Hundreds of commercial realtors® and affiliates will gather March 7 for the 2002 First Coast Real Estate Outlook Conference and Expo held in the University Center of the University of North Florida.
“It is important because it is the premier commercial real estate conference for Northeast Florida,” said event chairman Justin Clark of The Charles Skinner Company. “It gives a chance for people in the industry and related industries to come together, learn from some of the most talented and successful real estate professional in the in the region and meet new friends.”
There will be up to 30 booths outside the event for a industry-related expo.
“We expect about 600 attendees,” said Clark. “We will have real estate agents, owners, developers, architects, engineers, attorneys, bankers and students from UNF and University of Florida.”
Dr. Henry Fishkind, economist and president of Fishkind and Associates, will give the economic outlook for the upcoming year.
“The economic outlook forecast will be important due to unsure economic times that we are in,” said Clark.
Other featured speakers are John Carey, president of Flagler Development; Jeff Spence, president of the Tri-Legacy Group; and Paisley Boney, president of Ben Carter Properties.
During the event, the Golden Triangle Awards will be presented by the Commercial Alliance of Realtors® in the following categories: investment sales, office brokerage, land sales, industrial brokerage, retail brokerage and owner or developer salaried broker.
Additional awards will be presented for CAR Humanitarian, CAR Affiliate of the Year, CAR Realtor® Member of the Year and the Golden Triangle Service Award, which goes to a leader in the Northeast Florida area whose good work has had a positive impact on the commercial real estate industry.
Following the event, breakout sessions will be held in the following categories: office, industrial, retail, single-family, multi-family, GIS mapping, Nassau/St. Johns County updates, Baker/Clay/Putnam county updates, concurrency and real estate investment market.
“The breakout sessions are important because they allow professionals to learn more about their particular niche and educate themselves through dialogue and a presentation by one of the leading professionals in that real estate submarket,” said Clark. “Also, we have breakout sessions for the county updates, technology and concurrency issues which every real estate professional regardless of their speciality should be familiar with.”
Tickets for the conference will cost $35 if purchased by March 1 and will be $50 at the door. Tables of eight are $280, which also must be paid by March 1.
Following the event, NAIOP is hosting a bus tour of commercial office and industrial properties. The cost is $25 for NAIOP, CAR or CCIM members and $40 for non-members.
This is the first year that NAIOP has combined the NAIOP bus tour with this event.
According to Clark, the bus tour is separated into industrial and office markets so that the brokers can get a better feel of the market and become more familiar with the surrounding commercial area.