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A Florida-focused land acquisition and development platform

We find land with hidden or underutilized development potential, create a credible entitlement path, and turn that land into a financeable, buildable residential and commercial opportunities.

Our team’s experience spans land acquisition, entitlement strategy, and development execution across publicly traded homebuilders, consulting firms, private developers, and real estate private equity platforms.

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Gulf Atlantic Development Partners is a Florida-based real estate development firm focused on land acquisition, entitlement strategy, and residential development opportunities in high-growth markets

Land acquisition
Finding raw land, agricultural land, infill parcels, beachfront redevelopment, suburban expansion sites, and underutilized properties with future development potential

Entitlement strategy
Figuring out how to move a site from “maybe developable” to legally approvable through zoning, future land use, site planning, infrastructure, concurrency, utilities, environmental, and public-agency coordination.

Residential development
Focusing on horizontal site development, single-family, townhome, condominium, master-planned, and builder-partner residential opportunities.

Partnerships & Joint Ventures
Working with landowners, brokers, builders, capital partners, consultants, attorneys, and municipalities/counties.

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Leadership Team

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David Henson

Managing Partner

David’s experience spans land acquisition, entitlement execution, development feasibility, development execution and consultant coordination across publicly traded homebuilders, consulting firms, private developers, and real estate private equity platforms. He focuses on identifying strategic land opportunities and advancing projects from concept through project completion.

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