Real Estate Forum - October 2013

RICHARD M.
RENDINA

As chairman and chief executive officer of Rendina Cos., Richard Rendina leads all strategic and operational functions of the company—a role that has allowed him to develop an extensive portfolio of healthcare real estate throughout the country. Rendina, in short, has personally overseen the development of more than one million square feet of real estate in nine states, representing project costs of approximately $200 million. At the same time, Rendina is active on multiple boards, including the Economic Council of Palm Beach County, BIZPAC, Habitat for Humanity of Palm Beach County, Cardinal Newman High School and the Abacoa Property Owners’ Assembly.

JEAN-CLAUDE SAADA

As founder of Cambridge, as well as its chairman and chief
executive officer, Jean-Claude Saada brings 22 years of leader-
ship to the organization. He has guided the firm’s develop-
ment in more than $1 billion of transactions from a time when
restrictions on provider payments were initially introduced
through the present. Today, reim-
bursement compression, regula-
tory controls and market econom-
ics all have made the assistance of
a third-party real estate firm
increasingly attractive to health-
care systems. Saada’s specific inter-
est is at the strategic level, where
he works with system executives on
new integrated facility deployment
as a means to improve care deliv-
ery, solidify physician relation-
ships, revitalize existing campuses and enter new markets.

JOHN SHUFELDT Twenty years ago, John Shufeldt founded NextCare Inc., and as chairman and CEO he grew the company from a single clinic to 58 across six states, with annualized revenue of nearly $100 million. After spending 17 years growing an urgent care company, he realized that healthcare’s new frontier was treating patients virtually. In 2010, Shufeldt stepped away from NextCare and founded