Exclusive: Related's Jon Paul Pérez talks market, the future and his new Ritz-Carlton branded tower

Prolific Miami developer Related Group has found a second home in Tampa, building both luxury and affordable housing.

By Louis Llovio
| 12:10 p.m. October 21, 2021
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MARK WEMPLE: Jon Paul Perez, president of Miami-based real estate development firm Related Group.

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When Jon Paul Pérez was a kid nobody ever had to ask him what it was that he wanted to be when he grew up. It was obvious. He wanted to be in real estate. He never considered anything else.

His fondest memories of growing up of are of going to visit properties with his father on Saturdays, after soccer. His dad, Jorge Pérez, was a burgeoning real estate developer in those days.