NAI Realvest Founder, Chairman George Livingston Honored for Lifetime Achievement in Central Florida Commercial Real Estate

MAITLAND, FL --- NAI Realvest founder and chairman George Livingston (top right photo) was honored with the Wilbur Strickland Award for Lifetime Achievement during the 14th annual Central Florida Commercial Association of Realtors (CFCAR) Hallmark Awards ceremony in Orlando recently.

This award, presented by Debra Lupton, AIA, chief executive officer of TLC Engineering for Architecture, recognizes an individual considered to be a founding father of commercial real estate who exemplifies outstanding dedication to the profession.

Livingston launched NAI Realvest in 1988. The former career Special Forces officer and counter-terrorism expert negotiated commercial property

transactions valued at more than a quarter billion dollars.

Livingston authored the first U.S. Department of Defense pamphlet on protection against terrorism strategies following three tours of duty in Vietnam.

CFCAR recognized ten other NAI Realvest brokers at the Hallmark Awards for outstanding performance in 2008.

NAI Realvest senior vice president and principal Michael Heidrich (top left photo) placed third among the top five industrial brokers for 2008.

Livingston, NAI Realvest principals Christie Alexander (middle right photo) and Robert Blackwell, (middle left photo, below Heidrich photo) SIOR were named among the top 10 producers for industrial properties in 2008.

Broker Mez Birdie, CCIM, CPM, SCSM, ranked among the top 10 retail producers and brokers Matt Cichocki, (middle right photo, above Partyka photo)) Kevin O’Connor (bottom left photo) and associate Drew Saphos were named among the top 10 land producers, NAI Realvest president Patrick Mahoney (bottom left photo, above O'Connor photo) said.

NAI Realvest managing partner and former Winter Springs Mayor Paul P. Partyka, (middle right photo, above Tom Kelley photo) ) principal Tom Kelley (bottom right photo) CCIM, and senior associate Mary Frances West, CCIM each received the Circle of Achievement Award.

CFCAR’s Hallmark Awards recognizes outstanding commercial real estate brokers in retail, office, land, and industrial transactions in a nine-county Central Florida region that includes Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Brevard, Volusia, Flagler, Sumter, Marion and Lake Counties.

CONTACTS:

Paul P. Partyka, Managing Partner NAI Realvest, 407-875-9989, glivingston@realvest.com;
Patrick Mahoney, Partner, President, & COO, NAI Realvest 407-875-9989 pmahoney@realvest.com
Janice Paiano, Director of Marketing, NAI Realvest 407-875-9989, jpaiano@realvest.com
Larry Vershel, Larry Vershel Communications, Inc. 407-644-4142, lvershelco@aol.com.