Jason Bonnet

Current

Realtor at Columbia Company Ventures LLC
Founder and CEO at Bonnet Development Group

Past

Executive Director at LVL X, Inc

Education

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Connections

69 connections

Industry

Real Estate

Websites

Jason Bonnet’s Summary

Lead neglected neighborhoods within metropolitan cities into future developments that revitalize the neighborhood, by both realizing walkable urbanism and changing energy dependence to renewable clean alternatives.

Jason Bonnet’s Specialties:

advertising, attention to detail, banking, billing, budgeting, cash flow, creative, customer relations, directing, editing, finance, financial analysis, financial planning, focus, forecasting, layout design, leadership, management, market research, marketing, negotiation, office administration, organizational skills, policy analysis, pricing, profit, project development, quality control, real estate, retail, sales, scheduling, tax planning, vision

Jason Bonnet’s Experience

Realtor

Columbia Company Ventures LLC

(Real Estate industry)

February 2009 — Present (10 months)
Founder and CEO

Bonnet Development Group

(Real Estate industry)

May 2003 — Present (6 years 7 months)

* Initiate and manage an investment portfolio that includes residential single-family homes and condominiums, commercial retail and office properties. Created the company with a focus on new construction and revitalization developments that are sensitive to and support local community planning objectives. Current property holdings valued at over $ 5M, with property sites in Maryland and the District of Columbia. Total development transactions have exceeded $9M.
* Oversee the company's portfolio of real estate assets through acquisition, disposition, and day-to-day operations and management. Direct all company operations and activities to maximize profitability. Establish the company's quarterly and yearly financial and project objectives ensuring compatibility with overall company vision, policies and standards.
* Direct development projects from start-up to completion to include property acquisition and market research, design and planning approval, construction and finalizing the disposition of the project by sale or long term hold by rental/leasing. Serve as liaison and lead negotiator between brokers, owners, attorneys and tenants for completion of property transactions.
Develop and maintain business relationships with financial and banking institutions to ensure viable financial options for start-up and ongoing projects. Present financial analysis reports-profitability results (through APOD, discounted cash flow analysis, alternative cash sales, IRR- NPV) to board members and financial institutions to obtain and maintain development funding for short term and long term investment holdings.
Collaborate with designers and architects to maintain a balance between design and development, including selections of interior finishes, exterior finishes and upgrade design options.
Oversee and direct full project development cycle: site selection, entitlement, pre-construction, permits/zoning/code modification approvals and construction phase.
Executive Director

LVL X, Inc

(Retail industry)

June 2001 — September 2002 (1 year 4 months)

Collaborated and led a team of architects and contractors in the design, layout, and construction of 8 new retail spaces. Analyzed and presented marketing data, population demographics, and income brackets to assist the corporation in realizing their long term planning objectives.
Developed corporate Web site, tag line and advertising campaigns to capture accurate customer groups. Facilitated customer focus groups to obtain data for future marketing campaigns.

Jason Bonnet’s Education

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Bachelor of Arts , Communication Studies; Advertising and Television Production; Business Marketing , 2001

Acquired creative writing skills and editing skills through dramatic and fictional writing classes.
* Proven leadership abilities, creativity, attention to detail and ability to deliver quality under extreme timelines as demonstrated in the writing, directing and production of student films.
• Recognized on Dean’s List and Honor Roll; received top student honor in Drawing and Design School.