Joseph Nahas, Jr., CRE, senior vice president, Equus Capital Partners, Newtown Square, Penn., and 2018 CRE chair of the board, presented The Counselors’ Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate™ at the NAI CIR company’s second annual commercial real estate summit in Harrisburg, Penn. Robin Zellers, CRE is president of NAI CIR.

Rob Nahigian, CRE, Auburndale Realty, Newton, Mass., has recently spoken at a number of regional association events.  These included the Ohio Association of Realtors; the New Orleans Metropolitan Association of Realtors, commercial division; the Berkshire Board of Realtors (Pittsfield, Mass.); and the Cape Cod & Islands Association of Realtors; MA (Mass.). In October, 2018, he… Read more

Larry Kosmont, CRE, president/CEO, Kosmont Companies, Manhattan Beach, Calif., presented a breakfast address at the 2018 League of California Cities Annual Conference in Long Beach.  His address–in which he discussed demographic changes, the sharing economy and other disruptive change–was titled “Changing Face of Economic Development: Land Use, Sustainability, Housing.”  Mr. Kosmont also recently published “The… Read more

Michael Sklaroff, Esq., CRE, Ballard Spahr LLP, Philadelphia, won the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award from The Legal Intelligencer, America’s oldest law journal. Mr. Sklaroff is a partner in Ballard Spahr’s Real Estate Department. Read more about the award here.

Steven D. Leader, CRE EMERITUS, New York City, was selected to serve as a Judge and Mediator representing the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), in the Tenth Annual Securities Dispute Resolution Triathlon. The Triathlon, co-sponsored by FINRA and St. John’s University School of Law, is a joint initiative of the law school’s Hugh L. Carey… Read more

Martha Heric, CRE, senior director, Cushman & Wakefield, Washington, D.C., has been inducted into the Hall of Fame by Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) – Northern Virginia. The chapter presented the honor during their 2018 Annual Awards Banquet in November, where Ms. Heric was also the keynote speaker. The awards honor those who have positively… Read more

Nick Tillema, CRE, president, Access Valuation, LLC, Indianapolis, Ind., serves on the board of directors of Fountains of Hope International, a non-profit organization which provides clean water and safe hygiene practices to people in need. He spent ten days as a volunteer in Zimbabwe, Africa in fall, 2018, installing two water purifying systems—one at a… Read more

The Interchurch Center of New York City has presented its Outstanding Community Service Award to Casey Kemper, CRE, New York, N.Y. Mr. Kemper served on the board of directors for the Center for eight years as a member of the finance committee and chair of the operations committee. The Interchurch Center is an interdenominational concern which… Read more

Maureen Ehrenberg, CRE, was named to the Women of Influence Hall of Fame by Real Estate Forum/GlobeSt. 2018 was the 25th anniversary of the Hall of Fame’s establishment to honor women in real estate.

Elaine Worzala, Ph.D., CRE, director, Carter Real Estate Center, College of Charleston, Charleston, S.C., a founder of the International Real Estate Society (IRES), was honored during the organization’s 25th anniversary event during the European Real Estate Society meeting in Reading, England. She will also be recognized as an IRES founder at the 2019 Pacific Rim… Read more