The McGarey Group, a Divaris Group company, announces its role in the transformative development of Maritime Park in Pensacola. The McGarey Group will lead retail development advisory and leasing for this waterfront major mixed-use project, featuring 200,000 square feet of retail space, including family entertainment venues, a food hall, restaurants, cafés, nationally and regionally branded retail stores, multifamily residential units above the retail space, a multipurpose outdoor plaza, and a state-of-the-art podium parking structure. The project will redefine Pensacola’s waterfront living, offering panoramic views of Pensacola Bay and the adjacent best-in-class MLB AA Affiliate Blue Wahoos Stadium.
The McGarey Group brings its extensive expertise in epic mixed-use developments, providing strategic advisory services throughout the planning, development and leasing phases. The Group’s goal in working with The Dawson Company is to ensure that Maritime Park becomes the epicenter of Pensacola living and a timeless community asset.
“I am looking at the future itself in this collaboration with The Dawson Company. From the start, I was impressed with the prevailing theme that there will be no small ideas and that this legacy asset will rise the tide of Pensacola living. Maritime Park will be a reflection of the regional Pensacola community it supports and will add a vibrancy and energy that the City deserves and is ready to embrace,” says Denver McGarey, President and CEO of The McGarey Group.
The Dawson Company is spearheading the broader Maritime Park development, which aims to redefine Downtown Pensacola. A key element of this effort includes the REVERB by Hard Rock, a modern hotel that will create a cultural hub for music enthusiasts and travelers, set to open in 2029. The hotel and the surrounding mixed-use area are designed to infuse vibrancy into the community, while maintaining the unique coastal Pensacola lifestyle.
“Maritime Park is more than a development; it’s a commitment to Pensacola’s future and a reflection of its vibrant community spirit. We envision this project as an economic hub that enhances quality of life and creates a welcoming space for residents and visitors alike,” says Tamara Bowens, President and COO of The Dawson Company.
With its headquarters recently relocated to Pensacola, The Dawson Company has a long-standing reputation for pioneering landmark mixed-use developments in cities like Atlanta, Cincinnati, Baltimore, and now Pensacola. Other partners contributing to the development include NFL Hall of Famer and real estate entrepreneur, Emmitt Smith, CEO at EJ Smith Enterprises.
The project is positioned to play a significant role in Pensacola’s urban renewal, complementing other high-profile developments in the region. With the city’s strategic location as a center for defense, aerospace, and tourism, this new project will serve both the local community and the thousands of active-duty and retired military personnel who reside in the area.
The Maritime Park development is strategically positioned to reshape Pensacola’s Downtown experience, blending waterfront living, premier shopping, and entertainment in one of Florida’s most emergent and vibrant coastal cities.
About the Dawson Company
The Dawson Company dba Inspired Communities of Florida is a second-generation managed, Pensacola Florida-based real estate company founded in 1969 in Atlanta, GA by Harold Dawson, Sr. With a history rooted in “doing well by doing good,” The Dawson Company has developed, renovated, and/or managed 5 million square feet of office, 1.5 million square feet of retail, and 15,000+ units of attached and multifamily housing. Drawing on its in-house expertise, The Dawson Company has evolved into a boutique development firm that immerses itself into niche secondary and tertiary markets to create impactful, enduring, catalytic mixed-use developments that grow, strengthen and enhance cities, towns and communities. For more information visit: www.thedawsoncompany.com.
About The McGarey Group, a Division of the Divaris Group
For over 30 years, the founders of The McGarey Group have been internationally recognized leaders in the comprehensive planning, advisory, and core leasing of signature mixed-use retail projects across the United States. The firm brings together an influential network of professionals, responsible for landmark developments that have served as catalysts for economic and social revitalization across numerous and diverse communities.
About the Divaris Group
The Divaris Group, headquartered in Virginia Beach, Va., is an international, fully integrated real estate services, brokerage, and property management company that currently manages and/or leases over 40 million square feet of prime office, retail, and industrial space across the US.
For more information, visit www.themcgareygroup.com, or www.divaris.com.
