Bill Nicholson has 40 years of diversified experience in commercial and investment banking. At Heritage, Bill concentrates on M&A advisory assignments, as well as sale leaseback transactions, and conducts litigation support for involuntary complex civil and criminal matters.
With the acquisition of Barnett Banks by Bank of America, Bill joined Bank of America Securities as managing director. He oversaw the Real Estate Advisory Group – the firm’s national investment banking practice serving private real estate companies and investors. In January 1992, Bill joined Barnett Banks of Florida, Inc. from PNC Bank. He served as director of commercial real estate from the beginning of 1992 until the acquisition of Barnett in late summer 1997. He was chairman of the bank’s Community Development Corporation, vice chairman and director of Main American Capital, a mortgage banking joint venture. Bill spent ten years with PNC in Pittsburgh, managing the bank’s national construction lending group and supporting the international division on select overseas real estate transactions. Bill leads the firms’ efforts in commercial real estate.
He was a member of the board of directors of Bluegreen Vacations Holding Company (NYSE – BVH). He served on the audit and compensation committees in addition to his general board responsibilities.
Bill graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut and earned a master’s degree in finance and real estate from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Bill holds Series 7, 14, 24, 63 and 79 securities licenses, as well as a Florida real estate broker’s license. He attained the rank of Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps.
