WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (March 26, 2014) – Gunster, one of Florida’s oldest and largest full-service business law firms, is pleased to announce that attorney Heidi Davis Knapik has joined the board of directors for the South Florida chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP).
Heidi Davis Knapik is a shareholder in Gunster’s Fort Lauderdale office. She focuses her practice on land use, environmental and real estate law, representing commercial, residential and industrial developers and property owners in all areas of land use and zoning matters.
Knapik has been a member of NAIOP since 2009 and is currently its vice chair of programming.
She joins other South Florida luminaries on this year’s NAIOP board, including
• Melanie Dickson, publisher of the South Florida Business Journal
• Bob Swindell, president and CEO of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance
• Carol Ellis-Cutler, senior vice president and partner at Colliers International South Florida
NAIOP aims to advance responsible commercial real estate development. It supports commercial real estate professionals with advocacy, education and business opportunities. NAIOP South Florida is the largest NAIOP chapter in the state. The association currently includes more than 350 members, representing constituents in the tricounty area, as well as Martin and St. Lucie counties.
In her legal practice, Knapik has experience in the areas of comprehensive plans and plan amendments; due diligence for property acquisition and development; DRIs; code compliance and permitting; platting, rezoning and property restriction issues; eminent domain, property rights and land use appeals.
Knapik joined Gunster in 1997 after working as Assistant General Counsel for the State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida and her law degree from The George Washington University in D.C.
Additional Gunster attorneys who are NAIOP members include: real estate practice leader Daniel M. Mackler (Miami), former state NAIOP secretary Lew Crippen (West Palm Beach), Spencer Cummings (Jacksonville), Danielle DeVito-Hurley (Fort Lauderdale) and Frank E. Miller (Jacksonville).
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About Gunster Gunster, Florida’s law firm for business, provides full-service legal counsel to leading organizations and individuals from its 11 offices statewide. Established in 1925, the firm has expanded, diversified and evolved, but always with a singular focus: Florida and its clients’ stake in it. A magnet for business-savvy attorneys who embrace collaboration for the greatest advantage of clients, Gunster’s growth has not been at the expense of personalized service but because of it. The firm serves clients from its offices in Fort Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando, Palm Beach, Stuart, Tallahassee, Tampa, The Florida Keys, Vero Beach and its headquarters in West Palm Beach. With more than 170 attorneys and 200 committed support staff, Gunster is ranked among the National Law Journal’s list of the 350 largest law firms. More information about its practice areas, offices and insider’s view newsletters is available at www.gunster.com.
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