Founded in 1988, to date we have made over one and half a billion dollars in investments, primarily in our home states of Florida and Texas.
Meet The Team
Katherine Christy
President
Ms. Christy officially joined Florida Capital in 2001 as Vice President – Corporate Development and Legal Counsel after previously serving as legal Counsel through her private law firm. Ultimately, as President, she has successfully guided Florida Capital through significant real estate cycles and has overseen development, refinancing, dispositions and overall corporate strategy focusing on minimizing portfolio risk while creating long term value.
For over 30 years, Ms. Christy’s business and legal background had centered on sophisticated financial and transactional matters, including commercial real estate transactions, real estate partnerships, and private securities offerings. For the period from 1980 to 1990, Ms. Christy practiced as an outside real estate and corporate securities attorney. After practicing with several law firms located in Oklahoma, Texas and Florida, Ms. Christy established her own firm in 1990, Katherine A. Christy, P.A. prior to joining Florida Capital in 2001. Ms. Christy received a Bachelor of Science Degree from Florida State University, a Juris Doctor Degree from Memphis State
Stephen Selby
Chief Investment Officer
After spending a significant early part of his career with Florida Capital, Mr. Selby re-joined the firm in late 2023 to run the multifamily development platform consistent with Florida Capital’s long-term strategy drawing from over 25 years’ experience in commercial real estate. Prior to this, Mr. Selby had executive roles in Development and Acquisitions with private equity firms including Lloyd Jones Multifamily, Vero Sade and 18 Squared Capital Partners. During that time, he oversaw the acquisition of over 2,500 multifamily units and 250,000sf of industrial as well as leading the sourcing and design for multifamily developments.
Mr. Selby is originally from Tennessee but spent most of his life in Central Florida, receiving an MBA (Finance) from Rollins, Crummer Graduate School of Business in Winter Park, and a Bachelors in Science from the University of Central Florida. He is a licensed Florida Real Estate Broker and an active volunteer at Grace Church Orlando, The Jobs Partnership of Central Florida and community advocacy group, Bike/Walk Central Florida.
Michelle Shelton
Chief Financial Officer
Michelle L. Shelton has served as the Chief Financial Officer for Florida Capital Real Estate Group, Inc. for over 18 years. Her responsibilities include oversight of all accounting and financial functions within the development, construction and operational phases as it pertains to Florida Capital’s portfolio. She also handles banking relationships, cash flow budgeting and forecasting, draw preparation, job cost and fund accounting, partner distributions, and leads the external audits and tax preparation for all partnerships.
Mrs. Shelton is a Certified Public Accountant with 30+ years of accounting and financial leadership in the real estate industry. Prior to joining Florida Capital, Mrs. Shelton served as Corporate Controller to Epoch Residential (formerly known as Epoch Properties, Inc.), a partner to Florida Capital that served as both Developer and General Contractor for properties located throughout the United States. In this capacity, she directed the construction accounting and financial statement presentation in the development of over 50 properties, including luxury multi-family apartment communities, hotels and timeshares. Mrs. Shelton also served as Controller of Epoch Management, Inc, an Orlando-based property management company, whereby she directed the property management accounting and financial statement presentation for over 9,000 multi-family units located throughout the United States. Prior to joining Epoch, Mrs. Shelton served as a Staff Accountant at McGurn Investment Company, a real estate developer and manager of luxury multi-family apartments, retail and commercial spaces located in Gainesville, Florida.
Mrs. Shelton is a graduate of the University of Florida, with a Bachelors of Science in Business Administration, with a major in Finance. She is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in the State of Florida. She is also a member of both the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
John Jessup
Heidy Lemos
Paul Hoffman
Kathy Puzzo
Diana Cottrell