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Posted: March 28, 2008
Benzakein of CresaPartners achieves SIOR designation
Ralph Benzakein, SIOR, VP of CresaPartners (formerly Whitman Realty Group, Inc.) has achieved the SIOR office specialist designation awarded by the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors, an international association of professional commercial real estate brokers.
To achieve the SIOR designation, Benzakein completed at least five years creditable experience in the field of commercial real estate, specializing in office space, and demonstrated to SIOR professional ability, competency, ethical conduct, and personal integrity.
Individuals who hold the SIOR designation are top producers in the commercial real estate field and are represented in 560 cities and 22 countries around the world. SIOR enforces a strict code of ethics and requires designees to complete its ethics course within their first three years of membership.
The most recent data extrapolated from an SIOR member survey revealed that SIOR designees closed more than 82,500 transactions involving 2.7 billion s/f of commercial real estate bought, sold or leased. These transactions totaled $85 billion, or an average of $33.6 million per member.
Benzakein also holds the LEEDAP designation from The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), indicating his knowledge of green building practices.
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