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Hotel Registration for CRE 2010 Midyear Meetings Now Available
Reserve your room for this year's Midyear Meetings at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel in Seattle at the special CRE rate of $239/per night. Click here for more information.
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Gelbtuch Counsels Kenyan School of Monetary Studies
Howard Gelbtuch, CRE,
Greenwich Realty Advisors,
Inc., New York City, recently
spent nearly four weeks in
Nairobi, Kenya, working with
the Central Bank of Kenya
and the Ministry of Finance
evaluating and negotiating bids to expand,
rehabilitate, upgrade and modernize the 50-
acre campus of the Kenya School of
Monetary Studies. The project was undertaken
on behalf of the International Real
Property Foundation.
The CRE Foundation recently awarded a
$20,000 grant to fund the project’s third
phase, which Gelbtuch will be overseeing.
- Howard Gelbtuch, CRE |
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Flynn Honored by CRB
Norman D. Flynn, CRE,
CRB, CIPS, GRI, president,
Norman D. Flynn
Associates, Madison,
Wisc., recently was
selected by the Council
of Real Estate
Brokerage Managers (CRB) as its 2009
inductee into the Hall of Leaders. The
prestigious honor is given annually to
CRB designees whose significant contributions
continue to shape and influence
the real estate industry locally
and nationally.
Flynn currently serves as president
and CEO of the International Real
Property Foundation (IRPF) of the
National Association of REALTORS®
(NAR), and is a past president of NAR
(1990). During his more than 30 years
of experience as a practicing real
estate professional in development,
commercial and residential real estate
in the U.S., Flynn has also served
international clients, bringing his
expertise to countries including the
former Soviet Union. Since 1992, Flynn
has served as chairman, president or
CEO of IRPF.
In presenting the honor, Ginny Shipe,
chief executive officer of CRB, noted
Flynn’s personal achievements,
adding, “Norm has a long and consistent
history of volunteerism in the
industry…[he] continues to give of his
time and talent to expand the reach,
impact and relevancy of the profession—
especially abroad.”
- Norman Flynn, CRE |
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Mazirow Speaks at California Conference
Arthur Mazirow Esq., CRE,
real estate arbitrator,
Mazirow Real Estate
Arbitrations, Los Angeles,
recently addressed the
General Real Estate
Subsection of the Los
Angeles County Bar Association on drafting
arbitration clauses for real estate leases and
purchase and sales contracts. Illustrating the
pitfalls of preparing these documents in a
presentation entitled “The Perils of Pauline
and Paul,” Mazirow covered topics ranging
from the advantages/disadvantages of
arbitration to baseball arbitration to partyappointed
arbitrators to the role of the
transactional real estate lawyer.
- Arthur Mazirow, CRE |
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Nahigian Addresses Two Conferences
Rob Nahigian, CRE, FRICS,
SIOR, principal, Auburndale
Realty Company, Newton,
Mass., recently spoke at the
Massachusetts Association of
Realtor’s State Convention
and at the national fall convention
of the Society of Industrial and
Office Realtors in Toronto (SIOR). At the
Realtors State Convention, Nahigian spoke
on commercial real estate basics and commercial
leasing. At the SIOR convention, he
offered an educational session that dealt
with concepts of wealth building, asset allocation,
types of developers, pro formas, soft
and hard costs, and financial analysis.
- Robert Nahigian, CRE |
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Navarro Wins Designation to Manage Investment Fund
Stephen P. Navarro, CRE,
president, The Furman
Company, Inc., Greenville,
South Carolina, has been
certified by the United States
Citizenship and Immigration
Services (USCIS) to offer and
manage an EB-5 investment fund that will
focus on the acquisition or development of
real estate projects in the areas of
technology, health services, tourism and
hospitality, manufacturing and trade,
automotive research and mixed use. Called
CCFI (Carolina Center for Foreign
Investment), the fund’s focus is job growth
through sustainable LEED®-certified
development opportunities across the state
by generating immigrant investor capital.
- Stephen Navarro, CRE |
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