Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Real Estate Veteran Jim Bagley named to head Encore Housing Opportunity Fund; Joel Lazar named marketing VP


Jim Bagley
ORLANDO, FL  – Jim Bagley, a real estate veteran with more than 25 years of experience as a home builder including stints with Pulte Homes, Park Square and Meritage Homes manages the Central Florida operations of Encore Housing Opportunity Fund, based in Celebration.

Bagley said he already has some 15 master planned communities he is working with including Reunion in Orlando, Splendid China in Orlando and Cannon Ranch in Tampa, among others.

Bagley estimates the number of projects he is now involved in totals close to $1 billion.   These projects include single family homes, apartments and short term rental homes.

Joel Lazar
At the same time, Bagley appointed another expert and veteran home building executive – Joel  Lazar – as vice president of marketing. Lazar has more than 25 years of experience in the residential and resort real estate industry.

Encore Housing Opportunity Fund is an opportunistic real estate fund manager which invests in residential real estate, primarily in Florida and California and is a seasoned residential real estate development and investment firm with land acquisition, development and construction capabilities in-house.

 With over $700 million in assets under management and investments in Miami, Orlando, Jacksonville, Dallas, Los Angeles and San Francisco, Encore Housing Opportunity Fund is actively investing in a variety of real estate opportunities

For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:


Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications 407-644-4142 lvershelco@aol.com

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