CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, FLORIDA EAST COAST REALTY, LLC
Austin Hollo joined FECR in 2009, as the third generation of the Hollo family to be welcomed into the company and become a valued member of the team. As Chief Operating Officer, Austin focuses on the development of upcoming projects, the marketing and positioning of existing properties, and the coordination of property management and leasing activities, as well as the company’s strategic vision, day-to-day administration and operations, and business development. Further, Austin is integrally involved in all financing efforts, oversees the company’s risk management and insurance portfolio, and is responsible for underwriting and evaluating any real estate acquisitions and investments.
Austin graduated from the Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis in 2007, with BSBAs in Finance and Marketing, as well as a minor in Organizational Psychology. Prior to joining FECR, he spent two years as an analyst in the Real Estate Finance and Servicing Group at LNR Partners, Inc. in Miami Beach, Florida, working on the acquisition, surveillance, servicing, and disposition of Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (CMBS).
Additionally, Austin serves as a Past Chair of the New Leaders Taskforce and Member of the Board of Directors and Funding Development Committee for the Miami-Dade Beacon Council, Executive Committee Member and Co-Chair of Professional Development for the United Way Miami Young Leaders, and Advisory Board Member for Florida International University’s Center for Leadership and Tibor and Sheila Hollo School of Real Estate. He is also a member of the Developing Leaders Group for the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties South Florida Chapter, the Young Leaders Group for the Urban Land Institute of Southeast Florida, the Young Professionals of the Lighthouse for the Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired, and the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce.
Austin also was selected as one of Brickell Magazine’s Top 20 Professionals Under 40 for 2017, Miami Today’s Achiever Profiles and Book of Leaders Honorees for 2020, and South Florida Business and Wealth’s Up and Comer Award Recipients for 2021.