Real Estate Developer Building Community-Led Projects in Florida.
Founder of I&D Consulting + Local Real Estate Developers
Co-builder of Elevate SWFL, a sports, wellness, food, and community destination in Bonita Springs.
Founder of I&D Consulting • Elevate SWFL • Host of the LRED Podcast
Kristi Kandel is a Florida real estate developer behind $450M+ in projects, founder of Local Real Estate Developers, and co-builder of Elevate SWFL, a sports, wellness, food, and community destination in Bonita Springs.
What I’m Building Now
Elevate SWFL is a sports, wellness, food, and community destination coming to Bonita Springs. It is designed to bring people together through movement, recovery, events, and everyday connection.
+20 Years
Real Estate Development, Consulting, and Investing
+$450M
Development Projects Managed
Nationwide
+50K Hours
Dedicated to Real Estate Development
+2 Podcasts
Local Real Estate Developers
The Real Estate Pessimist
LOCAL REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS (LRED)
LRED helps remove the gatekeeping around real estate development by giving locals the language, tools, and real-world examples they need to lead projects in their own communities.
I&D CONSULTING
Through I&D Consulting, Kristi helps developers, owners, and partners move projects forward through entitlements, approvals, dry utilities, project strategy, and pre-development execution.
PODCAST / MEDIA
LRED Podcast
We spotlight the locals actively leading real projects. Sharing what’s working, what’s not, and the behind-the-scenes insights you don’t hear anywhere else.
Main Street is done waiting on Wall Street!
Kristi Kandel 