Joseph Rowley - 10th Annual Commercial Real Estate Conference - a great success!

By Joseph Rowley. Jr. The 10th Annual Conference hosted by the New York State Commercial Association of Realtors, the NYS CCIM and SIOR chapters and the SEC was a great success! There was representation from New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Jersey, Kentucky, Colorado, Texas, Montana, Florida and Ohio. We are very appreciative of the following sponsors for their wonderful support: * Diamond: Cushman & Wakefield/Pyramid Brokerage Co. * Platinum: CB Richard Ellis - Upstate Offices * Gold: New York Real Estate Journal * Silver: Chase Bank, The Chazen Cos., Exchange Authority, Key Bank; KW Commercial, LaBella Associates, P.C., and R.J. Smith Realty. Whether it was social networking, green building, historic properties, build to suit, creative solutions, tax updates or legislative updates, participants learned something new! On behalf of NYSCAR/CCIM/SIOR, SEC and conference chairman John Lavelle, I would like to thank all of the speakers who gave of their time and expertise. We had rave reviews of the education programs and take our hats off to the instructors and presenters: Michael Aronesty, Bo Barron, CCIM; Peter Karl, Esq., CPA; Nick Gigante, NYSAR president; Mike Kelly, NYSAR director of government affairs; Rod Santomassimo, CCIM; Murray Gould; Rob Nahigian, CRE, FRICS, SIOR; Edward S. Smith, Jr., ITI; and Ken Vidar, CCIM, SEC. Kudos to Jim Wilson, CCIM, SEC, and Chuck Sutherland, SEC, who served as the lead moderators for the marketing session and Bob Giniecki, CCIM, SEC, who was instrumental in organizing the session. These gentlemen have been consistently outstanding in their support of the event each year! Many thanks to everyone who supported the event! Fall Education NYSCAR in cooperation with the Rochester Area Chapter of NYSCAR will present two programs this Fall as follows: * September 14: (3 hours NYS continuing education credit) "Comprehensive Due Diligence is Key in Real Estate." Instructor: Tim Conley, CCIM. * October 27: "Selling Investment and Commercial Properties: Issues, Money and Laws." Instructor: Edward S. Smith, Jr., ITI. (7.5 hours of NYS continuing education credit. This course also satisfies the NYS requirement for 3 hours of Fair Housing and /or Discrimination training for license renewals). On October 13, NYSCAR and the Appraisal Institute in cooperation with the WNY Chapter of NYSCAR will present "Green Building Update, LEED Cert Architecture, Adaptive Re-Use of Historic Structures and Commercial Leasing" (submitted to NYS DOS for 7 hours of real estate and appraiser c.e. credit) at the Holiday Inn in Amherst. On October 27, NYSCAR in cooperation with the Greater Capital Chapter of NYSCAR will present the annual education/marketing event. On the 27th Chuck Sutherland, SEC, will present "Creative Real Estate Finance...Creating Alternatives When the Banks Aren't Lending" followed by a Marketing-Networking Session on October 28th (Albany Ramada). Watch www.nyscar.org for further information. Joseph Rowley, Jr. is the president of NYSCAR and is a VP at CBRE/Rochester, Rochester, N.Y.