The company’s roots in Florida date back to 1893 when Robert’s great grandfather, Colonel Felix Brossier founded a real estate sales and development office in Miami, FL.
Later, Colonel Brossier and his sons expanded their real estate company to include a full range of services in brokerage, development, construction, and a real estate college, which was established in the early 1930’s. Around this time, sons Basile and Clem road their bikes from Miami to Orlando, where they co-founded a small newspaper, the Orlando Reporter‐Star, which today is the Orlando Sentinel.
The sons sold their interest in the paper and purchased tracks of land along Florida's Space Coast, some of which is still owned by the family today.