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Sebastian Juncadella is a senior commercial real estate advisor specializing in industrial, land, office and retail transactions. Sebastian combines a deep knowledge of the South Florida community with strong brokerage skills to provide an exceptional perspective and comprehensive service to customers of Fairchild Partners. Fairchild is one of South Florida’s most respected and top-ranked brokerage firms, founded in 2005. Since joining Fairchild in 2013, Sebastian has represented buyers, sellers, landlords and tenants in some of Miami-Dade’s most notable transactions, particularly in industrial and land assets.
In recent years, Sebastian has and continues to represent many institutional landlords such as USAA, ARA, Seagis, Terreno, Lincoln Property, PGIM, TA Realty, Everwest, Longpoint, and Foundry, among others. A few of his most notable transactions of over 100,000 SF completed between 2020 and 2022 include
With regard to new industrial development, Sebastian has been involved in over 3 million square feet of speculative product across South Florida. He has also dedicated his efforts to second-generation leasing, having completed over 115 Class B & C transactions since 2017. On the office side, Sebastian has represented notable tenants such as Facebook for their Latin American headquarters and office landlords such as TA Realty.
Between 2013 and 2016, Sebastian was involved in several notable transactions including the seller representation of the $28 million sale of 44 acres in Hialeah and the $54 million sale of two acres in Miami’s Edgewater neighborhood. Sebastian also participated in the deal that resulted in the first Amazon.com lease in Miami, for 336,000 SF on behalf KTR Capital Partners. He also worked on two of Prudential’s successful development projects, Transal Logistics in Doral and Centergate in Hialeah, totaling over close to 1 million SF of state-of-the-art industrial space.
In 2022, Sebastian achieved the coveted SIOR industrial designation awarded by the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors® to top global producers in the field of industrial real estate from among brokers in 29 countries. Sebastian was the 2021 President of CIASF (Commercial Industrial Association of South Florida) founded in 1980, being the youngest leader in the organization’s history. As Director of Membership in 2015-2016, Sebastian helped double CIASF’s membership. He currently sits on the association’s Board of Directors.
Sebastian graduated with distinction from Boston College with dual majors in Finance and Philosophy, having completed his international business studies at Universitat Pompei Fabra in Barcelona, Spain. After graduation, Sebastian volunteered for a year in Kosrae, Micronesia, teaching English, math and science to high school students with WorldTeach, a Harvard University’s student-run volunteer service program in developing countries.
Sebastian is a volunteer and supporter of Habitat for Humanity of Greater Miami, joining its efforts in providing affordable housing to deserving heads of households in our local community. Sebastian is a member of Belen Jesuit Preparatory Alumni Association, Class of 2008.
Fluent in English and Spanish, Sebastian is an avid angler, member of the Profishent Fishing Team and Coral Reef Yacht Club in Coconut Grove, where he lives with his wife.
Jose I. Juncadella, Principal of Fairchild Partners, co-founded the commercial real estate firm in 2005. With more than 30 years of commercial real estate brokerage experience and over $3 billion in sales and leasing volume, Jose has concluded many of South Florida’s most significant leases, sales, and build-to suit transactions. Prior to founding Fairchild Partners, he was a top broker with Codina Real Estate Services and The Doran Jason Group. Jose has been recognized with top honors from the industry’s leading publications and professional organizations. These include the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR) 2015 Innovator of the Year award, and induction into the Florida International University (FIU) Hall of Fame as 2015 Entrepreneur of the Year. In 2019, GlobeSt.com’s Real Estate Forum magazine recognized Jose with the national award of 2019 “Industrial Influencer.”
