About Us
Our Mission
Wellness Community Living is focused on creating communities that enhance the quality and longevity of our seniors by offering a next generation approach to the continuum of care model. This is accomplished through proximity to and partnerships with hospitals, medical colleges, research institutes, wellness centers and medical practices throughout the state of Florida.
Leveraging the expertise of Wellness Community Living team along with local governments, social service agencies and healthcare providers, our Wellness Communities become a medical destination within the community they are located. Each Wellness Community is programmed and designed to complement the medical specialties of the local hospital and the unique demographics of the host community.
At the heart of our communities is a Wellness Center that utilizes a holistic approach to health by providing programs and activities that nurture the nutritional, physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing of our residents.
Healthcare villages are being seen as a community destination and an integration of healthcare, life sciences/ research and development (R&D), educational, residential, hospitality/conference, social agency, healthy lifestyle retail, recreation, entertainment, cultural, and wellness services — scaled by land size and community need.
It is our vision of health-oriented communities where people come to live, work, learn, and play. These medically oriented, mixed-use developments utilize an outside-in urban planning perspective to connect to surrounding neighborhoods, open space, parks, public transportation, and active transportation options to improve access to community-based services and nature, while promoting physical activity.
Our Expert Team
Joe Beirne
Founding Principal
Joe has over 35 years of experience in the development of residential communities, retail complexes and assisted living facilities. His extensive real estate knowledge includes land identification, acquisition and entitlement processes as well as negotiations with various public, commercial and private equity funding sources. He has personally completed over 6,000 residential units and 500,000sf of retail development totaling over 500 million dollars of in-place construction. As CEO and member of the leadership team, Joe provides leadership in the identification of development opportunities and relationship building with JV partners, municipalities and various funding sources.
Pete Spittler
Principal
Pete is a registered Architect with over 35 years of experience in the design, engineering, construction and development industry. He has been responsible for over 3 billion dollars of in-place construction for institutional, healthcare and commercial clients as well as the master planning, coordination and implementation of multi-million-dollar mixed-use developments. His expertise includes the ability to assemble, manage and guide teams of professionals through the technical, regulatory and financial complexities of development projects. As COO and member of the leadership team, Pete is responsible for establishing and balancing the scope, cost and quality of all projects as they move from the pre-development phases through the execution of the design, engineering, permitting and construction activities.
Steve Kalberer
Principal
Steve is a CPA with over 20 years of financial management experience in the operations of real estate development and investment companies. His career started in the real estate group at Price Waterhouse in New York City. His experience includes the research, analysis, reporting and tax compliance for REIT’s and private equity funds as well as the supervision of all finance and accounting functions and policy implementation for large national and international developer/builders’. As CFO and member of the leadership team, he provides the guidance and direction of all accounting, research, analysis, tax and financing decisions. Steve’s extensive experience in the real estate development industry offers valuable insight in the identification and assessment of opportunities, while mitigating financial risk.