Foundry Commercial Hires J.P. Morgan Veteran
David Kern has been appointed to grow Foundry Commercial’s business within the Tampa area as market leader.
TAMPA, FL – Full-service commercial real estate services and investment firm, Foundry Commercial has hired real estate banking veteran, David Kern to increase its footprint within the Tampa market.
As market leader, Kern will work within the firm’s Tampa office and will be responsible for growing the company’s services business and expanding its leasing and management opportunities.
Within his new role, Kern will additionally work alongside Foundry’s development and investment platform in order to secure further investment and partnership opportunities. He will also support the company’s healthcare platform offerings.
“Over the past decade, we have been consistently growing Foundry’s presence throughout the southeast, and we’re thrilled David is joining our team to continue to identify both services and investment opportunities in this region,” states Alex Rosario, Foundry Commercial’s principal and North Florida market leader.
Throughout his career, Kern has financing more than $15 billion of commercial real estate across the US, including several Foundry-led developments.
Prior to joining Foundry Commercial, Kern served J.P. Morgan as executive director, where he was responsible for providing banking solutions to Florida-based real estate firms. He previously serves Regions Bank as market manager.
“Having supported top-tier real estate operators and developers throughout my career, I’m excited to join Foundry’s platform and contribute to their impressive growth and success throughout the southeast.,” says Kern. “While supporting Foundry’s business during the past five years, I’ve had the opportunity to understand and appreciate their culture and the high caliber of their very tight-knit team, which I look forward to working with as we continue to build a best-in-class full service real estate platform serving clients throughout Tampa Bay.”
Kern serves on the advisory board’s executive committee for University of Florida’s master of science in real estate program within the Warrington College of Business.
