Felix Charney founded Summit in 1981 and oversees all acquisitions, development and management of the company’s commercial and residential projects. In 26 years at Summit, Felix has developed over 3.75 million square feet of commercial space and over 950 residential units. Felix founded and operated Wachob & Charney, a residential Real Estate office, which employed… Read More
Christine Riniti | CFO
Christine Riniti joined Summit in 2009 as its Controller. Her primary responsibilities include overseeing all financial aspects of the company including planning, directing and coordinating all accounting and financial operational functions. Prior to joining Summit, Christine was a Director for Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P., a commercial real estate capital intermediary. Working primarily on arranging debt… Read More
James Campbell | Director of Residential Development
Jim Campbell joined Summit in 2004 and is responsible for directing the development, marketing and sales of Summit’s residential projects, including The Maritime, a 197-unit luxury condominium and rental project in South Norwalk and Summit’s planned townhouse development on Hiawatha Lane in Westport, Connecticut. Prior to joining Summit, Jim was an attorney in private practice… Read More
David Walsh | Director of Asset Management
David Walsh has over 22 years of facility and project management experience in both the residential and commercial real estate sectors. David joined Summit Development in 2004 and is responsible for asset management of several properties in Summit’s expanding portfolio including all planning, design, procurement, construction management, redevelopment and operations of the Reader’s Digest Headquarter… Read More
Shulammite (Shu) Kim | Managing Director
Shu Kim recently joined Summit and brings 15 years of experience in commercial real estate finance with expertise in debt and equity origination, asset management, distressed and non-performing debt acquisitions, workouts, loan securitization, syndication, real estate fund formation, financing facilities, and private equity asset level transactions. Shu was most recently a Senior Banker at JP… Read More
Michael Basile | Managing Director, Asset Management
Michael joined Summit in 2011 and is responsible for asset management of the Company’s commercial and residential projects. Over the past 18 years, Michael has been responsible for the management of over $5 billion in commercial and residential transactions throughout the U.S. Prior to joining Summit, Michael founded State Street Development, LLC, a real estate… Read More
Robert G. Bruce | Managing Director/Acquisitions – Florida
Bob Bruce joined Summit in 2011 and brings 30 years of experience to the Company. Bob founded an investment and development company, RB Financial Group, in Connecticut in 1982. That firm organized 44 high-net-worth-funded partnerships to develop, own and manage projects initially in the Fairfield County area of Connecticut and eventually in Florida since the… Read More
Robert Charney | Director of Development – Florida
Robert Charney joined Summit Development in 2007 as its Managing Director of Florida operations. His primary responsibility is overseeing all operations of the Florida business including acquisitions, due diligence and property management. Prior to joining Summit, Robert founded SB Development Inc., a Florida based real estate development company that concentrated in residential and commercial development… Read More
Dale R. Dignum | Director of Acquisitions – Florida
Dale Dignum joined Summit Development in 2011 and leads the sourcing, underwriting and acquisitions efforts in Florida. Prior to Summit, Dale was Executive Vice President of Commercial Real Estate Lending at First National Bank of Pennsylvania from 2007-2010 and managed their Tampa Loan Production Office. From 1994-1997, Dale was a Senior Vice President/Senior Loan Officer of Key… Read More
Blair Lee | Director of Acquisitions – Florida
Blair Lee joined Summit Development in July 2010 as its Director of Acquisitions. His primary responsibility is in acquiring opportunities and assisting in underwriting and due diligence. Prior to joining Summit, Blair founded Lighthouse Realty Services, Inc., a Florida-based real estate company that concentrated in appraisal services, brokerage and consulting. Blair’s real estate career began… Read More