About FIRC Group
Honesty, Integrity, Respect, and Service
Family-owned and operated since 1979, FIRC Group, Inc. is a commercial real estate development and hospitality company. We have acquired a distinguished reputation for hotel and restaurant development, retail development, residential development, office leasing and property management.
Antonio Frage founded the Fraga International Realty Company (FIRC) as a family business. With genuine care for his team and his clients. Mr. Fraga led the company through 42 years of phenomenal growth until his passing in 2023. Company President Alex Frage has continued this legacy of growth, quality and family.
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How It All Started
Antonio O. Fraga (1943-2023) was a self-made man who embodied the American Dream. As a young father, struggling to support his family, during the day he worked in the mail room for IBM and put himself through college at night. Without enough money for books, he had to depend on his notes and his drive to learn the material. True to form, Antonio graduated and moved from the IBM mail room to a Branch Account Manager. In 1972, seeing opportunities in real estate, he left the safety of IMB to create his own company - The FIRC Group.
The Beginning of Success
In 1975, due to the oil crisis, Fraga lost his investments and started over from scratch. With an old friend, Fraga again started investing in real estate and the business soon flourished. He purchased his first shopping center (17,05,000 sq. ft.) in Homestead, Florida. FIRC Group has been a successful enterprise ever since, with numerous developments in Florida and North Carolina.
America’s Future
"Mixed-use developments are America's best option if we're going to declare our independence from foreign sources of energy. We need to live in places where we can walk to work, to shop, and to recreate. This means designing true urban villages and building up in existing city centers."