Among significant 2016 transactions, Jose was involved in representing the sellers in the $28 million sale of 44 industrial acres in Hialeah, and the $54 million sale of two acres in Miami’s Edgewater neighborhood. He has served as exclusive tenant representative for major companies, including Facebook, American Express, Sunglass Hut (national headquarters), TNT Express Worldwide, TOPP Telecom, New York Life, Holliday Fenoglio Fowler (HFF), Feeding South Florida, and Ericsson GE. He handled national representation for Schenker International and represented Delta Airlines Reservation Center, Ryder System, Mastec, and CSA Group in relocations of their South Florida corporate headquarters. He was part of the Miami Herald’s facilities relocation team in 2013, and participated in Baptist Health South Florida’s site selection and acquisition for its build-to-suit centralized distribution center in South Florida.
He has served as lead leasing broker for South Florida’s major industrial and office parks, including Beacon Centre, Beacon 97, Beacon TradePort, Beacon Industrial Park, Beacon Lakes, Medley Industrial Park, Miami Free Zone, Westside Corporate Center, Centergate at Gratigny, Downtown Doral, Transal Logistics Center, and America’s Gateway IX. He is the lead broker representing Centergate II, a 602,000-sq.-ft. class-A industrial development in Hialeah named NAIOP’s 2016 Building of the Year. Now filling the project with top-tier users, Fairchild Partners signed a tenant there for one of 2017’s largest industrial leases in South Florida.
As the landlord’s representative, in 2015 he helped secure Amazon.com as a 335,000-sq.-ft. tenant for Airport West. That same year, he was instrumental in fully leasing the new 218,000-sq.-ft. Transal Logistics Center to eight tenants in the brief span of six months at record rates for that market.
A distinguished leader of his field’s professional organizations, Jose has served on the SIOR’s Florida board of directors from 2006 to 2014. A director of the Commercial Industrial Association of South Florida (CIASF) since 2014, he was CIASF’s 2015-16 president. A governor of the 1,200-member Realtors Commercial Alliance, he was its 2009 president, in addition to membership since 2006 in its parent organization, the Miami Association of Realtors. Active with Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW-Miami) since 2011, he co-chairs CREW-Miami’s Fishing Tournament, an annual event that supports the scholarships CREW-Miami awards to women entering commercial real estate. He currently serves on the FIU School of Real Estate Advisory Board. A runner and an avid angler, Jose is a member of the Coconut Grove-based Profishent fishing team.
Maria Juncadella is Managing Principal of Fairchild Partners, one of South Florida’s top-rated commercial real estate firms. As co-qualifying broker, she has been involved in all aspects of management and brokerage activities since 2005 when she and her husband, Jose I. Juncadella, founded the firm. As a real estate advisor, Maria specializes in the sale and leasing of commercial properties in Miami-Dade’s most active submarkets.
In 2016, Maria spearheaded over ten million dollars in lease transactions, accounting for 74,000 of the 600,000 sq. ft. Downtown Doral office park. She participated in the broker team that achieved a record sale price on a two-acre parcel in Miami’s Edgewater district. As lead broker at five-building Kendall Summit, she has leased 174,000 sq. ft. and achieved a 33% rate increase during the three years Fairchild has had the listing. In 2015, Maria had an active role in Baptist Health South Florida’s land purchase for a build-to-suit distribution center.
Maria is actively involved in multiple office and medical office lease transactions in Coconut Grove, Coral Gables, South Miami, Kendall and Doral. She represents several new-to-market retail tenants.
Maria was 2016 President of the Realtors Commercial Alliance (RCA Miami); its membership reached 2,000-plus commercial agents under her leadership. She has served on the Miami Association of Realtors’ Board of Governors since 2013.
In 2019, Maria was awarded as a South Florida Power Woman by Bisnow, for “Outstanding Excellence & Influence in South Florida Commercial Real Estate.” CREW-Miami (Commercial Real Estate Women) has recognized Maria with an Outstanding Leadership award (2016), a Star award (2015), and an Outstanding Mover & Shaker award (2014). She was 2012 President of CREW-Miami and has served on its board, and on national and chapter committees. Maria currently serves on CREW-Miami’s strategic planning committee and, since 2012, has co-chaired the chapter’s annual Fishing Tournament, an immensely successful signature event that funds scholarships for women entering the commercial real estate field.
