Chris Eastman, President

Chris Eastman is responsible for the Company’s core business objective – leading a collaborative process to analyze, plan and execute successful real estate and construction solutions for our Clients in an ‘Owner’s Representative’ capacity.

In this role, Chris delivers professional project management and comprehensive consulting services for facility planning, design, and construction. During Chris’ 32-year career, he has amassed construction and development expertise including Class A office, residential (for sale and for lease), institutional, mixed-use urban, healthcare and waterfront development of more than 13,500,000 SF.

Chris has a passion for the real estate development process and excels in its most critical facet – building construction. His personal, high-quality standards ensures that Eastman Construction Management LLC is delivering product that is unparalleled in the marketplace.

Prior to founding ECM, Chris served as Vice President for Suffolk Construction Company, Inc. – one of the country’s largest general contractors with $4.5 billion in annual revenue and ranked #23 on Engineering News-Record’s list of ‘Top 400 Contractors’ in the U.S. At Suffolk, Chris was responsible for overseeing all the company’s Central Florida operations.

Before joining Suffolk, Chris was the Chief Development Officer and Senior Vice-President of Echelon LLC – St. Petersburg, Florida. During his tenure at Echelon, he was responsible for all aspects of real estate development and management including site selection, market and feasibility analysis, acquisition, entitlement, permitting, design and construction, property and asset management, financial analysis and project cost control.

Prior to joining Echelon, Chris was a Project Executive with Batson-Cook Company – Tampa Division and Holder Construction Company – Atlanta, Georgia. Chris earned a BS in Building Construction from the University of West Florida and holds a current, Florida Class A General Contractor’s License.