Meet the Manzo Freeman Development Team
Michael A. Manzo
Chairman & Director of Acquisitions
Mike was a Partner, Senior Vice President and member of the Senior Executive Team at The Beal Companies, the Boston-based real estate investment company.
In his role as Partner, he directed the firm’s investment and development activities, focusing on commercial, industrial, life science, healthcare, multi-family real estate development and investment opportunities. As a senior executive and Partner, Mike played an integral part in directing the strategic direction of the Company as well as sourcing deals, reviewing development and investment opportunities, and managing projects. He retains an ownership position in a number of Beal projects.
In his career, Mike has originated, arranged, and managed real estate investments, including, discretionary investment funds, and joint ventures with a broad range of institutional partners, including Mitsui Co. of Japan, Cargill Financial Services, Rockwood Capital, and a Sovereign Wealth Fund of the State of New Mexico. In addition, he has negotiated with and retained J. P. Morgan to seek an institutional joint venture partner for the formation of a Health Care Properties Fund. Through these programs, Mike has directed more than $250 million of equity, with an aggregate property value in excess of $1.75 billion. He directly sourced the investments, structured the financing and joint venture terms, and managed and supervised many of the projects for both day-to-day operations and investment performance.
Mike has had direct investments in a number of operating businesses as well. Manzo and investors were a Boston Metro licensee of Sav-A-Lot stores and opened three successful “limited assortment” food stores. The investment was profitably sold back to Sav-A-Lot.
Mike was also a major investor and active board member for a large Metro Boston regional franchisee for Jiffy Lube Stores. The franchisee developed over 30 stores and sold half of the stores and the operating business to the parent company of Jiffy Lube, Shell Oil, and leased back the remaining stores for a 20-year net lease. This was a very profitable investment and paid dividends for 20 years.
Mike is a former President of the Greater Boston Real Estate Board and a Director and past Secretary of the National Association of Industrial and Office Parks (New England Chapter). He is a Member of the invitation-only American Society of Real Estate Counselors. Mike received his M.B.A. and a B.S. from The Pennsylvania State University.
In his role as Partner, he directed the firm’s investment and development activities, focusing on commercial, industrial, life science, healthcare, multi-family real estate development and investment opportunities. As a senior executive and Partner, Mike played an integral part in directing the strategic direction of the Company as well as sourcing deals, reviewing development and investment opportunities, and managing projects. He retains an ownership position in a number of Beal projects.
In his career, Mike has originated, arranged, and managed real estate investments, including, discretionary investment funds, and joint ventures with a broad range of institutional partners, including Mitsui Co. of Japan, Cargill Financial Services, Rockwood Capital, and a Sovereign Wealth Fund of the State of New Mexico. In addition, he has negotiated with and retained J. P. Morgan to seek an institutional joint venture partner for the formation of a Health Care Properties Fund. Through these programs, Mike has directed more than $250 million of equity, with an aggregate property value in excess of $1.75 billion. He directly sourced the investments, structured the financing and joint venture terms, and managed and supervised many of the projects for both day-to-day operations and investment performance.
Mike has had direct investments in a number of operating businesses as well. Manzo and investors were a Boston Metro licensee of Sav-A-Lot stores and opened three successful “limited assortment” food stores. The investment was profitably sold back to Sav-A-Lot.
Mike was also a major investor and active board member for a large Metro Boston regional franchisee for Jiffy Lube Stores. The franchisee developed over 30 stores and sold half of the stores and the operating business to the parent company of Jiffy Lube, Shell Oil, and leased back the remaining stores for a 20-year net lease. This was a very profitable investment and paid dividends for 20 years.
Mike is a former President of the Greater Boston Real Estate Board and a Director and past Secretary of the National Association of Industrial and Office Parks (New England Chapter). He is a Member of the invitation-only American Society of Real Estate Counselors. Mike received his M.B.A. and a B.S. from The Pennsylvania State University.
