Our Team
Developer
Frank E. Navarro is the Managing Principal of Navarro Lowrey, Inc., leading its business ventures and projects while also developing and executing new business strategies designed to preserve the Company's competitive advantage. A Palm Beach County resident for more than 30 years, he began his career as an architect, spending 10 years as project manager on complex, coastal and mountain projects in Florida, Virginia and Colorado.
Since the Company's founding in 1993, Mr. Navarro has personally led the development of 20 self-funded, multi-million-dollar development projects in Florida, Texas, and Colorado. Mr. Navarro has also formulated various, innovative operating programs for the Company, including the establishment of the EcoPlex sustainable development brand of Navarro Lowrey, Inc. in 2004. Under Mr. Navarro's leadership and with its own capital, Navarro Lowrey has completed three sustainably developed LEED projects including the brand's flagship project, EcoPlex, a 100,000 square foot, LEED Gold Certified Class "A" office building in West Palm Beach.
Most recently, Navarro Lowrey completed redevelopment of the former West Palm Beach City Hall Site, delivering a $200 MM, 435,000 square foot mixed-use project now branded Flagler Banyan Square, featuring Oversea, a luxury 251 unit apartment community along Downtown West Palm Beach’s waterfront.
Mr. Navarro earned his 5 Year Bachelor of Architecture Degree from Florida A&M University and his MBA in Finance and Real Estate from Columbia University. He has been a NCARB-certified, registered architect in the State of Florida as well as a member of the American Institute of Architects. He is currently a Full Member of Urban Land Institute serving on its Sustainable Development Council and Board Chair of Environmental Defense Fund - North Carolina.
Builder
Founded in 1976 by R.A. “Chupa” Nelson, RA Nelson is an employee-owned full-service General Contractor headquartered in Avon in Colorado’s Vail Valley with a regional office near Aspen in the Roaring Fork Valley. We offer preconstruction, construction management/general contractor services, excavation and property management services. As a local mountain contractor, we have experience in working in difficult to access areas, erecting complex structures, delivering the most refined architectural elements, and installing state-of-the-art building technology. With thirteen LEED AP/GA on staff and eleven LEED Certified projects, our team excels at providing creative sustainable solutions and alternative building practices and materials.
RA Nelson has a diverse portfolio of work, specializing in high-end custom homes, award-winning sustainable buildings, recreational complexes, multi-family residential projects, affordable housing neighborhoods, educational facilities, hotels, restaurants, commercial buildings, tenant finishes, and interior and exterior renovations. Born in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, we have been building mountain communities for almost 50 years, including Vail, Beaver Creek, Bachelor Gulch, Cordillera, Aspen, Snowmass, Buttermilk, Keystone, Breckenridge, and Telluride. Our core values are: TEAMWORK – together we respect, trust and listen; INTEGRITY – Do what we say we will do, every single time; ENJOYMENT – Be passionate and have fun with everything we do.
Architect
TAB Associates, Inc. is The Architectural Balance. They provide balance within design, programming, and site planning, as well as balance between architecture and construction, and construction cost and budget. Providing comprehensive professional service to their clients is their mission. Tab Bonidy is the founder and President of TAB Associates, Inc. Tab has been a nationally certified Architect for over 35 years and has been working in the field for over 40 years. Within the Valley, Tab has been responsible for a range of architecture from single family residences, multi-story, multi-family slope side condominium complexes to commercial and educational projects, including various resort projects for Vail Resorts Development Company.
TAB Associates, Inc. is dedicated to serving their clients’ every need. We provide professional architecture, planning, & interior design services.
TAB has over 30 years of experience totaling more than $600 million in the development of single and multi-family residential, resort, commercial, medical, institutional, and spiritual architecture.
Designer
For four decades, the design work of Semple Brown Design has been distinguished by
Highly integrated architecture and interior design
Strong connections between indoor and outdoor spaces
Dynamic and comfortable public edges
Creative design responses to each project’s context
The active involvement of our clients in making every project unique
Utilizing design excellence as a tool to meet our clients’ budgets and schedules
We pride ourselves on the experience and loyalty of our staff members. Each is committed to a team-based approach to design – as well as seeing every project through from design to construction. Our projects are known for their ability to create and enhance a unique sense of place for individual clients as well as communities.
Sales
The listing agency behind The Alpinist, Slifer Smith & Frampton began selling homes in Vail back in 1962, and today serves markets both residential and commercial from Aspen to the Front Range, and are proud to be Colorado’s leading independent real estate company.