Crescent Communities to Expand Florida Presence with Appointment of Gerardo Lopez-Corona as Managing Director
MIAMI (Nov. 5, 2025): Crescent Communities, a nationally recognized, market-leading real estate investor, developer, and operator of mixed-use communities, announced today that Gerardo Lopez-Corona has joined the team as Managing Director, Southern Florida, for its rapidly growing multifamily vertical. Based in Miami, Lopez-Corona will oversee strategy, development, and execution across the firm’s expanding portfolio in the region’s most dynamic markets, with a focus on shaping Crescent’s next generation of communities in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties, plus Collier County on the west coast.
Lopez-Corona brings more than 15 years of multifamily and commercial real estate experience, most recently serving as Vice President at Altman Development Company and Director of Acquisitions at Altis Cardinal Realty, where he led a variety of high-impact development and acquisition initiatives across Florida. Originally from Havana, Cuba, Lopez-Corona is an active member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI), the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC), the National Association of Realtors, the Realtor Association of Miami-Dade County, and the Florida Association of Realtors.
“What excites me most about South Florida is its constant evolution – no two neighborhoods are the same, and every project requires a different lens,” said Lopez-Corona. “Joining Crescent means having the platform to not just keep pace with that change, but to lead it with purpose, creativity, and respect for the communities we’re stepping into.”
In his new role at Crescent Communities, Lopez-Corona will source and deliver communities under Crescent’s bespoke NOVEL brand and RENDER, the firm’s suburban offering. Crescent Communities sees exceptional opportunities to provide elevated apartment communities across South Florida’s markets by leveraging the firm’s design and development capabilities in combination with Lopez-Corona’s exceptional market real estate knowledge and relationships.
“Gerardo is a leader who knows the South Florida markets extraordinarily well and has the ability to build relationships and create win-win deals in the market to meet our goals of creating communities that exceed expectations,” said Jay Curran, President of Multifamily at Crescent Communities. “We’re truly lucky to have him on board.”
Nationwide, Crescent Communities continues to experience significant growth with $7.2 billion of residential and commercial investments and developments in various stages of construction, operations, and planning. That pipeline includes 15,300 multi- and single-family build-to-rent units; 58,000 square feet of complementary retail space; and 7.5 million square feet of office, industrial, and life-sciences facilities.
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About Crescent Communities:
Crescent Communities is a nationally recognized, market-leading real estate investor, developer, and operator of mixed-use “communities”. We create high-quality, differentiated multifamily and commercial communities in many of the fastest growing markets in the United States. Since 1963, our development portfolio has included more than 95 multifamily communities and 26 million square feet of commercial space. Crescent Communities has offices in Charlotte, D.C., Atlanta, Orlando, Nashville, Dallas, Denver, and Phoenix. Our multifamily communities are branded NOVEL, RENDER, and HARMON by Crescent Communities, our industrial developments are branded AXIAL by Crescent Communities, and our life science developments are branded THE YIELD by Crescent Communities.
