Mission Success: Getting Ahead in South Florida's Hot Multifamily Scene

Back in the '90s, Jessica Melendez was studying finance at the University of Miami. At one point, she decided to take an art class, which immediately sparked an interest in real estate.“What really motivated me is not seeing many women in the development world at that time,” Melendez said in the May episode of the Mission Success: Women in Multifamily podcast series.  Today, she is the senior vice president of development at Related Group, a company with a 40-year track record. It was founded by Jorge Perez, often dubbed “the condo king of South Florida.”Tune in for a conversation about leveraging relationships and pushing deals forward in one of the hottest multifamily markets in the country.