Luis Gonzalez, a 33-year veteran of the commercial real estate industry, is a principal and president of the Paragon Group of Florida, LLC. In this capacity, he is responsible for strategic planning and financing for the company.

In addition to Paragon Group, Mr. Gonzalez has been instrumental in establishing several longstanding commercial real estate firms, including Centrust Development Group, The Carlisle Group and Clinton International Group. As a principal at each of those startups, Mr. Gonzalez led in various roles such as Director of Acquisitions, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer.

Prior to founding Paragon Group, Mr. Gonzalez served as president of Centrust Development Group where he led land acquisition ventures in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Orange Counties as well as developing multi-family projects in Monroe County, and identifying opportunities across the state in the rehabilitation and sale of office, hotel and multi-family properties.

Mr. Gonzalez also has served the community in different capacities. Appointed by the Honorable Commissioner Rebecca Sosa, he was appointed to the Board of the Miami-Dade Housing Finance Authority from 2004-2008. He also was part of the City of Miami Advisory Loan Committee from 2005-2007. Additionally he was a member of the Board of Directors for Habitat for Humanity from 1998-2000.

He graduated, with honors, from the University of Miami in 1985 with a bachelor’s of Business Administration. Mr. Gonzalez is also a non-practicing certified public accountant (license inactive 2001) and has held real estate and mortgage broker licenses (neither is currently active). He has been a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) since 1994.