(Black PR Wire) -- Miami, FL – Founder, Chairman and CEO of the Peebles Corporation, R. Donahue Peebles gave the keynote address at the Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Business Leaders Luncheon.

Peebles founded the Peebles Corporation in 1983 and it is one of the country’s few national privately held real estate investment and development companies with a multi-billion dollar portfolio of projects in New York, Miami, Miami Beach, Las Vegas, Washington DC and other cities throughout the United States. In addition to his role as CEO, Peebles is also a top-selling author, avid supporter of mentoring to youth the value of entrepreneurship and political supporter and fundraiser for local, state and federal campaigns. Peebles is also regular guest on CNN, CNBC and FOX.

The Peebles Corporation is a privately held national real estate investment and development company specializing in residential, hospitality, retail, and mixed-use commercial properties. Founded in 1983 by R. Donahue Peebles, the company has become an industry leader with a portfolio of completed and current developments totaling more than 6 million square feet and $5 billion in gateway cities including New York, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Boston, San Francisco, Miami and Miami Beach.

The Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1974 by a group of Black businessmen out of a need for a strong organization that could objectively advocate the needs of a growing Black business community. Their mission is to provide a world of business opportunities and bring the business community together to exchange goods and services and to promote interaction and communication mutually beneficial to all businesses involved.