Joe Freeman
CEO & Director of Business Development
Prior to founding Manzo Freeman Development, Joe was General Counsel and member of the senior executive team at Saracen Properties. As a senior executive and General Counsel, Joe played an integral role in directing the strategic direction of the Company as well as sourcing deals, reviewing development and investment opportunities, and managing projects. While at Saracen Properties, the company developed over 2M SF of class A office and hotel space along the 128 corridor from Westwood, MA to Waltham, MA.
Founding The Freeman Firm, P.C. in 1992, Joe has represented a variety of commercial real estate clients including South Shore Hospital, Cresset Partners, NAI Hunneman and Saracen Properties. Joe is a General Partner of WD Homer LLC, the owner of the 292,000 SF mill building located at 200 Homer Avenue, Ashland, MA, and owner of The Landing at Hudson Mills in Hudson, MA (215,000 SF mill) and The Landing at One Chestnut in Nashua, NH (432,000 SF mill).
Joe has investments in a number of operating businesses and real estate partnerships. He is passionate about real estate conservation and owns significant land holdings in Georgia timber property.
Joe received his JD from Boston College Law School and also attended University of Notre Dame Law School. He also received a BS in finance from University of Colorado Business School.
Founding The Freeman Firm, P.C. in 1992, Joe has represented a variety of commercial real estate clients including South Shore Hospital, Cresset Partners, NAI Hunneman and Saracen Properties. Joe is a General Partner of WD Homer LLC, the owner of the 292,000 SF mill building located at 200 Homer Avenue, Ashland, MA, and owner of The Landing at Hudson Mills in Hudson, MA (215,000 SF mill) and The Landing at One Chestnut in Nashua, NH (432,000 SF mill).
Joe has investments in a number of operating businesses and real estate partnerships. He is passionate about real estate conservation and owns significant land holdings in Georgia timber property.
Joe received his JD from Boston College Law School and also attended University of Notre Dame Law School. He also received a BS in finance from University of Colorado Business School.
Michael K. Manzo
Managing Partner & President
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As President of Manzo Freeman Development, Mike’s responsibilities include assessing new acquisition and development projects, sourcing deals and capital and overseeing underwriting, asset management and leasing activities.
Mike spent the first 10+ years of his professional career in commercial banking, real estate finance and land development. As a commercial lending Analyst and Portfolio Manager for FleetBoston Financial (now Bank of America) in downtown Boston, Mike worked with a wide range of clients in the commercial transportation industries, including railroads, marine freight shippers and affiliated freight container manufacturers and leasing companies. As a Financial Analyst for the A.D. Makepeace Company based in Wareham, MA, the world’s largest cranberry grower and largest private landowner in eastern Massachusetts, Mike worked primarily on the launch of several new residential developments on company owned land, including a 12-year master planned development of over 1,000 acres of land in Plymouth, MA that incorporated residential, retail, office and public services uses plus the permanent protection of hundreds of acres of pristine conservation land. Additionally, Mike formerly co-founded Entegra Development & Investment, based in Andover, MA, a green building consulting and LEED Certification firm servicing a wide range of commercial and residential clients. Mike holds an MBA from Babson College and BA from Brown University. |
Alexandra Freeman Leydon
Managing Partner & Chief Operating Officer
After earning her Bachelors of Science in Business from Babson College, Alex spent four years consulting for Pricewaterhouse Coopers (“PwC”) within their Advisory practice. Alex consulted for large financial services clients including US global banks, professional services firms, private market clients specializing in real estate investment and global paper and water chemical companies. She focused on developing strategies to enhance current business processes to improve clients’ overall performance which she now leverages in her work as a real estate developer at MFD.
Alex was a direct report to PwC’s US and Global Advisory leader, Mohamed Kande, supporting and developing the rollout of PwC’s 2019 consulting and growth strategy. Alex also supported the carve out and merger of a $1B paper and water chemicals business playing a key role in the deal’s management office managing nine workstreams including VP and C-suite level personnel.
