DENVER – RE/MAX President Vinnie Tracey welcomed practitioners from around the world to this morning’s opening session of the RE/MAX Commercial(R) Symposium in Denver. Tracey talked about the continued expansion of RE/MAX Commercial in North America and throughout the globe, the potential growth opportunities of commercial real estate and segments of the industry that are showing signs of expected development.
“The RE/MAX Commercial Symposium is one of the premier commercial real estate-focused events of the year,” said Mike Reagan, RE/MAX Senior Vice President, Business Alliances. “As many markets continue to recover and grow, RE/MAX Practitioners are eager to learn the latest methods and tactics and that can assist them in growing their market shares.”
The annual conference is celebrating its seventh year and will showcase winning strategies, best practices and deal-making and business development skills of many of the commercial real estate industry’s top producers. Featured speakers of this year’s RE/MAX Commercial Symposium include trainer and consultant Mike Lipsey, commercial real estate author and Massimo Group founder Rod Santomassimo and business development and commercial real estate guru Mark Hulsey, Managing Broker of RE/MAX Results in St. Paul, Minn.
RE/MAX Commercial, part of the world’s most productive real estate network, now features more than 2,700 practitioners in 45 countries. The division reported a remarkable 22.8 percent growth in total volume in 2013 when compared with the previous year, growing from $7 billion in 2012 to $8.7 billion last year. The brand continues to gain momentum as it also grew its total volume 17.4 percent from 2011 to 2012.
The number of annual transaction sides in 2013 also demonstrates the continued growth of RE/MAX Commercial. RE/MAX Commercial Practitioners around the world were involved in 15 percent more transaction sides in 2013 when compared to 2012 – growing from 20,400 transaction sides in 2012 to 23,585 last year. The brand’s transaction sides also grew from 2011 to 2012 with an increase of 8.4 percent.
RE/MAX Commercial offices and divisions globally grew from 439 in 2012 to 491 in 45 countries in 2013. According to the Certified Commercial Investment Member Institute (CCIM), RE/MAX has one of the largest contingents of CCIM designees and candidates in the industry. Additionally, four RE/MAX Commercial Practitioners have served as presidents of the CCIM Institute.
With over a quarter of a million commercial properties, remaxcommercial.com features more inventory than any other commercial brokerage network website.
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About RE/MAX Commercial(R):
RE/MAX Commercial, a division of the Denver-based real estate franchisor RE/MAX LLC, has a global network of commercial practitioners who close billions of dollars in sales and lease volume each year.
RE/MAX, LLC, one of the world’s leading franchisors of real estate brokerage services, is a subsidiary of RE/MAX Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:RMAX).
Experience, knowledge and training are trademarks of RE/MAX Commercial, and its prominence in this sector of the real estate industry is driven by global brand recognition and high performance in the marketplace.
Please visit www.remaxcommercial.com.
