During the past 35 years, Keith O’Donnell has established himself as one of the top commercial real estate specialists in the southeast United States.  In October 2012, Mr. O’Donnell joined Avison Young, as a Principal, along with 30 former Codina/Flagler Real Estate Services executives and employees.  Avison Young has now grown to almost 80 offices in North America and Europe.

Prior to Avison Young, Mr. O’Donnell served as an Executive Development and Marketing Officer for Arvida Development and was Senior Managing Director of Codina/Flagler Real Estate Services for 20 years, where he managed a team of commercial asset specialists whose mission was to design and execute value enhancing real estate activities for national and international clients.

Mr. O’Donnell has been responsible for over $6 billion of transactions during the past 20 years including several notable regional transactions.  These transactions include the 635,000-square-foot Build-to-Suit for Office Depot’s Global Headquarters in Boca Raton and subsequent sale; a 310,000-square-foot headquarters for NCCI; repositioning and sale of Mizner Park, an 825,000-square-foot mixed-use complex on behalf of TIAA-CREF; transaction and advisory services for the Research Park at FAU and over 3.5 million square feet of business park transactions for IBM and Siemens throughout the Southeast United States.  Other significant development projects and clients include Lynn University and Lynn Financial Center.  Current projects include the 1.5 billion dollar 72-acre Metropica project in Sunrise, repositioning the 43-acre former Office Depot Campus in Delray Beach for a mixed-use development on behalf of Aegon Insurance, and the rezoning and redevelopment leadership of over 1,000-acres in northwest Boca Raton resulting in 2,500 apartments and 6,000-square-feet of retail uses.

Affiliations et certifications

2012 Palm Beach South Florida Business Journal Ultimate CEO Award Winner
City of Delray Beach’s Mayor’s Congress Avenue Task Force (MCATF) Executive Committee
Boca Raton Regional Hospital – Board of Trustees and Foundation Board Member
Boca Raton Downtown Vision Committee – Former Chair
Boca Raton Planning and Zoning Board – Former Board Member
Greater Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce – Past Chairman of the Board
Connected Warriors Inc. Board Member