NAI Realvest Professionals Take Home Four Major Awards at Annual NAIOP Best of the Best Awards Gala

MAITLAND, Fla. --- NAI Realvest in Maitland scored four major awards in the recent Best of the Best Awards Gala by the Central Florida chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP), the leading organization for developers, owners and related professionals in commercial real estate. In the Land Broker of the Year category, NAI Realvest Principal Thomas Hankins was awarded Second Place for closing on two land transactions that totaled 72.35 acres valued at more than $6,600,000 million. NAI Realvest Associate Chris Butera was awarded Third Place in the same category. Butera closed on five land transactions that totaled 184.21 acres valued at more than $2,429,500 million. In the Retail Broker of the Year category, NAI Realvest Principals Kevin O’Connor and Matt Cichocki, were awarded Third Place for their transactions, which totaled 30,492 square feet of retail space valued at more than $16,524,211 million. NAI Realvest Managing Director Robin Webb said commercial real estate is rebounding across the region and NAI Realvest is playing a big role in the comeback. “The economic downturn has particularly affected the commercial real estate industry but many sectors are bouncing back strong. We expect to see big increases in the volume of transactions and dollar values through the remainder of this year and well into next year,” Webb said.