COMMERCIAL NEWS
February 2020
2019 Heavy Hitters Award Winners
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Congratulations to our 2019 Heavy Hitters award winners from our February 20 event.

Our Winners:
Largest Office Sale – Christopher Fox with Gershman Commercial

Largest Office Lease – Scott Bazoian, Jim Mosby, Danielle Grubbs, John Warren and Paddy Muller with Cushman & Wakefield. Additionally, Artie Kerckhoff, and Mark Palmer with CBRE

Largest Industrial Sale – Brian Bush with CBRE

Largest Industrial Lease – Ed Lampitt, Matt Eastin, and Christy Campbell with Cushman & Wakefield

Largest Retail Sale - David Wirth and Kyle Pershing with Cushman & Wakefield

Largest Retail Lease – Jim Von Der Haar with Berkshire Hathaway Select

Largest Land Sale – Hassan Jadali, Keith Schneider, Joe Schneider, Keith Ziercher, and Bryan Ziercher with Cushman & Wakefield

Largest Multi-Family Sale – Matt Bukhshtaber with CBRE

Rookie of the Year – Alex Mosby with Cushman & Wakefield

Busiest Broker – Dan Dokovic with Intelica CRE
RPAC/Advocacy
Organized real estate ensures the vibrancy of the commercial market through advocacy. From city halls to the state house to the U.S. Capitol, our elected officials are making decisions that have a huge impact on the bottom line of REALTORS ® and their clients. Locally, the St. Louis REALTORS ® Government Affairs department is a watchdog for the St. Louis commercial market. Working closely with the state and national associations of REALTORS ® , the St. Louis REALTORS ® Governmental Affairs department has an impact on protecting your ability to do business.
Notable advocacy victories:

  • Thanks to the passage of Missouri's Amendment 4, we successfully prevented the threat of new sales taxes on commissions and services. Immense victory credit goes to REALTOR® efforts throughout Missouri.

  • We protected commercial brokers' commissions by supporting one of the country's first commercial lien laws.

  • We beat probable real estate commission tax in Missouri that now saves commercial brokers from forfeiting six percent on EVERY real estate commission.

  • Against tremendous odds, we led, and continue to defend, the Historic Tax Credit... which would not exist without the lobbying of Missouri REALTORS®.

  • Our victory in keeping banks out of the real estate brokerage saves every REALTOR®. both commercial and residential, an average of $5,400 each year.

  • We are continually lobbying for the preservation of the 1031 Exchange.

  • Prevented a controversial rental licensing ordinance proposed by St. Louis County from passing by undertaking legal action and winning Summary Judgement.
Commercial Continuing Education
Whether you are new to commercial real estate or have a thriving business, your own professional development can keep your skills at the top level. Explore the many educational opportunities available through National Association of REALTORS ® . There is an array of classroom and online learning options for your convenience.
New Member Recognition
Congratulations to the newest members of the St. Louis Commercial REALTORS ® community. See a list of the newest members that joined from July through October, below. We are excited to welcome you to the Commercial Division and hope to see you in the near future.
Alex Beck, NAI DESCO
Robert Camenzind, Kim Roberts Real Estate
Margaret Erdman, Gershman Commercial Real Estate
Timothy Estepp, One West Associates, Inc.
James Hastings, Salient Realty Group, LLC
Tyler Hyde, Intelica Commercial Real Estate Co.
Michael Jennings, Snap Real Estate
Brandon Smith, Gateway Spaces, LLC
Sharon Unger, RE/MAX Vision
St. Louis Commercial Data Systems
Did you know that with a Catylist subscription you will have access to demographics, sold comps, the broadcast email system, marketing leads, and much more? Click here to learn more about what Catylist can do for you!
Welcome New Catylist Subscribers!
Congratulations to our the newest Catylist subscribers:
  • Nasrallah Global Real Estate
  • Pfeifer Commercial 
To learn how Catylist can help your commercial brokerage grow contact Major Account Executive Al Suguitan at al.suguitan@stlcds.com , or 618-567-4269, or visit stlcds.com . 
Catylist Teams Up with Moody's Analytics
An exciting new feature called Commercial Location Score (CLS) is now integrated into commercialexchange.com , the new Catylist public site.
 
Commercial Location Score (CLS), developed by Moody’s Analytics, is a scoring system (between 400 and 1000) to help commercial real estate professionals gain a quick understanding of the major factors that affect the value of a location. It's designed as a means to consistently evaluate a location's suitability/desirability for a particular use based on a number of factors.
 
This feature is being offered on the Catylist public site for subscriber buildings only at the moment but that it eventually plans to add this to the research system as well.
HAPPENING AT ST. LOUIS REALTORS ®
March 11 | Urban Affairs
March 20 | RPAC Trivia Night
St. Louis REALTORS ® Commercial Division - Keeping our members informed!     
        
Questions about the Commercial Division? Contact us at
commercial@stlrealtors.com or 314.576.0033.

Commercial membership provides complimentary CE, contracts & forms,
advocacy on public policy and business networking opportunities.