Aztec Group Hires Retail, Industrial Expert

Andrea Molina, Aztec Group

To expand the company’s expertise throughout Florida, Aztec Group has hired Andrea Molina as director. She will focus on retail and industrial assets, while also facilitating debt and equity placement, investment sales and acquisition advisory.

Molina brings more than a decade of commercial real estate experience to her new position. Before joining the company, she served as director of a South Florida-based institution, where she was responsible for leading financing and equity executions, as well as portfolio oversight including acquisitions, dispositions, and recapitalization initiatives.

Her previous experience also includes more than six years at CBRE, as senior financial analyst. Over the course of her career, Molina closed more than $2 billion worth of capital markets transactions in Miami, such as the $342 million recapitalization and $125 million financing of Lincoln Road, $110 million disposition of Fifth and Alton, $66 million disposition of Suniland Shopping Center.

“With retail and industrial representing two important growth sectors in today’s real estate market, Andrea’s experience will prove very valuable as our firm continues to expand its services and presence across the state,” Charles Penan, executive vice president of Aztec Group, said in prepared remarks.

Molina, a licensed real estate sales associate and mortgage originator in Florida, holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Dartmouth College, New Hampshire.

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