C&W, Grubb & Ellis, and Deloitte attend RICS conference held Nov. 8

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Americas' conference entitled, Managing Risk, Maximizing Reward: Winning at High Stakes Development, drew professionals from the world's leading real estate and construction companies to participate in a two-day event held Nov. 8 and 9 at the Ritz-Carlton Golf & Spa Resort in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Industry and government leaders, including Jamaican Prime Minister Orette Bruce Golding, convened to discuss global development risk from a multi-dimensional perspective. "RICS has a unique, multi-disciplinary membership of top industry professionals that bring unmatched perspective to the global development table," said Matthew Bruck, managing director of RICS Americas. "Our diverse membership and affiliates allow RICS to examine issues, such as large-scale development risk, not just from a financial angle, but from the construction, environmental, marketing, design and sales perspective."Over 35 speakers, including prominent executives from Citigroup, RTKL Architects and Turner International, covered structuring deals, managing risk in complex projects, disaster protection and recovery strategies, matching buyers and sellers in a global marketplace and building partnerships in complicated regulatory environments. "It is imperative to attend conferences like the RICS Americas Montego Bay event to stay ahead of the curve and assess large, global topics such as managing risk from different viewpoints," said Maureen Ehrenberg, executive vice president of Grubb & Ellis Co. "RICS brings together top-development talent to allow for comprehensive, in-depth examination of key issues encompassing all project components to get to the core of an issue. There is no other organization in the world that can cover a topic like risk as thoroughly or as objectively as RICS can."