Kevin Reali

Notable Experience

• Represents real estate developer in the first new major development to be entitled in the City of St. Pete Beach in over a decade. The development includes a mixed-use project consisting of 243 multi-family residential units, a waterfront restaurant, a 3,959 square foot co-working facility, 8,264 square feet of retail and significant public amenities. The project will provide an east-end redevelopment anchor project which will help revitalize the businesses along Corey Avenue.
• Represents a full-service investment and development firm in obtaining a variety of land use approvals for a new mixed-use development located along the Gandy causeway (a key corridor connecting the City of Tampa to the City of St. Petersburg). The waterfront development includes a mix of multi-family, townhome and commercial uses including 376 units, a dry storage marina with 245 slips, retail, and 225 accessory wet slips. This project brings commercial development to an area that has sat vacant for over a decade.
• Represents a nonprofit health care provider in the Tampa Bay and West-Central Florida Regions in obtaining all development entitlements for a 773,582 sq. ft. medical facility, including a regional hospital, ambulatory care center and associated medical offices. The project also includes a commercial outparcel. It is the first major project in northeast Plant City, an area that is envisioned by the NE Master Plan as an important commercial activity center. The hospital will be a major employer for Plant City, attracting highly-skilled and educated workers to the area.
• Represents one of the largest home furnishing and accent retailers in Florida in the development of a warehousing, distribution and regional headquarters, including a regional showroom, for their central Florida operations in Plant City.
• Represents a national real estate investment trust (REIT) that focuses on the acquisition, selective development, redevelopment and management of multifamily homes, in the infill redevelopment of an 18.5 acre parcel to a mixed-use waterfront and retail project, including over 650 multi-family residential units, a waterfront restaurant and public boardwalk amenities. It is the first mixed use residential/commercial development to break ground in a primarily industrial area and to begin the transition envisioned by the Tampa Comprehensive Plan to create a new gateway into the Tampa Bay area.

Credentials

Education

• J.D., magna cum laude, Stetson University College of Law, 2018
  • Stetson Law Review
  • Moot Court, Board
  • Highest grade: Civil Procedure; Torts; Constitutional Law; Real Property
• B.S., magna cum laude, University of South Florida, 2006

Admissions

• Florida

Judicial Clerkships

• Judicial Intern, Honorable Anthony E. Porcelli and Honorable Amanda A. Sansone, United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Professional & Community Involvement

• St. Petersburg Development Review Commission, 2023-Present
  • Chair, 2025
• St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce, 2020-Present
  • Housing, Land Use & Development Committee, 2020-Present
  • Public Policy Council, 2020-Present
• Tampa Bay Builders Association (TBBA)
• Former Head Sailing Coach, Eckerd College

Recognition

• Florida Super Lawyers, Rising Star, 2024-Present