Maria serves on the Board of Directors of Habitat for Humanity of Greater Miami, where she is also co-chair of Women Building up Women, a Habitat initiative dedicated to constructing affordable homes for low-income single mothers and their families. Maria also serves on the Membership Committee of the University of Miami’s Citizens Board. She is a frequent speaker and panelist at educational and professional programs about commercial real estate industry trends and market conditions.
Maria’s professional designations include Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR) with Office Specialty designation: Member, National & Florida Chapter, 2016 – present; Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM): Member, National Association and Florida Chapter, 2012 – present.
Maria holds an MBA with honors from the University of Miami’s Graduate School of Business Administration. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a BA magna cum laude in anthropology and psychology from the University of Miami following undergraduate work in those subjects at Dickinson College. She holds a baccalaureate from Colegio Teresiano, Managua, Nicaragua.
A Senior Advisor at Fairchild Partners since 2006, Tony Puente’s commercial real estate experience in South Florida spans more than 30 years. His knowledge and experience serve as valuable assets in the entire real estate process, from identifying specific customer needs and fully evaluating target markets through rigorous negotiations to achieving ultimate customer satisfaction.
He has represented both landlords and commercial tenants in the leasing, sales, acquisition, and disposition of office properties in over 1,300 transactions. During his career, Tony has represented numerous institutional and entrepreneurial owners of South Florida office properties, including Hines, GE Asset Management, Tishman Speyer Properties, WealthCap USA, TA Associates Realty, Fortis, Inc., Irradio Holdings, Ltd., JP Morgan, Codina Partners, MAPFRE, the Plumer family, TSG Group, and GL Tower. On the tenant representation side, Tony has represented Aetna, Anheuser-Busch, Liberty Mutual, Total Quality Logistics (TQL), CSA Central, Bermello Ajamil & Partners, Astor Development, Robert Haff, Somos TV, XAPT, Hanover Insurance, Brown-Forman Corporation, IT Savvy, Legal E-Z, and Femwell Group Health.
Active on Fairchild Partners’ team that handles leasing, sales, and marketing Downtown Doral’s 600,000-plus rentable sq.ft. of office buildings, the team has increased the office park’s occupancy by 20% since assuming the assignment in 2014. In 2018, Tony and his team completed two of the year’s largest Miami-Dade leases: the signing of an existing Downtown Doral tenant, AHCA, for 31,000 sq.ft., and tenant representation for AETNA for 85,000 sq.ft at the newly re-developed Plantation Walk office building in Plantation, Broward. He is the current lead broker representing SoMi Station, a new-to-market transit-oriented 195,000 SF office/medical building by TREO Group in the city of South Miami, which breaks ground in the summer of 2019.
In 2015, Tony was inducted into the Miami-Dade College (MDC) Alumni Hall of Fame for Outstanding Contribution in the Field of Real Estate. A member of FIU’s Real Estate Alumni Affinity Council, he is a frequent guest speaker for organizations including Bankers Association, CCIM Outlook Conference, CREW-Miami, and the Commercial Industrial Association of South Florida (CIASF). He serves on the Board of Miami Commercial, the commercial arm of Miami Association of Realtors (MAR). Tony holds a BA in finance from Florida International University; he is a graduate of Belen Jesuit Preparatory High School in Miami. Prior to joining Fairchild, Tony was Vice President at CBRE.
A real estate advisor at Fairchild Partners since 2011, Jonathan Lay has a keen understanding of the asset types and dynamics of Florida’s commercial real estate industry. Known for crafting perceptive market analysis, financial analysis, transaction structuring, and strategic planning throughout the transaction process, he supports the firm’s landlord, tenant, buyer, and seller representation activities. A valued team member who is experienced in a wide variety of commercial properties and markets, he helps create comprehensive solutions for customers who own or are pursuing office and retail assets in sought-after South Florida areas. Jonathan is a licensed Real Estate Sales Associate, C2EX certified, a Certified Real Estate Appraiser, and a CCIM designee.
