Michael Howell
Managing Director & Partner, SVN | Marinas & Marine
Sandwich, MA 02563
Phone (617) 270-4905
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Boston, South Florida
Bio
Mike Howell is the owner of SVN|Safe Haven Advisors and Co-Chairman of the SVN Marinas speciality practice, which focuses on marinas, marine related properties, and unique coastal commercial real estate. Prior to founding Safe Haven Advisors, Mike was a partner in a middle-market investment bank that specialized in cross-border mergers and acquisitions. As an investment banker Mike has transacted well over $2 billion of business and commercial real estate assets for clients that included global fortune 1000 companies, business owners, and private equity firms.
Mike’s expertise is in the area of strategic marketing, finance, valuation and transaction negotiation for both business and commercial real estate assets. Today, Mike focuses on providing commercial real estate advisory work for clients that require a specialist’s understanding of an asset’s uniqueness and ability to generate returns on investment. Mike's investment banking experience uniquely qualify him to advise clients that have Business developed Commercial Real Estate (BdCRE) in which a property’s value is intricately linked to that of a business. Mike is also a founding partner of the SVN Marinas specialty practice, which has strategically aligned SVN offices in both the Northeast and Southeast of the United States.
Mike attended Boston College where he graduated cum laude with a degree in Accounting and started his career as a Certified Public Accountant at Deloitte & Touche. Mike received an MBA from the Pennsylvania State University where he taught an undergraduate Accounting class. Additionally, Mike is a licensed USCG Captain holding a Master 25 Ton certification. Mike has traveled extensively across the globe and currently resides on Cape Cod with his daughters and dog named Finny.
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