Amila Salihbasic

About Amila Salihbasic

Amila is a highly skilled Real Estate Development and Design Planning strategist, bringing 16 years of experience to her role as a trained Architect. Her expertise spans architectural, interior design, and development phases, covering site and hotel brand selection, master planning, programming, unit mix typologies, amenities, and on-site facilities. Amila conducts comprehensive reviews and audits of comparative market projects, targeting specific buyer groups. She plays a crucial role in ensuring developers\' and brands\' visions are reflected in product and amenities offerings, marketing assets, including floor plan layouts and 3D interior and exterior renderings.Known for her keen eye for detail and a passion for design, Amila stays updated on buyers’ demands in domestic and international real estate markets. Her ability to collaborate seamlessly with architects, interior designers, and 3D rendering professionals enables her to create custom solutions that facilitate successful project sell-outs.Amila’s educational background spans Europe, the Middle East, and the United States. Her career began in New York City, where her thesis was selected and published, earning recognition among the top 10 up-and-coming architects in the tri-state area. She then joined Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, contributing to the schematics and design of mixed-use developments with a focus on prominent projects like the Freedom Tower and Penn Station in New York City.Under the mentorship of Louise Sunshine, Amila transitioned to a real estate creative agency, 7th Art, where she played a key role in residential, hospitality, and mixed-use developments. Her work encompassed predevelopment, building programming, interior design, and marketing assets production (floor plans and 3D renderings) in collaboration with renowned entities such as The Sunshine Group (Corcoran Sunshine), Douglas Elliman, Brown Harris Stevens, and Cantor Pecorella, Inc. A native of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Amila divides her time between Houston, Miami, and New York.PROJECTS: New York: The Plaza Hotel and Residences,The Apthorp,101 Warren,Georgica, 141 5th Avenue, One Beacon Court,The Residences at Mandarin Oriental,Tribeca Summit, Barbizon 63 Toronto: 2 5-star hotel branded mixed use developments (in progress) Central America/Caribbean: Anguilla: St.Regis Residences;Costa Rica: One & Only Resort and Private Homes (in progress) Europe: Croatia: Novi Vinodolski (in progress);Portugal: Wyndham Grand Hotel and Residences, Algarve,Hotel/Residences Comporta (in progress) Asia: Mauritius: La Pirogue Residences

Experience

1. Head of Planning and Design

   Skylla Group

   Oct 2020 — Present

   Skylla Group works with high end residential and hospitality developers to maximise pricing and sales velocity of residences by creating custom solutions encompassing pre-development, marketing and sales management

Education

• New English School

  GCSE-A levels, Math, Physics and Theatre

  1993 — 1997

• New York Institute of Technology

  BArch, Architecture

  2000 — 2005

• Rice University

  n/a, Architecture

  1997 — 1999

Skills

• Graphic Design
• Strategy
• Marketing
• Business Strategy
• Business Development
• Crm
• Forecasting
• Sales Operations
• Customer Service
• Advertising
• Competitive Analysis
• Architecture
• Contract Negotiation
• Creative Direction
• Budgeting
• Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
• Budgets
• Microsoft Office
• Sales
• Marketing Strategy
• Project Management
• Strategic Planning
• Management