February 2015
Upcoming Events

Your 
Florida CCIM Chapter has eight districts working hard to serve your needs throughout Florida.  

You are welcome to paticipate statewide, so check out these upcoming events around the state (click on the meeting link for more information):


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To Our 
2015
Chapter Sponsors





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Communications Chair 
Carol Tanner, CCIM 
at 
Commercial Broker Ben Crosby Awarded Top Honor


Ben Crosby, ALC, CCIM, owner/broker of Crosby & Associates Inc., is the 2014 recipient of the CCIM Florida Chapter's Hank Thompson Award. 

 

The Hank Thompson Award originated in 1990 in honor of Henry E. Thompson, President of the Florida CCIM Chapter in 1983.

 

The award is given in recognition of a Chapter Designee member in good standing other than the serving President and President-Elect, who has made a significant impact on the Chapter on a cumulative basis.

 

CLICK HERE FOR MORE

  

Introducing Your 2015 

Florida Chapter 

Leadership Team

 


 

Randy Krise, CCIM, is the 2015 Chapter President. Krise came to the Fort Myers area 13 years ago from Marietta, Georgia where he successfully grew a commercial real estate practice.  He serves as Broker of the Krise Commercial Group LLC in Lee County and several countywide committees. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT RANDY

 

 

Chere Rice Roane, CCIM, serves as the 2016 President-Elect.Building designs, the lay of the land, and a desire to serve the public influenced Chere Roane to join the profession known as "Realtor�" in 1971. President of Nicole & Hudson Realty Corp., Roane is active in the sale of commercial properties, residential listings/sales, and land development.  Additionally, Roane has a long-standing record of leadership positions in the Florida CCIM Chapter and in leadership of the Chapter's Central District as well. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT CHERE

 

 

Adam Palmer, CCIM, is the 2015 Vice President of Operations.  Palmer, a former software engineer, has professional experience spanning across the country, but found a permanent home in Florida and Commercial Real Estate. The Managing Director from  LandQwest Commercial has been recognized by CoStar� as an 8-time Southwest Florida Power Broker award winner.  CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT ADAM

 

 

Jim Barnett, CCIM,is the 2015 Vice President of Administration Barnett left Cleveland for Tampa in 1995 and for all but 2 years has operated his commercial real estate company, J.A. Barnett Realty Group Inc., specializing in multi-family brokerage and consulting for property management companies and government agencies. He holds Florida and Ohio brokerage licenses. He was IREM Ohio Chapter President in 1989 and CCIM West Coast District President in 2013. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT JIM

  
Scott Lloyd, CCIM, is the 2015 Vice President of Finance.  Lloyd is Principal and Founder of Lloyd Commercial Advisors, LLC
(LloydCA.com) based in Orlando Florida.  He has served as the President of the Florida CCIM Central District and is currently a Board Member of the Central Florida Commercial Association of Realtors.  Lloyd has closed hundreds of transactions representing some of Central Florida's most dynamic organizations and property owners. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT SCOTT

 

Ajay Babbar, CCIM, is the 2015 Vice President of Education. 
Babbar came to the Orlando area 26 years ago from New Jersey area. Babbar currently serves as a senior advisor at Engel & Volkers
Orlando Winter Park office in Florida; he specializes in the sale and leasing of office, industrial and retail property in addition to the sale of commercial development land in the Central Florida market. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT AJAY


Peter Barnett, CCIM, is the 2015 Past President for the Florida Chapter.  Barnett has been actively involved as a commercial real estate professional since 1997. Peter currently oversees real estate operations a portfolio of leases around the United States, along with management of real estate activities related to mergers and acquisitions for PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP (PWC) as part a portfolio of over 5 million square feet of leased office space in Class A markets around the U.S. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT PETER

 

Adam Von Romer Named Florida CCIM RPAC Chairman


 

 

I want to open my first letter as Florida CCIM RPAC Chairman by thanking Randy Krise for his confidence and courage in letting me serve as your Chairman this year.


 Some of you (especially the more seasoned CCIMs) may already know me and have worked with me in prior CCIM administrations. For those of you who do not, I have served as Broward District President, Broward District Vice President, Miami Assistant District Vice President and Florida CCIM Chapter Technology Co-Chair.


 I have been in the business 31 years and have somehow managed to survive at least three complete business cycles. I have made some good friends over the years and completed my biggest transactions with fellow CCIMs. I even managed to convince my daughter to get into the business.


 

Legislatively Speaking... 

by Claudette Bruck


 

 


 

Current tax law permits an investor in real estate to defer capital gains taxes on exchanging an investment property for another property of like kind that is also held for investment, so long as the taxpayer satisfies numerous requirements and consummates a purchase of replacement property within 180 days of the transfer of the relinquished property.

 

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT WHAT THE FR APPROVED AT THE JANUARY MEETINGS AND AN UPDATE ON FEDERAL ISSUES


Business Journals To Publish Statewide Special Supplement April 10th


 

 

 

This concept began in the Kansas City Business Journal, where the CCIM members wanted a way to connect with local businesses and advocate for their designation and agents. 

 

Other CCIM Districts in the state of Florida noticed the section and connected with the Tampa Bay Business Journal to find a way to reach audiences here in the state of Florida... and so the Florida CCIM Special Supplement was born!

 

There are 4 Business Journals published each Friday in the state of Florida - Tampa, Jacksonville, Orlando and South Florida. This special section will run in all 4 of these publications, on April 10th. 


 

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT THE BUSINESS JOURNAL'S SPECIAL CCIM SUPPLEMENT AND HOW YOU CAN PARTICIPATE


 

CCIM Miami District's 2015 Outlook Conference 

Makes The News


 

A few hundred industry professionals attended the CCIM Miami District's 2015 CCIM Commercial Real Estate Outlook Conference!

 

The conference featured Keynote Speaker George Ratiu, Director of Quantitative & Commercial Research with the National Association of Realtors� in Washington, D.C. as well as...
    • Marty Busekrus, CCIM
    • John Crossman, CCIM, CRX
    • Lewis Goodkin
    • Arnaud Karsenti
    • F. Antonio Puente, CCIM
    • and Michael K. Silver, SIOR
Jim Fried hosted a live version of his radio show from the conference, interviewing thought leaders aboutthe retail, office, apartment, condo and industrial markets.


The Miami Today included a featured article about the event.

  

 

CCIM Southwest District's 2015 Outlook Conference Gives CRE Pros A Glimpse Of The Future


 

In a sense, there were plenty of doctors in the house during at the 15th Annual Southwest Florida Real Estate Outlook Conference at the Harborside Event Center in downtown Fort Myers.

More than 300 people jammed the event center to enjoy breakfast and listen to a full slate of internationally recognized CCIM Members hold forth on a variety of topics, ranging from interest-rate forecasts to income-producing commercial real estate opportunities in Southwest Florida.


The Naples Daily News included a featured article about the event.

  

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