Bernard "Barney" Danzansky

Current

• Owner at Equity Development Group, LLC.

Past

• President at Onloan.com
• Camper and Counsellor at Camp Comet

Education

• Georgetown University
• Pine Crest Preparatory School

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Industry

Real Estate

Bernard "Barney" Danzansky’s Summary

Bernard “Barney” Danzansky is currently president of Equity Ventures Realty, Inc., a commercial real estate developer and commercial lender. Since 1995, Barney’s company has developed $100M worth of commercial projects (over 1M square feet of development) including 13 Publix Super Market anchored shopping center projects in South Florida managing the development process from site selection through final development approvals and construction completion. Prior to his work at Equity, Barney founded onloan.com, a next-generation online residential mortgage lending firm that permitted borrowers to qualify for and secure new or refinance mortgage loans in real-time on the Internet. Under his auspices, onloan.com gained Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac approval and operated with a $100M secured credit facility. Barney was responsible for all operational, fundraising and technological aspects of the Company, including production, strategic planning and investor relations. Prior to founding onloan.com, Barney worked as Special Projects Coordinator of Novapet, Inc., a publicly traded manufacturing and distribution company. Barney’s work included implementation of a computerized inventory management system, the integration of purchasing, receiving, manufacturing, accounts payable/receivable and sales in order to improve accuracy of customer orders and the reliability of internal accounting and financial statements. Barney is a native of South Florida, attended Pine Crest Preparatory School in Ft. Lauderdale, and graduated in 1990 from Georgetown University’s undergraduate Business School with a BS in Business Administration with a major in Finance. Barney is married with three sons and lives in Boca Raton.

Bernard "Barney" Danzansky’s Specialties:

Retail development for Publix Super Markets, hard money financing for residential and commercial projects. Commercial real estate development.

Bernard "Barney" Danzansky’s Experience

• Owner

  Equity Development Group, LLC.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Real Estate industry)

  January 1995 — Present (14 years 7 months)

  A full-service real estate development company, specializing in retail, residential and in-fill development. Since 1995, the Company has developed a number of commercial projects for Publix Super Markets and for it's own portfolio, consistently delivering quality, value, timeliness and cost-efficiency. The Company provides a full array of development services for projects, handling all aspects of a transaction from site selection through final development approvals.
  
  1. Identify site
  2. Brokerage services
  3. Drafting of contracts
  4. 3rd party due diligence, preliminary site assessment
  5. Coordinate governmental, Zoning, Land Use & Site Plan Approvals
  6. Proforma
  7. Equity and debt financing
  8. Closing coordination
  9. Construction coordination
  10. Permitting
  11. Contractor bidding/selection
  12. Contractor oversight
  13. Leasing, marketing and tenant build-out
  14. Residential sales and marketing
  15. Accounting, bookkeeping, monthly draw requests

• President

  Onloan.com

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Financial Services industry)

  August 1998 — August 2000 (2 years 1 month)

  Founding member of OnLoan.com, a Florida-based, next-generation online residential mortgage lending firm that permitted borrowers to qualify for and secure new or refinance mortgage loans in real-time on the Internet. Responsible for all operational, fundraising and technological aspects of the Company, including daily affairs, production, strategic planning and investor relations. The company was a member of the Mortgage Banking Association of America, was both an approved Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac seller/servicer and negotiated a $100M credit facility for origination of 1-4 family residential loans. At its peak, the Company employed over 70+ employees.

• Camper and Counsellor

  Camp Comet

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Sports industry)

  June 1974 — August 1987 (13 years 3 months)

  I attended Camp Comet and Camp Comet Trails from 1974 until its closure in 1987. Camp Comet was a Space Age camp owned and operated by Morgan Levy, Harry Pure, Isabelle Rosenberg and Shirly Shor nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Pennsylvania. Located in Waynesboro, PA, the camp offered boys the freedom to grow and mature in a safe and secure environment. Camp Comet offered thousands of children during its 25+ years of operation, opportunities to better themselves in sports, the arts and in science. Happy Little Birdie and Space Age Arriving were perennially favorite songs of campers and counsellors alike. Camps Comet and Comet Trails were the brother camp for Camp Wohelo, established in 1928, by Bertha Levy.

Bernard "Barney" Danzansky’s Education

• Georgetown University

  BSBA , Finance with Theology concentration , 1986 — 1990

• Pine Crest Preparatory School

  1974 — 1986

Additional Information

Bernard "Barney" Danzansky’s Interests:

Snowboarding, fishing, travelling, biking, hiking, outdoors, real estate development, technology, computers

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