Real Estate Angel

Raymond Sandelli has been a fixture in Florida's commercial real estate field since he took over the Tampa office of the CB Richard Ellis office in 1995.

Six years later, starting in 2001, Sandelli was running the firm's entire Florida operations during the boom years. “I caught it when it was on fire,” he says.

Now, Sandelli is returning to more entrepreneurial roots as the managing partner of CRE Consultants in Fort Myers. He says it reminds him of the early days of CB Richard Ellis, when the firm was smaller and less corporate. “It's the way it used to be,” says Sandelli.