Recent South Florida transactions include the leasing of significant office spaces in Coconut Grove, Downtown Doral, greater Doral and Kendall totaling approximately 450,000 SF of leasing for calendar year 2019. He has represented buyers and investors in the acquisition of major office and industrial properties throughout South Florida.
Jonathan is part of the Commercial Board of Governors of Miami Commercial, the commercial arm of the Miami Association of Realtors (MAR), is a member of the Miami-Dade/Monroe district chapter of the CCIM Institute, and holds the Education Chair position in the 2020 CCIM Board of Directors. He serves on the Development Committee for Habitat for Humanity of Greater Miami. He is also a member of the Florida International University (FIU) Real Estate Council.
Jonathan holds master’s degrees in finance (MSF) and in international real estate (MSIRE) from Florida International University. During the 10th anniversary year of the MSIRE program, FIU recognized Jonathan as one of the program’s 10 most remarkable graduates whose life and work exemplify excellence with the “10 Years & Rising” award.
His undergraduate degree, a double major in international business and real estate, is also from FIU. A graduate of Belen Jesuit Preparatory High School, Class of 2002, he is fluent in English and Italian, and conversational in Spanish.
Mike Jones provides expert guidance as a commercial real estate advisor in industrial, office, and land transactions in Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade, and Monroe counties. Miami-born and raised, Mike is known for his insights into the areas of business and finance at both macro and micro levels. His expertise is particularly valuable to tenants of every size whose current or future business goals involve a presence in any of South Florida’s high value, extremely competitive submarkets.
Active in the South Florida commercial real estate market since 2013, Mike joined Fairchild Partners in February 2020. Thanks to his longstanding local relationships, as well as his connections to national and international businesses, he has been part of over 300 transactions worth more than $50 million. Mike’s energy, tenacity, and drive benefit a wide range of tenants, landlords, and investors who repeatedly call on his detailed market knowledge to guide them toward genuine value and away from hype.
Mike studied hospitality management at Florida International University, where he gained a background in business, economics, and customer service. His enthusiasm for helping businesses and individuals achieve their real estate goals comes across clearly and consistently in his dedication and professionalism.
Modern technology makes it practical for Mike and his wife to live in the Florida Keys, where they are committed to giving back to the community. Their activities there include participating in Keys beach clean-ups, supporting the Sea Turtle Conservancy, and spending time on the water with family and friends.
Patrick Willis is a highly experienced real estate advisor with an extensive history representing the interests of buyers, sellers, tenants, and landlords. Although Patrick has been Miami-based throughout his career, his clients have engaged him to work across the country on their real estate needs. Closely attuned to capital markets and the economic factors that shape all aspects of commercial real estate, his expertise has led him to focus on industrial, office, and land asset classes.
For close to a decade prior to joining Fairchild Partners in 2020, he exclusively represented the interests of corporate occupiers of commercial real estate. Experience acting as a tenant and buyer representative gave him a broad understanding of the ways large corporations in the U.S. and abroad manage their real estate portfolios. His background working with global firms, developing holistic real estate strategies, and his creative, entrepreneurial mindset have equipped Patrick extremely well to assist Fairchild’s growing roster of large corporate accounts.
Patrick’s data-driven approach to advisory services helps clients of all sizes achieve the best possible results for their real estate requirements. He excels at developing approaches that allow customers to position their real estate as strategic assets. This is achieved by deeply analyzing each customer’s unique situation to understand their business drivers and, therefore, their location and facility needs.
Patrick began his real estate career at Cushman & Wakefield. Prior to joining Fairchild Partners, Patrick was a vice president at Cresa Global. A resident of downtown Miami since 2014, and an avid skier, Patrick holds a bachelor’s degree in economics with a minor in multimedia communications from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
