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Jose R. Urdaneta

President & Broker of Record, Academia Development & Real Estate

Jose R. Urdaneta founded Academia Development & Real Estate in 2020 and leads it as a Florida Certified General Contractor and licensed Real Estate Broker. He built the firm around a single idea: one licensed operator should be able to carry a South Florida building through its whole life — construction, 25/30/40/50-year recertification, SB-4D Milestone and SIRS compliance, and structural restoration — without the handoffs and scope gaps that stall condo and HOA projects.

Under his direction Academia holds six in-house Florida trade licenses — general contracting, roofing, plumbing, HVAC, electrical, and solar — plus a real-estate brokerage, so the same team that writes the scope self-performs the work that decides whether a building stays insurable, financeable, and marketable. He personally reviews the firm’s field-intelligence articles for technical accuracy.

Service area: Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties.

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General Contractor
CGC1528882
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Real Estate Broker
BK3384781
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Firm — Roofing
CCC1332624
Firm — Plumbing
CFC1432695
Firm — HVAC
CAC1823051
Firm — Electrical
EC13013134
Firm — Solar
CVC57202

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