Building Better Communities: How Will Kadish and Broad Metro Have Shaped the Southeast for Over 30 Years
For more than three decades, William Kadish has played a pivotal role in transforming communities across the Southeastern United States, from Miami, Florida to Williamsburg, Virginia, and throughout Tennessee, Georgia, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and the Carolinas. As the President and CEO of Broad Metro, Kadish has guided the company into one of the region’s most respected community-focused real estate firms. What began as a desire to create meaningful commercial spaces has grown into a legacy of thoughtful planning, strategic investment, and long-term economic impact.
Kadish’s approach to development was shaped early by his father, Lawrence Kadish, founder of Lawrence Kadish Real Estate, a nationwide firm specializing in the repurposing and revitalization of commercial properties across the country. Under his father’s mentorship, Will learned that real estate development is about far more than buildings. It’s about transformation.
One lesson from his father has stayed with him throughout his career: the community must be proud of the spaces and be able to enjoy them. Kadish saw this principle in action early. He still remembers watching his father take on a previously crime-laden development and turn it around, not through cosmetic changes, but through meaningful intervention. Lawrence Kadish supported local law enforcement by establishing a new police substation on-site. He replaced tenants that attracted violence with new operators, fully renovated the spaces, and often provided incentives to draw the right mix of businesses. The result was a thriving, safe destination, a place for fun, family-friendly gatherings centered on shopping, dining, entertainment, medical services, and offices.
“It’s a delicate partnership,” Kadish says. “The benchmark is whether you’re providing what the community needs and can be proud of. If you get that right, you’ll have a successful development.”
This philosophy fuels every Broad Metro project. At the heart of Kadish’s approach is a simple but powerful belief he has carried his entire career: a community is known by its gathering places.
Kadish understands that the places where people shop, dine, work, and connect form the social and economic backbone of a healthy community. Under his leadership, Broad Metro has spent nearly a decade designing and developing these gathering places, destinations that unite local interests, commerce, and culture.
A Proven Community-First Approach, Driven by Leadership
Every Broad Metro project reflects Kadish’s methodical, community-first development approach. His involvement begins long before the first shovel hits the dirt.
Kadish personally oversees the early-stage planning process, ensuring that each project is grounded in a clear development timeline, proper staffing and resource allocation, cross-functional team alignment, thorough permitting and compliance, financial sustainability, and long-term community benefit.
This meticulous attention to detail is one of the reasons Broad Metro projects move efficiently from concept to construction. Kadish believes that great developments are built on great planning, and he has embedded this discipline into the company’s DNA.
But planning is only the beginning. Kadish’s leadership is most evident during site evaluation, a critical stage where community-focused decisions take shape. He and his team analyze demographics, traffic patterns, zoning restrictions, utility access, topography, natural features, and long-term growth opportunities.
Every detail is examined through a single lens: Will this development serve the community today and for decades to come?
Kadish’s commitment to this long-term perspective is rare in modern development, and it’s a major reason Broad Metro’s projects are consistently embraced by the communities they serve.
Transforming Spaces Into Destinations
Under Kadish’s guidance, Broad Metro developments are built to become more than buildings. They are designed as destinations, places that people are drawn to, where families gather, and where businesses thrive.
Kadish has led the company through an impressive variety of successful projects: transformative redevelopments of older commercial areas, ground-up mixed-use centers, scenic elevated community hubs like Crestline Heights, major regional destinations like Stadium Trace Village, Florida developments including Ocala and Ortega Village in Jacksonville, and neighborhood retail centers that enhance day-to-day life.
No matter the size or scope, Kadish ensures that every Broad Metro project prioritizes walkability, public safety, accessibility, visual appeal, community engagement, and economic longevity.
His philosophy is simple: leave every property better than you found it.
This mindset has allowed Broad Metro to revitalize neighborhoods, strengthen local economies, and support long-term community growth throughout the Southeast. Kadish’s developments are known for becoming anchors, places that attract new businesses, stimulate job creation, and elevate the surrounding area.
A Legacy Built on Relationships and Trust
One of Will Kadish’s greatest strengths is his ability to build and maintain strong relationships across the region. With over 30 years in real estate, Kadish has earned the trust of city officials, property owners, tenants, community groups, local residents, investors, and regional partners.
His reputation for fairness, transparency, and follow-through has made Broad Metro a preferred partner for cities looking to attract high-quality development.
Kadish has personally shaped the trajectory of communities across the Southeast. These partnerships have led to some of the region’s most successful developments, each rooted in a shared vision of long-term prosperity.
Kadish’s belief in collaboration has created projects that don’t just meet economic needs. They enhance quality of life. Whether it’s a groundbreaking mixed-use site, a revitalized commercial district, or a community-focused partnership like the Alabama Hoops initiative, Kadish’s influence is felt at every level.
Building the Future, One Community at a Time
For more than 30 years, Will Kadish’s leadership in real estate has been defined by creating places that matter, places people enjoy, gather, celebrate, and build their lives around.
Under his guidance, Broad Metro has become far more than a development company. It is a long-term community partner, a steward of responsible growth, and a catalyst for regional progress.
The company’s reputation for quality, integrity, and meaningful investment is a direct reflection of Kadish himself, and of the values instilled by his father before him. His vision continues to shape communities, and will continue to for years to come.
Across the Southeast, Will Kadish’s impact is woven into the very fabric of the region.
And the next chapter is still being written.