NAI Realvest Chairman George Livingston Named One of Central Florida’s Most Influential Business Leaders in 2009

MAITLAND, Fla. - George Livingston, chairman emeritus at NAI Realvest, was named one of the Central Florida region’s 10 most influential business leaders in the construction and commercial real estate industry.

Livingston and nine other business leaders will be honored at a special banquet at the Hilton Orlando Hotel on Destination Parkway Thursday, Oct. 15.

An investment analyst, Livingston opened NAI Realvest in 1982. The firm currently ranks as one of Central Florida’s largest and most active developers of industrial facilities and one of the area’s largest commercial property firms.

For more information, contact:
George Livingston, Chairman Emeritus, NAI Realvest 407-875-9989 glivingston@realvest.com

Patrick Mahoney, President, NAI Realvest, 407-875-9989 pmahoney@realvest.com

Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications, 407-644-4142 lvershelco@aol.com

About NAI Realvest:
NAI Realvest, serving all of Central Florida, is a fully integrated commercial real estate operating company specializing in brokerage, development, investment, leasing and management, consulting and research services in the U.S. and worldwide. NAI Global is an international commercial real estate network with over 325 offices spanning the globe. Since 1978, clients have built businesses on the power of NAI Global’s expanding network. Extensive services include multi-site acquisitions and dispositions, sublease, tenant representation, lease administration and audit, investment services, due diligence and related consulting and advisory services. To learn more, visit http://www.nairealvest.com/.

CEO Nexus sowing economic gardening seeds statewide

ORLANDO, Fla., - CEO Nexus, the public-private initiative affiliated with the University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program and helps accelerate the growth of second stage companies, is spreading the seeds of “economic gardening” around the state of Florida.

Steve Quello, president of CEO Nexus has been invited to speak across the state on the need and value of economic gardening which has taken root here in central Florida thanks to sponsors such as the Florida High Tech Corridor Council, the Rollins College Center for Advanced Entrepreneurship and the Edward Lowe Foundation, who have embraced the need to mentor second stage companies as an important ingredient of job creation.

Since May, Quello has been spreading his story by addressing economic development commission workshops and public forums in Orange, Lake, Sarasota, Collier, Broward and Citrus counties.

Quello has booked speaking engagements Oct. 7 at the Volusia County EDC, Oct. 28 at the Florida Development Assn. in Orlando and on Nov. 16 at the Pasco County EDC.

“Economic gardening has shown to be a cost-effective complement to the conventional economic development efforts of luring large employers to the area,” Quello said.

The Rollins College Center for Advanced Entrepreneurship is committed to hosting invitation only CEO Nexus forums quarterly – the next set for Dec. 2 – after its first in September was a resounding success.

CEO Nexus pairs principals, CEOs and top executives of second stage companies with highly successful executives in a forum setting to develop practical, hands-on solutions for business development issues.

For more information, contact:
Steve Quello, President/Principal, CEO Nexus 407-590-6101, squello@ceonexus.com

Dr. Tom O’Neal, Executive Director, UCF Business Incubation Program, 407 882-1120, oneal@mail.ucf.edu

Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications 407-644-4142, lvershelco@aol.com

About CEO Nexus:
CEO Nexus is a public-private initiative that provides second-stage business leaders—owners, CEOs and presidents—with practical tools and techniques designed specifically for growing second-stage companies. Sponsors include The Edward Lowe Foundation, the Florida High Tech Corridor Council, the University of Central Florida Office of Research & Commercialization, Rollins College Center for Advanced Entrepreneurship, Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission, Enterprise Florida and the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce.

Crossman & Company Appoints Diana Kim Research Analyst

ORLANDO, Fla. - Crossman & Company, one of the largest third-party retail leasing and management companies in the Southeast, recently appointed Diana Kim as research analyst.

Justin Greider, senior associate at Crossman & Company, said Kim earned her undergraduate degree from Ewha Women’s University in Korea and is currently pursuing her Masters Degree in Real Estate at the University of Florida.

For more information please contact:

Justin Greider, Senior Associate, Crossman & Company/ICSC Florida Next Generation Chair, 407-581-6225; jgreider@crossmanco.com

John Crossman, CCIM, President, Crossman & Company, 407-581-6218, jcrossman@crossmanco.com

Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications, 407-644-4142, lvershelco@aol.com

About Crossman & Company:

Crossman & Company is one of the largest third-party retail leasing and management companies in the Southeast with over 16 million square feet under leasing and/or management. Founded in Orlando in 1990, Crossman & Company is a full service commercial real estate firm that advises its clients in leasing, management, development and investment sales of retail and office properties and serves clients including Publix Super Markets, Inc., Lake Nona, PREIT, and LaSalle Investment Management. Please visit http://www.crossmanco.com/, or call 407-423-5400 for more information.