Jon Paul “JP” Pérez is responsible for overseeing development operations across the company’s various divisions, managing land acquisition efforts and leading the procurement of major construction financing. He also forms a part of Related’s Executive Committee, where he works with the firm’s C-level executives and division presidents establish corporate priorities, growth strategies and other key companywide initiatives.
We were able to go and bid on that site and we're not going to bid on the Surfside site. We internally made a decision that we just didn't want to be a part of that unless there was a way that we would do it almost for free so that the profits would go to the people and families who were affected.
Jorge Pérez built Related Group into one of the leading condominium and apartment developers in the region, reshaping the South Florida skyline — especially along the waterfront. Now his two oldest sons have taken over the day-to-day running of the company after the Surfside collapse and during a pandemic.