CT Chapter CCIM Meeting held at the Main St. Grill
Category: General
Published: May 15, 2012
Tom Hill III, CCIM/SIOR, hosted a CT CCIM Chapter event at the Main Street Grill, a new, trendy eclectic restaurant in downtown Watertown. Owner, John Bordeau, spoke on the challenges of locating, permitting and building out a new restaurant.
During his welcome speech to our CCIM group, he related that a lot of people told him NOT to do it (i.e.: open a new eatery !), and he is glad he spent the year getting it built and open. New restaurants are always a draw.
Sam Haydock, LEP of BL Companies, spoke on New Development Acts, the CT Transfer Act and the new DEEP, etc., and navigating environmental situations in all property categories. Past President Jack Lynch, CCIM commented that Sam's presentations are "always updated and very informative." Please call him for your environmental situations as he is our longtime sponsor from the www.BLcompanies.com
Attorney Ed Hill, CRE from sponsor Robinson and & Cole www.rc.com presented a very thorough long list of due dilligence items that his client's look for today. Especially interesting were the politics of Commercial Condo associations. He also gave an overview of the CRE Designations, of which our own Stan Gniazdowski, CCIM also holds Counselor or Real Estate (CRE).
Our Cocktail social after the "brain fest" featured Ralph Richard,Senior lender at Savings Bank of Danbury who have made a big push from their home base in Danbury west to Waterbury and recently filled in between with another new branch in Southbury. Ralph discussed a few multi-million dollar financing transaction that are under construction the this marketplace. It was told to me today that a few CCIM's in the room inquired about Ralph considering loaning on deals they were currently negotiating.
A couple of final thoughts and recommendations to Chapter Members: Please ask your business friends to Join our chapter. Recommend young agents and brokers to become candidates. How about your favorite vendor's become sponsors for access to the "CCIM" best in class Cadre ! For those CCIM's out there who did not attend this timely affair, WHY NOT? Perhaps you would like to get involved and host the chapter in your market ?
Look for and register for our upcoming events and please plan to Join us in October in Las Vegas where our own past President of CT CCIM Chapter Wayne D'Amico will be inducted as CCIM's next National President ! Wow, what an accomplishment for our CT Chapter. For more info on this and other important news contact our President Steve Patten, CCIM at 203-234-6371.
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CCIM April Mid-Year Meetings
Category: General
Published: May 01, 2012
During the CCIM April mid-year meetings, the Connecticut Chapter had the privilege to recognize our two newest designees upon their successful completion of the comprehensive exam on Wednesday April 25. Our sincere congratulations go out to Michael Guidicelli, CCIM and Christopher Simone, CCIM on their achievements.
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Joint CT CCIM Chapter / SIOR Education Day
Category: General
Published: Mar 20, 2012
Joint CCIM/SIOR Education Day
held on Tuesday, March 20, 2012
at the New Haven Real Estate School
Greater New Haven Association of REALTORS®
127 Washington Avenue, North Haven, CT 06473
Connecticut Community Investment Corporationwas our Event Sponsor
Instructor Eugene Marconi, Connecticut Association of Realtors Legal Counsel was the morning speaker on Ethics, which were requirements for SIOR and applicable to CCIM's. The Chapters really appreciated Gene as the speaker. The audience was full of top producers in the industry. Class was worth attending to enhance relationships.
Dan Eshbaugh, Mercantile Capital Corporation, Sales Trainer and Business Development for Real Estate professionals and expert in SBA financing, spoke at the afternoon session on sales training.
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CCIM CT Chapter Matrix Event
Category: General
Published: Mar 14, 2012
The CCIM Connecticut Chapter meets at the
Matrix Corporate Center in Danbury
Aaron Smiles, Director of Operations and Development of Matrix Realty Group, and Mark Melchione, also from Matrix, hosted a bi-monthly CCIM meeting at the Matrix Corporate Center in Danbury, with a tour of the property. Top level speeches were given by Aaron and Mark, on the $74M acquisition of the Matrix building a number of years ago, including their principal, who put a $1M non-refundable deposit down after walking through the building for a few hours. Aaron also talked about the leasing strategies and how the building is attracting tenants from the tri-state area. A real brain fest! Beautiful prizes were also raffled off.
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