NYSCAR's 7th Annual NYS Comm'l. Conference attracts 176 attendees

Many thanks to those of you who attended the 7th Annual NYS Commercial Real Estate Conference at the Turning Stone Resort and Casino in Verona. It was a great event! I am pleased to report that 176 individuals attended the conference which was sponsored by the NYS Commercial Association of Realtors (NYSCAR), the northern N.J./NYS chapter of CCIM, the NYS upstate and downstate chapters of SIOR and the Society of Exchange Counselors (SEC) Joseph Rowley, Jr. (CBRE Rochester) served as chair of the conference. 120 individuals took advantage of the marketing session which was held for 1 ½ days. Jim Wilson, CCIM, SEC (Fla.) and Bill Stonaker, CCIM, SEC (Tex.) did an outstanding job as moderators of the session. Bob Giniecki, CCIM, SEC was instrumental in organizing this event. The golfers were able to play on the Shenendoah Golf Course for most of the day with good weather. Late in the afternoon the skies opened up with rain, but many of the golfers were able to finish the 18 holes. Golf chairman, Tim Conley, CCIM of Conley Associates reported the following results for the commercial golf challenge: Gross event: 1st place, Christian Johannessen (73); 2nd Place, James Trasher (78), 3rd place, Tim Conley, CCIM (82); Callaway Scoring Event: Tie breaker according to first handicap hole: 1st place, Kevin Dwyer (75), 2nd place, Larry Brassel (75), 3rd place, Tony Cutia (75); Closest to the Pin: #6, Alan Gramet, CCIM (21.5"), #12 Wayne Knapp (6' 1 ½"), #17, Harry Gleason (13'9"); Longest drive: #5, James Trasher, #18, James Trasher. Conference attendees enjoyed keynote speaker, Herb Krumsick, SIOR who spoke about the state of real estate in the U.S. It was very informative and everyone enjoyed Herb's great sense of humor! Mike Kelly, director of government affairs for NYSAR, did a great job as he spoke to the attendees relative to legislative items including the new education requirements that went into effect July 1. The instructors for six courses were well received by the attendees: Conley; Patrick Reilly, RCE; Ginecki; Wilson; Joe Larkin, CCIM, SIOR; William Burgess, SIOR; James Runko; and Jacqueline Conti, MAI, JD. We are appreciative of our sponsors who supported the conference and commercial real estate industry. Our thanks go out to our platinum sponsor: Pyramid Brokerage. Gold sponsors: CBRE-Upstate offices and OREXCO 1031. Silver sponsors: GE Real Estate, Key Bank, LaBella Associates, Maser Consulting, SYNAPSE Partners, Wilber National Bank, New York Real Estate Journal, Northern N.J./NYS chapter of CCIM, NYS upstate and downstate chapters of SIOR. Don't forget to mark your calendar for eighth annual NYS Commercial Real Estate Conference which will be held June 1-3, 2009 at the Turning Stone Resort and Casino. NYSCAR is sponsoring the "Counseling for Action" course on July 21-22 at the Holiday Inn in Suffern. Jim Brondino, CCIM, SEC is the instructor. Maureen Wilson, CCIM, SIOR, is the president of the New York State Commercial Association of Realtors, Inc., Albany, N.Y.