Alex also has venture capital, portfolio management and customer experience while working at General Catalyst Partners, Warby Parker and Rough Draft Ventures. Alex joined MFD in early 2019 bringing the skills, expertise and network she acquired while at PwC to the team. She primarily specializes in tenant relations, leasing and property management.
Alex was a direct report to PwC’s US and Global Advisory leader, Mohamed Kande, supporting and developing the rollout of PwC’s 2019 consulting and growth strategy. Alex also supported the carve out and merger of a $1B paper and water chemicals business playing a key role in the deal’s management office managing nine workstreams including VP and C-suite level personnel.
Alex also has venture capital, portfolio management and customer experience while working at General Catalyst Partners, Warby Parker and Rough Draft Ventures. Alex joined MFD in early 2019 bringing the skills, expertise and network she acquired while at PwC to the team. She primarily specializes in tenant relations, leasing and property management.
Ali Freeman
Chief Financial Officer
Prior to joining the Manzo Freeman Development team, Ali has worked as an accountant for Laventhol & Horwath in Portland, OR and Donald Engleman, CPA in Framingham, MA. For the past 20 years, she has maintained her own accounting / bookkeeping practice for various lawyers, doctors, restaurants and real estate investment and development companies across the country. Ali currently does the accounting / bookkeeping for The Landing at Hudson Mills and The Landing at One Chestnut. Ali received her BS at Northeastern University.
Camilla Vivaldi Coelho
Architect & Construction Manager
After graduating in Architecture in Brazil, Camilla spent 5 years working in the development of 2016 Rio Olympic Village, a residential complex with 31 buildings and more than 3,000 apartments, which was the first neighborhood in Latin America to get a LEED Certification. She oversaw the architectural and landscape projects, and coordinated with the construction team to ensure the quality and agility of the project.
In 2016, she became the property manager at the Olympic Village, and managed the maintenance services for 136 apartments for the German and Belgium teams in which she had to resolve more than 300 issues with strict deadlines.
Camilla graduated in 2020 from her MBA at Babson College where she was a Forte Fellow, Graduate Assistant from Design Zone and Co-President of Real Estate Club. During her MBA experience, she did her internship at Newmark Knight Frank in Boston focused in Biotech and Lab leases.
Throughout her professional career, Camilla worked in different areas of the real estate such as development, property management and commercial real estate industry that will be valuable assets for her work at MFD.
In 2016, she became the property manager at the Olympic Village, and managed the maintenance services for 136 apartments for the German and Belgium teams in which she had to resolve more than 300 issues with strict deadlines.
Camilla graduated in 2020 from her MBA at Babson College where she was a Forte Fellow, Graduate Assistant from Design Zone and Co-President of Real Estate Club. During her MBA experience, she did her internship at Newmark Knight Frank in Boston focused in Biotech and Lab leases.
Throughout her professional career, Camilla worked in different areas of the real estate such as development, property management and commercial real estate industry that will be valuable assets for her work at MFD.
Pedro Camara |
Lead Property Manager
Pedro is a certified property manager acquiring a certificate from eCornell University in 2022. Pedro has been managing, overseeing and maintaining residential multifamily properties close to a decade and more recently large HOA’s.
Pedro has a vast project management background where he worked with top 500 companies nationally and internationally on large retail projects. These attributes have provided him with a background in business skills, management, budgeting and analysis that contributed to a successful transition to property management.
Pedro has a strong background in construction management where he’s managed teams of 10+ contractors, served as a main point of contact for the clients and led meetings to develop project roadmaps and ensure alignment with design specifications and environmental regulations.
Pedro has a vast project management background where he worked with top 500 companies nationally and internationally on large retail projects. These attributes have provided him with a background in business skills, management, budgeting and analysis that contributed to a successful transition to property management.
Pedro has a strong background in construction management where he’s managed teams of 10+ contractors, served as a main point of contact for the clients and led meetings to develop project roadmaps and ensure alignment with design specifications and environmental regulations.