Bold Real Estate Developers

Jeremy Hill

Jeremy Hill was educated at Georgia Tech with a degree in Industrial Management and a minor in finance. In 2002, he was offered a position in a mayoral campaign and decided to take the opportunity to move back to his hometown of Jacksonville, FL.

In 2004, he opened Gideon Properties for the purposes of general real estate activity. He began flipping houses while he was learning entitlement and basic land development. In 2005, he closed on his first development: office condos. And, since that was the prevailing investment trend in the mid-2000s, he closed on anther office condo project in the 1st quarter of 2006.

Having obtained a broker’s license in 2005, he was also in the position to help HCA with the disposition of some of their surgery centers. Through this disposition, he was introduced to the VA, and worked with them quite consistently over the next decade. His projects with them include an 8,600 square foot ambulatory center (2006) and their 33,000 square foot facility in Southpoint (beginning in 2009).

In 2012, he was introduced to the urban core through the Jacksonville Bank Building project. That project exposed him to the intricacies and complexities of repurposing buildings that have been offline for quite some time. It also piqued his interest as to the possibilities for urban redevelopment.

After taking on the rehabilitation of 751 Oak St., a 50,000 square foot, multi-tenant office building, in 2012, he began focusing on redevelopment. He stayed on with the Jacksonville Bank project through June of 2014 and has settled into ongoing management of 751 Oak St.

John T “JT” Thornton

John T “JT” Thornton, offers over 35 years of construction and real estate development experience.

He started his career in 1986 with a design build construction firm, The Haskell Company, located in Jacksonville, FL, where he managed the design and construction process for three car dealerships in Jacksonville, FL area. Several years later he worked for Elkins Constructors where he served as Project Manager for two automobile dealerships.

In 1993 Mr. Thornton formed Skyline Realty Services, a full service Real Estate Development Company providing construction, property management, leasing, mortgage brokerage and development services. During that time, he developed, owned and managed approximately 750,000 square feet of retail and office space, which included two 90,000 square foot, class-A, suburban office buildings in the Gate Parkway / Town Center area and three multi story office buildings totaling 170,000 square feet in Clay County, Florida.

More impressive was his involvement in the development of over 200 acres of land in Orange Park, FL. This was a multi-use development spanning several years involving land owned by multiple families. It was a project that began without focus but was executed well. Today, this is an established, recognized part of suburban Jacksonville.

In 2008, JT, along with his father Pat Thornton, formed Thornton & Associates, LLC, where he was involved with the development of Care Spot Urgent Care facilities and managed approximately 146,000sf of office and retail properties along with 30 acres of raw land for future development.

In 2015 he joined forces with Fairlead Commercial Real Estate to oversee the acquisition and redevelopment / remodeling of seven office buildings, totaling 750, 000 square feet. And in 2017 Thornton & Associates, LLC merged with Stratagem Partners.

JT holds a degree in Building Construction from the University of North Florida and is a Licensed Florida Contractor.