James S. Gielda

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James S. Gielda is the Managing Partner and Chief Entitlements Officer for LCD Group. Mr. Gielda’s primary responsibilities include project design, entitlements and permitting.  

Mr. Gielda also serves as a cofounder and Partner of Lotis Group (formerly JKM Developers) in 2008. Prior to cofounding Lotis in 2008, Gielda worked alongside John Markey at Boca-Raton based EB Developers, Inc. as Director of Real Estate Entitlements. Gielda managed and executed land use, concurrency, site plan, architecture, environmental, and permit approvals for numerous residential and commercial developments.

Gielda began his professional career with one of the largest land use consulting firms in South Florida, Land Design South.  He holds a Bachelors of  Landscape Architecture degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University as well as a Florida Real Estate License.