About Pointe - Pointe Companies

Who We Are

Pointe Companies, a privately held investment and development company, founded in 1995 by Maurice Egozi and Alan Sakowitz, has extensive experience in real estate development, financing, leasing, management, and brokerage activities. Pointe and its affiliates have developed, co-developed, and repositioned numerous, diverse projects throughout the southeast United States consisting of over 1.5 million square feet of retail, medical, educational, and office properties. Working with strategic partners, Pointe has also obtained entitlements on 15 other projects totaling in excess of 1 million square feet.

With its strong, successful roots in the retail and residential markets, Pointe is positioned to focus on mixed-use, workforce housing, and public-private use developments. Pointe converts opportunity into value through its expert, in-house team, and its creative collaboration with other experienced and talented real estate professionals. Pointe is known for maximizing the potential of real estate investments through its familiarity with local markets and its expertise in all phases of development from identifying opportunities, creative financing, and efficient operational strategies.

Pointe Companies Team

Leadership

Alan
Sakowitz

Principal

Alan
Sakowitz

Principal

Alan Sakowitz is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Pointe Development Company and plays a vital role in its ongoing success. Mr. Sakowitz’s experience in real estate began when he attended the University of Miami Law School, where he obtained a Juris Doctorate degree and completed his L.L.M. in (Federal) Taxation. In completing his Master’s degree, Mr. Sakowitz took the courses that were required to complete a Master’s degree in real estate finance. He also holds a real estate broker’s license.

Mr. Sakowitz then went on to practice law for over 25 years with Sakowitz and Sakowitz, Chartered and its predecessor, in which he focused on real estate, business transactions, and litigation. He represented clients in numerous aspects of acquiring, developing, operating, and disposing of office buildings, shopping centers, warehouses, apartment buildings, and strip centers, and in the litigation of similar matters. For several years, his practice included filing tenant eviction suits and seeking distress writs against delinquent tenants, as well as successfully negotiating settlement agreements on terms that were beneficial to both tenant and landlord.

Mr. Sakowitz’s successes in the practice of law provided an invaluable learning experience that prepared him to embark on the Pointe Companies’ numerous ventures into real estate ownership, development, and operation. Mr. Sakowitz has since been involved in all phases of real estate investment including developing, syndicating, brokering, buying, selling, managing, leasing, consulting, and providing legal advice. He has also lectured extensively on various areas of landlord-tenant law, taught courses for certification to those entering the property management field, and written articles for several real estate publications. Mr. Sakowitz is recognized for his expertise, honesty, integrity, and leadership by all who have the pleasure of doing business with him.

Maurice
Egozi

Principal

Maurice
Egozi

Principal

Maurice Egozi is the Vice President of Acquisitions and Chief Financial Officer of Pointe Development Company. Mr. Egozi attended the University of Florida, where he graduated in 1981 with a Master’s of Business Administration. Mr. Egozi has been involved in the real estate industry since 1983. Mr. Egozi has concentrated his activities on the acquisition, development, syndication, management, renovation, and sale of commercial investment properties. Currently, Mr. Egozi devotes most of his efforts to developing retail centers. He has a keen market sense of the desirability and synergy of retailers and restaurants. Mr. Egozi also prides himself on providing an upscale design and shopping experience without charging exorbitant rents.

Mr. Egozi’s expertise is with retail centers, medical centers, and office projects, but his experience also includes apartment buildings, hotels, and warehouse projects. Mr. Egozi’s versatility is exemplified by his prior ownership interest in and management of a 150,000 square foot warehouse in Hallandale, Florida, a 150-unit apartment complex in Miami Lakes, Florida, a 100,000 square foot office building in North Miami, Florida, a 100-unit hotel renovation in Miami Beach, Florida and a 50,000 square foot renovated medical office building in Little Havana, Florida, as well as numerous shopping centers throughout Florida. Mr. Egozi is credited with the financial turnaround of a number of properties by reducing expenses, increasing efficiencies, and adding value without incurring major expenses. On the development side, his signature is completing beautifully-designed projects ahead of schedule and under budget.

Prior to entering the real estate field, Mr. Egozi was the managing partner of the retailer Benetton for the entire state of Florida, opening and operating over thirty stores before selling his interest in this company to devote his full-time efforts to the real estate industry as an owner-operator of multi-tenant properties.

Team

Eric
Haynes

Chief Investment Officer
Urban Pointe Developers

Eric
Haynes

Chief Investment Officer
Urban Pointe Developers

Eric L. Haynes is the Chief Investment Officer of Urban Pointe Developers, LLC, an affiliate of the Pointe Companies. Urban Pointe Developers is a real estate investment and development company that specializes in value-add and opportunistic investments in urban markets throughout the United States. He is a Florida licensed general contractor and real estate sales agent. Since 1994, Eric has been directly involved as a sponsor or senior executive in over USD 100mm in new construction projects and has managed urban related real estate portfolios valued in excess of USD 55mm. Eric has a broad knowledge of Federal, State and Local affordable housing incentive programs to include, Low-income Housing Tax Credits, Multi-family Revenue Bonds and the newly created Opportunity Zones. In the public arena, Eric is a former elected official having served nearly 13 years as a city commissioner, vice mayor and deputy vice mayor, including 5 years as the chairman of his city’s community redevelopment association. Mr. Haynes is also a past board member of the Florida Redevelopment Association. Eric has a passion for socially responsible investments in urban markets and has positioned Urban Pointe Developers to be the catalyst for positive economic and social change in Urban America. In addition to serving as Urban Pointe Developers Chief Investment Officer, Eric also serves as Executive Director of St. John Community Development Corporation, a non-profit affordable housing developer located in Miami, Florida with over USD 16mm in assets. A U.S. Army Veteran and a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Eric attended Florida A&M University where he majored in Business Economics and he holds a Certificate in Community Real Estate Development from the University of South Florida.

About Urban Pointe Developers, LLC.:
Urban Pointe Developers, LLC., is a company committed to revitalizing urban communities. Our investments spur economic growth, instill community pride, and showcase urban areas as attractive venues to live, work, and conduct business. We partner with local government, non-profits, and accredited investors to reveal the hidden potential of underserved communities through socially responsible investment. Our expertise enables us to deliver the right solutions to address the needs of the community.

Steven
Ortiz

Director of Construction

Iris
Egozi

Director of Sales

Daniel
Fedida

Development Manager

Giuliano
D'Arrigo

Development Manager

Zulyh
Carreras

Controller

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