Jamie B. May

Executive Director
Florida

  • 100 North Tampa Street
    Suite 1620
  • Tampa, FL 33602
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  • Phone: (813) 387-4860
  • Fax: (813) 221-7110
  • jbm@ipausa.com
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  • License: FL BK3007375, GA 291403, TN 306554

Jamie B. May (JBM) is an executive director of Institutional Property Advisors. Mr. May specializes in multi housing investment advisory services with a primary focus on Florida and the Southeast, while assisting clients with assignments nationally.

Prior to joining IPA, Mr. May was founder, chairman & CEO of JBM Realty Advisors, Inc. (JBMRA). His experience draws upon three generations of the May family apartment brokerage and development business dating back to 1939, in addition to his own 22 years of experience in investment advisory, brokerage, construction, development, disposition, acquisition, lending and management of institutional grade apartment communities.

Mr. May has represented numerous well known domestic and foreign institutional funds, sovereign funds, pension funds and their advisors, REITS, insurance companies, private national, regional owners, and merchant builders throughout the southern United States. Some of his repetitive clientele include: TGM and Associates, Equity Residential Properties Trust, Bank of America, UBS Realty Advisors, Greystar Real Estate Partners, ING Clarion, Fairfield Residential, Forest City Residential, TA Associates, Heitman Financial, CAPREIT, Waterton Associates, Jupiter Realty, BH Equities, Tarragon Realty Investors, Sawyer, UDR and CMS.

Mr. May is an active investment advisor, broker, and strategist of institutional grade apartment communities. He has participated in numerous multifamily investment property sales with an aggregate value of nearly $6.8 billion. Mr. May currently serves on the Board of Directors of the National Multi Housing Council (NMHC), and is an active member of the Mortgage Bankers Association, Real Estate Investment Council, Inc. (REIC), Urban Land Institute (ULI), National Apartment Association, and the Florida Apartment Association.

Mr. May is a graduate of Boston University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and Real Estate. Additionally, he is a licensed real estate broker in Florida, Georgia, New Mexico, Tennessee and Alabama.

Testimonials

  • “Jamie May and his team are one of the best brokerage teams I have ever worked with. Selling one of the largest properties in Florida is always a challenge and doing so during a market downturn caused by hurricanes and increasing insurance rates is nothing short of amazing. The JBM team is professional, sharp and aggressive.” – Thomas Gochberg, Co-Founder, TGM Associates L.P.
  • “Jamie May provided exceptional service to Bank of America's Real Estate Managed Assets Division when he recently represented the bank as broker for a 360-unit apartment community in Naples, FL. When the initial buyer re-traded his original offer, Jamie brought the bank a strong replacement buyer within 48 hours who close the sale in a timely fashion. Jamie follows up, pays close attention to the details, and is a consummate professional.” – Joseph C. Petteruti, Bank of America
  • “The JBM Institutional Property Advisors team is first-rate. Jamie is an accomplished pro with an encyclopedic knowledge of the Florida multifamily regional and local market. I've found the JBM team to be thorough, responsive, and great to work with. We look forward to working with them on more transactions — both acquisitions and dispositions.” – Mark Hafner, Senior Managing Director and Principal, Greystar Real Estate Partners
  • “The JBM team has earned repeated assignments from Tarragon by the sheer force of their performance – timely, dogged, thorough, professional and effective. But we have also come to rely on them for background information, local color and general advice.” – William S. Friedman, President & CEO, Tarragon Realty Investors, Inc.
  • “Working with JBM and his team was just how it was described at the beginning of the relationship. Their work and presentation material was the best I have ever seen in the business and most importantly they hit the strike price per unit that we were looking for. Thanks JBM for a job well done!.” – Jerry Rich, Ibis Club Apartments
  • “When thinking about the JBM team and their capabilities throughout the marketplace, I think of one word: Excellence.” – David Carlson, Managing Partner, Redwood Capital Partners, LLC
  • “A very talented, hard-working group of professionals who strive to serve their clients’ needs. We have been very pleased with the superior performance and attention to detail. We look forward to engaging JBM for future assignments.” – Keith Harris, Senior Vice President, The Laramar Group

Representative Client List

  • AIMCO
  • Bainbridge Companies
  • Bank of America
  • Benchmark Group
  • Berkshire Property Advisors
  • Berwind Property Group
  • BH Equities
  • CAPREIT
  • CMS
  • Concierge Asset Management
  • CW Capital
  • DeBartolo Development
  • Elco Landmark Residential Holdings, LLC
  • Equity Residential
  • Fairfield Residential, LLC
  • Fidelity Real Estate Group
  • Florida Housing Finance Corporation
  • Forest City Residential
  • GE Capital
  • Greystar Real Estate Partners
  • Harvest Equities
  • Heitman Capital Management
  • Henderson Global Investors
  • ING Clarion
  • Jupiter Realty Corporation
  • Key Bank
  • MAS Group
  • Midland Loan Services
  • Opus South
  • Paradigm Properties, Inc.
  • Paramount Companies
  • PRG Real Estate
  • Related Companies of Florida
  • Sawyer Realty Group
  • TA Associates Realty
  • Tarragon Realty Investors
  • TGM Associates
  • The Laramar Group
  • The Praedium Group
  • The Related Group
  • UBS Realty Investors
  • UDR
  • Wachovia
  • Waterton Associates