First Florida

WE ARE FLORIDA’S LEADING GENERAL CONTRACTORFirst Florida offers competitively priced commercial construction for discerning developers. Since our inception in 1963, we have built over 22,000 housing units, 3,500 hotel rooms and over 2,600 Assisted Living Facility and Senior Housing units throughout the US and Caribbean.MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING IS OUR BUSINESS.We have the experience, the people, the financial strength and the track record of success in affordable housing and market-rate housing markets to consistently outperform our competitors. Talk to our clients and you will find that we bring projects in on budget and on time.OUR TOP MANAGEMENT IS ACCESSIBLE.The lack of management layers at First Florida means issues that need solutions go straight to top management with no frustrating bureaucracy. We maintain a scale of operations that enables our company principals to be involved in all aspects of our client relationships. We personally negotiate, estimate, subcontract and inspect each construction project. WE KEEP OPERATING COSTS LOW.Because we understand the financial demands on our clients, our corporate culture is built around a commitment to control our operating costs. IWE ARE EXPERIENCED IN GREEN BUILDINGS FOR MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING.We built the first LEED™ certified affordable housing project in Miami-Dade County and we are committed to leading the industry in delivering sustainable projects. In addition to LEED™, we have built a number of projects certified by National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) using their National Green Building Standard program (NGBS).WE KNOW FLORIDA.We have been building in the state of Florida since the company was founded in Miami in 1963. Over the past ten years alone, we have built in 15 Florida counties. We are particularly proud of our ability to produce excellent results for our clients in both metropolitan areas and small counties wherever projects are most needed.