Charles S. Lichtigman
Charles S. Lichtigman is founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Charles Wayne Properties, Inc. As a developer and investor Mr. Lichtigman has developed and acquired retail and office buildings and commercial subdivisions, with an emphasis on value-added properties. Growth has been predominantly self-funded. The current CW portfolio is valued in excess of $200 million, and concentrated in central and northern Florida, Georgia and South Carolina.
Charles Wayne Properties, Inc. is one of central Florida’s largest development, commercial brokerage and real estate consulting firms, with offices in Orlando, Daytona Beach, DeLand, Melbourne and Ocala, and an affiliate in Atlanta. Founded in 1978, the firm has developed stores and shopping centers for Publix Supermarkets, Winn Dixie, Albertson’s, Food Lion, Walgreen, and 7-Eleven, and has acted in a receivership capacity for financial institutions. As a brokerage firm it has done business with numerous banks, retailers, restaurants, homebuilders and governmental agencies.
Mr. Lichtigman’s recent projects include acquisition, renovation and retenanting of the Fifth Third Bank Building, (the Daytona Beach area’s largest office building), the acquisition and upgrading of three Orlando area office buildings, the acquisition, renovation and remarketing of the Sea Pines Center on Hilton Head Island, S.C., and the subdivision and marketing of 70 acres of I-95 interchange frontage in Ormond Beach, Florida.
Until the sale of its building activities in 1989, Charles Wayne Properties was the Daytona Beach area’s largest homebuilder. Prior to establishing Charles Wayne Properties, Mr. Lichtigman served as Vice President of ITT Community Development Corporation, with responsibility for its commercial, industrial and residential activities (1972 – 1978). Under his direction, over 2,000 homes or condominiums were built, and several other projects developed, including the Palm Harbor Shopping Center (anchored by Publix Supermarket and Eckerd Drug Store), the Palm Coast West Commerce/Industrial Park and ITTCDC Corporate Headquarters.
From 1969 to 1972, Mr. Lichtigman was Assistant to the President of Sun Chemical Corporation where he was responsible for planning, financial and acquisition functions. After graduating from Yale Law School, he worked in mergers, acquisitions and long-range planning for the $360 million paper group of the then Continental Can Company (1966-1969).
Mr. Lichtigman has served in numerous civic and business organizations. These include Daytona Beach Community College, at which he served as Trustee and Chairman of the Board for eight years, Coastal Educational Broadcasters (Public TV – Chairman and Board Member), SouthTrust Bank of Florida, N.A., (Director and Member of the Audit and Executive Committees), Daytona Beach/Halifax Area Chamber of Commerce (Director), the Economic Development Commission of Mid-Florida, Children’s Home Society, and the International Council of Shopping Centers. He currently serves as Chairman of the Halifax Area Civic League and as a director of Gateway Banks of Florida, Superior Handling Equipment, LLC, Florida International Festival and the Stonewood Holdings group of restaurants. He is married to the former Anne Lambert, has two children and one grandchild.
Business Address:
Charles Wayne Properties, Inc.
444 Seabreeze Blvd., Suite 1000
Daytona Beach, Florida 32118
(386) 238-3600
E-Mail: CL@charleswayne.com
Education:
University of Michigan, B.A. (1962)
Yale Law School, LL.B. (1966)
Military Service:
U. S. Army and U. S. Army Reserves, 1966 – 1972
Honorably Discharged in 1972