About

With over thirty years of experience in the property sector, twenty of which have focused on historic preservation, Warren Adams, MRICS has the essential diversified background to provide professional advice on historic site and cultural resource projects in South Florida’s challenging environment.

Warren holds an MA (with distinction) in Conservation Studies (Historic Buildings) from the University of York, England; a BSc in Land Economics from the University of Paisley, Scotland; and a Certificate in Building Construction Management from the Glasgow College of Building and Printing, Scotland. He is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and was the first RICS member in the United States to be awarded the RICS Accreditation in Building Conservation.

After working for two years in construction management and ten years in property valuation, Warren realized his true passion lay in the preservation and re-use of historic buildings. On completion of the MA at the University of York, he gained employment in Scotland as a Project Manager with Addyman & Kay Building Archaeologists in Paisley, a Heritage Planner for Historic Scotland in Edinburgh, and a Project Manager for Strathclyde Building Preservation Trust in Glasgow. He then moved to England to take up the position of Townscape Heritage Initiative Project Manager for North Somerset Council in Weston-super-Mare.

In 2004, Warren emigrated to South Florida where he has been employed as a Historic Preservation Planner for the City of Delray Beach and the City of West Palm Beach, the Executive Director of the Broward Trust for Historic Preservation, the Historic Preservation Specialist for the City of Boynton Beach, and the Preservation Officer for the City of Miami. He currently serves as the Historical Resources and Cultural Arts Director for the City of Coral Gables.

Warren has served as a panel member on the RICS World Built Environment Forum international conference discussing “Hard to Decarbonize: Preserving Historic Buildings for a Low-Carbon Future” and the University of the West of England International Festival of Surveying conference discussing “Conservation Challenges”.

On a voluntary basis, Warren serves as a member of the RICS Building Conservation Steering Group and is the past Chair of the Palm Beach County Historic Resources Review Board and the Boynton Beach Historic Preservation Ad Hoc Committee.