Gunster shareholder & board member Mario Garcia-Serra will moderate a panel at the BISNOW Miami State of the Market on September 25, 2025. The panel titled "The 15-Minute City: The Rise of the Submarket and Transit-Oriented Growth" will discuss how transit and mixed-use growth are redefining the city map in Miami.
This program is the part of the series of BISNOW-hosted events discussing major development projects and market trends across the state of Florida.
According to BISNOW, attendees will learn:
- How developers and contractors are adapting to 2025’s rising construction costs, labor shortages, and interest rate volatility—including real examples of how deals are being restructured and timelines reworked.
- Where innovation is gaining traction on job sites, from modular construction to AI-driven project management tools, and how these technologies are cutting costs and timelines without sacrificing quality.
- How artificial intelligence is transforming the entire CRE lifecycle—from underwriting and investment forecasting to tenant engagement and facilities management—with measurable ROI in real-world use cases.
- What leaders need to know about ethical risks, algorithmic bias, and data quality in AI tools, and how to implement AI responsibly in your real estate organization without sacrificing transparency or trust.
- Why non-traditional industrial sectors like data centers, cold storage, and Industrial Outdoor Storage (IOS) are seeing a surge in investor demand—and what makes them uniquely challenging (and profitable) to develop.
- How to evaluate infrastructure readiness and zoning for niche industrial plays, including access to power, fiber, and transportation, and where Miami has a competitive edge or bottlenecks to overcome.
- Why affordability remains Miami’s defining housing challenge, and what innovative public-private solutions—from micro-units to inclusionary zoning—are showing early success in addressing it.
- How multifamily and condo markets are evolving in real time, including where inventory is surging, where demand remains red-hot, and how financing and investor sentiment are shifting accordingly.
- What Miami’s top real estate executives see as the biggest opportunities and risks ahead, from office conversions and mixed-use megaprojects to capital constraints and shifting consumer preferences.
- How market leaders are investing in future-proofing their portfolios, whether through ESG-focused development, technology integration, or adaptive reuse in response to tenant lifestyle shifts.
- Why Miami’s emerging neighborhoods like Hialeah, Little River, and Cutler Bay are becoming new economic centers, thanks to transit investments and demand for live-work-play communities.
- What it takes to build self-sustaining, walkable neighborhoods, including the role of transit infrastructure, community engagement, and design strategies that blend density with livability.
Mario Garcia-Serra serves on the firm's board of directors. He is a member of the firm’s Environmental & Land Use practice group and focuses his practice on local government law, particularly land use and zoning.
Mario represents major developers before local government boards and regulatory agencies. He has wide ranging experience with the governments of Miami-Dade County and with nearly all of the municipalities within Miami-Dade County, including the cities of Miami, Coral Gables, Miami Beach, North Miami and Aventura, as well as regional agencies such as the South Florida Regional Planning Council and the South Florida Water Management District.
