Estate, including cattle farms throughout the state of Florida, fruit groves in
southeast Florida, land and apartments in the Brickell area of Miami, waterfront apartment buildings throughout Dade-County, and in grocery-anchored shopping centers
throughout the state of Florida. My current focus is grocery-anchored shopping centers
and
I currently have investments in approximately 900,000 square feet of this type
of real estate. At these properties, we
have almost 200 tenants including Publix,
Winn-Dixie, Sweet-Bay Supermarkets, Food Lion, HHGregg, Office Depot,
McDonalds, the United States Post Office, Radio Shack, Pier 1 Imports,
and
Starbucks.
In addition, I have been active in Civic Affairs and have served throughout the years as President
of the
Brickell Area Association and
Mashta Island Association
and currently remain
a member on the Board of Directors for both organizations. In 2007, I helped form an organization called
Preserve Our Key Biscayne
and have been actively involved in this organization since its inception.
I am happily married to my wife Jennie and have four sons who range from the age of 24
- 32. They
are,
from oldest to youngest, Max J. Puyanic,
David A. Puyanic,
Jarrett Rich Magazine,
and Michael Angelo Puyanic. My son, David, began working with me in 2003 and I am proud to have him
as apart of our team. My preferred
pastimes include: my Art collection, Fishing and Travel.