1500 NW 4th Ave, Gainesville, FL 32603

College Park - Gainesville, FL

Gainesville is the largest city and county seat of Alachua County. It serves as the cultural, educational
and commercial center for the North Central Florida Region. The City provides a full range of municipal
services, including police and fire protection; comprehensive land use planning and zoning services; code
enforcement and neighborhood improvement; streets and drainage construction and maintenance; traffic
engineering services; refuse and recycling services through a franchised operator; recreation and parks;
cultural and nature services; and necessary administrative services to support these activities. Additionally,
the City owns a regional transit system, a municipal airport, a 72-par championship golf course, and a utility.

Gainesville is home to Florida's largest and oldest university, and is one of the state's centers of education,
medicine, cultural events and athletics. The University of Florida and Shands Hospital at UF are the leading
employers in Gainesville and provide jobs for many residents of surrounding counties. Known for its preservation
of historic buildings and the beauty of its natural surroundings, Gainesville's numerous parks, museums and
lakes provide entertainment to thousands of visitors. Because of its beautiful landscape and urban "forest,"
Gainesville is one of the most attractive cities in Florida. Some of the awards and recognitions Gainesville
and its community has received in recent years include:

* Gainesville's Eastside High School Ranks Top Six in the Nation, Newsweek's Best High Schools rankings, 2006
* Nineteen Gainesville Area Schools Receive Most Improved in FCAT writing scores, 2006
* Top Ten Cities in the USA for Outdoor Activities, Sperling’s Best Places, 2005
* Most Technologically Advanced City in Florida (30th in the nation), 2005
* Growth Management Pilot Community, 2005
* Downtown Festival & Art Show ranked #40 in nation by Greg Lawler’s Art Fair Sourcebook, 2005
* Tree City USA and Tree City USA Growth Award, National Arbor Day Foundation, 2005
* 1st Place media awards for its annual Hoggetowne Medieval Faire, 2005
* Downtown Festival & Art Show 2005 Commemorative Poster Award
* Silver-Level Bicycle-Friendly Community Award, League of American Bicyclists, 2004, 2005 and 2006
* #3 Mid-Market City, 100 Top Deals and Hot Markets, Southern Business & Development Magazine, 2004
* #11 of the Top 15 Best Places to Reinvent Your Life, AARP Magazine, 2003
* Gold Well City USA Award, Wellness Councils of America, 2003
* #1 Best Place to Live in America, Money Magazine, 1995

Management Team

Lionshead Investment Group is led by its managing members, Michael Conroy and Bryan Zeig.  Michael has been an active professional in the construction industry for 34 years; twenty years in California, six in the Hawaiian Islands, and the last nine years in Florida. His breadth of experience includes a breadth of residential and multi-family residential projects. From 1998 to 2001, Michael was the Senior Project Manager for several large institutional projects in North Central Florida, several on the UF campus. Michael has been a licensed general contractor in Californian (1981), Hawaii (1993), and Florida (2001). For many years, as a forensic expert, Michael was called upon to testify in court cases involving construction defects, contractor’s negligence, and various third-party liability litigations, primarily in the realm of condominium construction. These experiences have given him an acute awareness of the importance of the construction and weatherproofing specific to condominium construction. From 20002 until 2005, Michael was the President and General Manager of University Corners. His work commenced with an innovative vision of a new urbanist, infill development, which would combine high-end urban living with upscale retail shops, dining, and recreation. University Corners, upon completion, will represent the largest private undertaking in Alachua County.

Bryan’s academic excellence and professional experience demonstrate his potential in the real estate industry. His integrity and managerial ability premise his professional status and his growing list of contributions to his firm and his community.  His architectural education, (Bachelor of Design in Architecture at the University of Florida Summa cum Laude), as well an architectural internship, have afforded him a unique perspective of both the building construction and real estate industries. From 2003 until 2006, previous to his joining Lionshead, Bryan worked with Michael as a manager of the University Corners project, the previously mentioned mixed-use project that is considered to be a significant transformational project to not only the City of Gainesville but also to the North Central Florida regional. In the process, he has gained a working familiarity with the financial and political aspects of a large scale development, as well as demographics, marketing, and permitting procedures.  This experience has forged his career in the day to day realities of a demanding business and civic environment and provided the skills necessary to successfully manage future development projects.

Mission

The development philosophy of Lionshead Investment Group is premised in the principles of New Urbanism, which seeks the revitalization and densification of our towns and cities into walkable communities. Communities where people live, work, shop, and play in the same neighborhood and transportation is largely satisfied by bicycles and walking. New Urbanist communities include the same features and address the same needs as conventional development; however, they do so in a more creative, compact, and integrated fashion.  Alachua County and the City of Gainesville both incorporate this new urbanist ethos into their respective Comprehensive Plans and Land Development Regulations.  Lionshead believes that as developers and redevelopers of the urban landscape we have an inherent, unspoken obligation to build communities which function largely within the existing built environment and infrastructure. Furthermore, we belive in utilizing sustainable construction materials and methodologies to construct ‘green’ buildings, which are safe not only for the people that use them but as well for the natural environment, which we all share.For Lionshead, each new project such as Lionsgate is an opportunity to give something to the community at large as well as to the residents who occupy the buildings we construct and own. We are committed to the creation of maximum safety, value, and comfort for our homeowners and renters without compromising the lives of our neighbors or the vitality of the natural environment.

The project, located on the corner of NW 4th Avenue and NW 15th Street, is just four blocks north of the University of Florida campus in the heart of the Gator Nation. It will serve the University of Florida and the College Park district with its traditional architectural charm.

The LionsGate Condominiums offer a total of 33 residences in its development. They include 17 1BD/1BA floorplans ranging in size from 569 to 671 square feet and 16 2BD/2BA townhouses that offer 906 square feet. Standard amenities in these plush residences include granite countertops, upgraded solid cabinets, faux s/s appliances, washer/dryer, 9 ft. ceilings, walk-in closets in upstairs Master Suites, courtyard centered around a fountain, private terraces, activated security systems in each unit, private assigned parking garage.

The LionsGate Condominiums will allow their residents to walk to the University of Florida, Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, the O'Connell Center, and the ample amount of shops, dining, and entertainment.

At LionsGate, our team is working hard to ensure your experience in Gainesville is an enjoyable one. We embrace the highest standards of commitment, dependability and expertise to make it happen. So stop by, give us a call and you’ll be on your way to being an owner of the exclusive LionsGate!

The LionsGate Condominiums - Virsual Tour - College Park at University of Florida in Gainesville, FL.