Stephen F. Been serves as the CEO of Waterford Green Investments. In this position since 2014, he directs the operations of real estate development projects throughout the southeastern United States. Waterford Green Investments develops single-family and multifamily residential communities in and around Raleigh, North Carolina, in Jacksonville and Destin, Florida, and on Saint Simons Island, Georgia. Stephen F. Been honed his expertise as a senior executive in real estate development as the CEO of Legacy Communities, which he led to become one of the Atlanta area’s top builders, closing on upward of 1,700 homes annually.

Mr. Been is a graduate of the University of Georgia, where he completed a bachelor of business administration in finance. He attended high school at the prestigious Frederica Academy on Saint Simons and excelled in athletics. Twice honored as the academy’s Most Valuable Male Athlete, he was an All-Region and All-State member of the basketball team as well as captain of the soccer team during its state championship-winning season. His accolades in sports resulted in the receipt of a U.S. Army Reserve National Scholar/Athlete Award, which went toward his college tuition.

When not working, Stephen F. Been enjoys fishing on Saint Simons and in the Bahamas, and he is an avid Southeastern Conference football fan.