His first opportunity to demonstrate full-scale, “concept to close” product development, was while working as an analyst for Trans Union. While there, he devised a new information reporting system that produced intelligent performance and operations metrics, enabling the company to incrementally increase both quality and process efficiency levels.

Freedman holds degrees in Finance, Economics and Management Information Systems from the University of Delaware. Mr. Freedman’s primary responsibilities at Lotis include financial analysis, sourcing or capital, risk management and oversight of investment operations. As a pilot and former national skydiving medalist who has willfully exited a plane at over 22,000 feet, Freedman is well suited to balance risk with reward.

In 2008, after several years working as colleagues at a local real estate firm, Freedman, James S. Gielda and John K. Markey exited to launch their own firm, JKM Developers. Equally eager to move things quickly and having found ideal complements in one another's talents and capabilities, they successfully developed or entitled and sold several thousand residential units, realizing profits for an extensive range of private and institutional investors.

In 2020, Freedman, along with partners Markey and Gielda, Launched Lotis Group. As their solid reputation reaches a broader domain, Lotis Group is both well-positioned and extremely eager to dive into emerging opportunities. Especially those that result in large scale, mixed use developments and micro-communities with senior living facilities; enabling families to remain close to their loved ones.

``Everything I develop or conceptualize throughout my career draws parallel to my own family. I do this because I am always focused, personally and professionally, on conducting thorough due diligence, prior to making leaps ensuring quality housing for all.``

Freedman, a Boca Raton resident, is married to his wife Kristi, together they share elementary age identical twin daughters, Josie and Sadie.

Prior to cofounding Lotis, Gielda worked alongside John Markey at Boca-Raton based EB Developers, Inc. as Director of Real Estate Entitlements. Gielda managed and executed land use, concurrency, site plan, architecture, environmental, and permit approvals for numerous residential and commercial developments.

Gielda began his professional career with one of the largest land use consulting firms in South Florida, Land Design South. He holds a Bachelor’s of Landscape Architecture degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University as well as a Florida Real Estate License.

John co-founded JKM Developers, LLC in 2008 and the Lotis Group in 2020. Before JKM he led the South Florida real estate firm EB Developers as CEO. Previously, John was the design architect and general contractor qualifier in the Design/Build architecture firms Tektonica and JKM Design/Build. In his early career, John was a professional river guide in the Grand Canyon and on the Zambezi River.

John has built more than 10,000 multi-family units and numerous commercial projects. Mr. Markey has been nominated as a Loeb Fellow for excellence in the built and natural environments at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. He began his career learning trades on construction sites while an undergraduate at the University of Arizona College of Architecture and Northern Arizona University. John’s wide range of experience brings insight to all JKM Developers and Lotis projects.

John lives with his wife Lisa and their family in Boca Raton, FL.