A former Certified Public Accountant and Chief Lending Officer of Republic Bank—the largest publicly traded bank in Florida at the time—Mr. Hemmer managed a commercial loan portfolio exceeding $1.5 billion before founding Flagship Community Bank. Throughout his career he has directed the acquisition, financing, and development of commercial, office, retail, residential, and mixed-use real estate throughout Florida. His extensive banking experience provides HP Capital with sophisticated underwriting expertise, capital markets knowledge, and disciplined risk management that strengthens every phase of project execution. Mr. Hemmer graduated with honors from the University of South Florida.
Angelo Cappelli
Angelo Cappelli combines institutional finance experience with entrepreneurial real estate leadership.
Following completion of his B.A. in economics from Yale University and a J.D./M.B.A. from Fordham University, Mr. Cappelli began his career with Goldman Sachs in New York within their Management Controls Division. His Wall Street background established a foundation in financial analysis, corporate governance, investment management, and operational strategy that has guided the development of numerous private equity and real estate ventures. In 2009, Mr. Cappelli co-founded Poli Solutions Consulting, advising private companies, startups, and development organizations on strategic growth initiatives. Since 2019, he has focused exclusively on real estate development through HP Capital Group, overseeing affordable housing, workforce housing, market-rate residential communities, and mixed-use developments throughout Florida. Born and raised in Pinellas County, Mr. Cappelli brings extensive local relationships and deep market knowledge that have become integral to HP Capital’s development platform.
Nick Hansen
Nicholas Hansen provides extensive expertise in government relations, community engagement, public-private partnerships, and strategic project execution.
After graduating with honors from the University of Florida, Mr. Hansen began his career in education before transitioning into political consulting and public affairs. Since 2005 he has managed more than twenty statewide and local political campaigns, including presidential, congressional, state senate, state house, municipal, and county elections throughout Florida. His experience navigating governmental processes and maintaining relationships with public agencies, elected officials, and community stakeholders enables HP Capital to efficiently coordinate complex entitlement and redevelopment initiatives. Mr. Hansen’s understanding of Florida’s governmental landscape has become a strategic advantage for developments requiring public participation, affordable housing financing, infrastructure coordination, and community partnerships.
Fred Hemmer
Mr. Hemmer is currently developing a large-scale residential project in St. Petersburg (reflectionstpete.com) and three residential projects in Escambia County (fhemmer.com). Mr. Hemmer is a former certified public accountant, real estate executive, and chief lending officer of Republic Bank (a $1+ Billion commercial bank loan department headquartered in Pinellas County prior to acquisition). More recently, Mr. Hemmer served on the board of directors for Flagship Community Bank in Clearwater, Florida, before it was acquired in early 2020. Mr. Hemmer graduated from U.S.F. with honors and Boca Ciega High School and enjoys spending time between his two residences: downtown St. Petersburg and Pensacola.
After earning a B.A. from Yale and J.D./M.B.A. from Fordham in 1994, Mr. Cappelli began his career in the Management Controls Department with Goldman Sachs. This led to extensive experience in various industries allowing Mr. Cappelli to co-found Poli Solutions Consulting in 2009 which specializes in management consulting for start-ups, private equity ventures, and real estate developments. Mr. Cappelli’s projects include experience with online delivery systems, operations management, database system design, developing and maintaining financial statements; calculating exit strategies; real estate transactions, contract law, and asset acquisition valuations. A St. Petersburg High graduate, Mr. Cappelli was born and raised in Pinellas where he currently lives.
Nick Hansen
After graduating with honors and a dual major from the University of Florida, Mr. Hansen began his career as a middle school teacher at Tyrone Middle School in St. Petersburg, Florida. For the past 16 years, Mr. Hansen has been managing political and government affair campaigns in Florida including mayoral races (St. Petersburg and Pensacola), state legislative campaigns (20+ State House and Senate candidates), congressional races (Jolly and Bilirakis), and presidential campaigns in Florida (Rick Perry and Mitt Romney). Through his campaign experience, Mr. Hansen maintains a strong statewide network which leads to many investment opportunities as well as expedited solutions to investment hurdles. Mr. Hansen also graduated from St. Petersburg High and helped co-found Poli Solutions Consulting in 2009.