Eastwind Development, LLC - President
Panelist
Mr. Weir has served as President and CEO of Eastwind since 2007. During that time, Eastwind has developed over 3,000 units in 21 multifamily projects including a number of workforce housing developments. Previously, Mr. Weir was senior vice president of a private real estate firm based in Palm Beach County from 1994-2007, where he was responsible for all strategic and project financing and oversaw all acquisition and development activities. He was directly responsible for the financing, closing and development of over 40 multifamily projects involving over 6,000 multifamily units in Florida and five other states. He also negotiated and administered a joint venture with Lincoln Property Company for the management of the company’s Florida properties. He has extensive experience in arranging construction, permanent, mezzanine loan and equity financing from a wide range of banking, insurance and institutional capital sources, as well as multifamily tax-exempt bond programs, and all major federal, state and local public loan programs. Previously Mr. Weir founded and led Local Initiatives Managed Assets Corporation (LIMAC), one the first housing finance firms to offer investment securities backed by long-term fixed rate mortgages for affordable multifamily properties. He has been a corporate and securities attorney with the law firm of Debevoise and Plimpton in New York City, is a graduate of Harvard Law School, attended the University of St. Andrews in Scotland on a Rotary Fellowship, and received a B.A. in History from the University of Scranton. He has been admitted to the bar in Florida, New York and New Jersey. He is the Chairman of the Housing Leadership Council of Palm Beach County, and chairs the Workforce Housing Subcommittee of the Economic Council of Palm Beach County.