ResortQuest Southwest Florida recommends David Teitelbaum of Island Real Estate as a preferred real estate agent for the Anna Maria Island areas.

David is an award-winning owner/builder/developer, who is credited with developing the nation’s first ‘offices-into-apartments’ conversion, creating the nation’s first Real Estate recycling consortium, and financing Real Estate projects with international funds during NYC’s financial crisis. From 1974 to 1984 he developed New York City residential, commercial, recreational and cultural projects in excess of $100 million dollars.

During this period David was active in the NYC Real Estate community - serving on numerous civic boards and historic preservation societies, including: Chairman -The Real Estate Board of New York Adaptive Reuse Committee, advisor - Mayor’s Council on Housing, NYU Real Estate Institute adjunct professor & board member of: Municipal Art Society, Historic Houses Trust, Upper East Side Historic District, Historic Districts Council, Young Concert Artists & others.

Awards Include:

• American Institute of Architects – New York Chapter
• Building Stone Institute
• Buildings Magazine
• Stone World Magazine
• President’s Advisory Council
• National Computer Graphics Association
• Engineering News Record
• Arthur Ross Craftsman Award
• Upper East Side Historic District
• Civitas
• Classical America
• Preservation League of New York
• Municipal Art Society
• New York Landmarks Conservancy

David has been directly involved in the Real Estate, hospitality & tourism marketplace since1965, when he was a principal of a direct mail-marketing firm that created & produced over 200 million mailing packages per year. In 1975 he acquired the landmark 686 unit, 220,000 s/f Barbizon Hotel, located on NYC’s historic upper east side. He gut-renovated, refurbished & operated this luxury hotel until 1984 - when he sold it to KLM’s Golden Tulip hotel group. From 1997 to 2000 David managed a ‘profit/not-for-profit’ partnership with the Cathedral St John the Divine, including the internationally acclaimed Masonry-Training Program, Cathedral StoneWorks & StoneWorks Gallery.

In 2003 David acquired the Tortuga Inn Beach Resort & Tradewinds Resort, located in Bradenton Beach, Florida. Both of these Gulf-to-Bay resorts were totally re-positioned, renovated, & refurbished. Twenty-three large, two-bed, two-bath apartments were constructed, decorated & furnished from 2004 - 2006. Ninety luxury apartments in the two resorts were converted into hotel-condominium ownership. Both resorts are outperforming the market in occupancy & average rate, & producing excellent financial returns for their unit owners.

In addition to developing luxury Gulf-Front condominium apartments and another luxury resort on Anna Maria Island, David continues as a Realtor with Island Real Estate & serves on as board president of Tortuga, Tradewinds & Old Bridge Village Condominium Associations. He also serves on the boards of: Manatee County Tourist Development Council, Bradenton Beach Waterfront Florida Partnership (WAVES), Visit Florida - Public Relations Committee, Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce, and faculty member, moderator & speaker of IMN’s Condominium, Hotel & Distressed Property national symposiums.

View David's listings for Anna Maria Island Real Estate.

Direct Dial: (941) 812-4226
Email: david@teitelbaumdevelopers.com

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