Orlando, Fla., March 29, 2007 — The Central Florida Commercial Association of Realtors (CFCAR) hosted the 12th annual Hallmark Awards dinner to honor the top commercial real estate producers of 2006 in the nine county Central Florida area. Individual awards were given to top producers in Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Brevard, Volusia, Flagler, Sumter, Marion and Lake Counties for Retail, Office, Land, Industrial, Most Deals, Investments and Mortgage Lending.

“We are grateful for the recipients who all help make the Central Florida market so strong,” said John M. Crossman, CCIM, president of CFCAR. “CFCAR is the real winner and we are thankful to represent the best in the industry.”

1. Drew Forness of Crossman & Company
2. Scott Renick of Crossman & Company
3. Vincent Wolle of Results Real Estate Partners
4. James Coopersmith of Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT

1. Greg Morrison, CCIM, SIOR of GVA Advantis
2. Betsy Owens of Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.
3. Tom Kelley, II CCIM of NAI Realvest
4. John Trost, CCIM, of Prudential CRES Commercial Real Estate

1. Ed Rancourt of Prudential CRES Commercial Real Estate
2. Ben Babazadeh of Prudential CRES Commercial Real Estate
3. Margery Johnson of Cushman & Wakefild of Florida, Inc.
4. John Trost, CCIM, of Prudential CRES Commercial Real Estate

1. Susan Ruby of Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.
2. David Murphy CCIM, SIOR, MAI of CBRE
3. Lee Morris of Cushman & Wakefield of Florida, Inc.
4. Vincent Wolfe of Results Real Estate Partners

1. Harold Warren of Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. - Multifamily
2. Brad Peterson of Staubach Capital Markets - Retail
3. David Murphy CCIM, SIOR, MAI of CBRE - Industrial
4. Krish Pillay of Prudential Florida WCI Realty

1. Harold Warren of Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.
2. David Murphy CCIM, SIOR, MAI of CBRE
3. Dean Saunders, ALC of Coldwell Banker Commercial/Saunders Real Estate
4. Michael Heidrich of NAI Realvest
5. Ed Rancourt of Prudential CRES Commercial Real Estate
6. Ben Babzadeh of Prudential CRES Commercial Real Estate
7. Brad Peterson of Staubach Capital Markets
8. Vincent Wolle of Results Real Estate Partners
9. Richard Solik of Cushman & Wakefield of Florida, Inc.

Other Awards included:
John M. Crossman, CCIM managing director of Crossman & Company was awarded the Wilbur Strickland Award, which is historically given to a person considered a founding father of commercial real estate in the area and represents outstanding dedication and support of the Central Florida Commercial Real Estate Society.

Deal of the Year: Jay Ballard and Harold Warren of Cushman & Wakefield and Apartment Brokers Services for Eagle Apartments Golf Club and Apartment Homes which closed in March 2006 at $100 million. This transaction took almost a year to conclude and involved potential condo conversions, golf course development, analysis to eventually develop into a combination condo and a for sale product.

CFCAR Community Service Award: Roger Jacobson of The Jacobson Group. Jacobson was apart of numerous charitable initiatives over the last year, including:

• Founding the “Jacobson Group Walk for Awareness” to benefit the Komen Foundation for Breast Cancer
• Working with the Girl Scouts to help raise $175,000
• Partnering in Education with Orange County School System where he donate time to work with students at Thornebrooke Elementary School
• Donated part of every commission to the Children’s Miracle Network
• Part of committee to build the South West Orlando JCC
• Rotarian with Rotary Club of Orlando, where he also received the Paul Harris Fellow for this contributions

Industry Affiliate Award: Steve Moreira, CCIM of Magic Financial Services

Top County Producers Industrial
Volusia: Charles Rudis, CCIM of Coldwell Banker Commercial AI Group
Seminole: Vincent F. Wolle of Results Real Estate Partners, LLC
Flagler: Jerry Masiello of Watson Realty Corp

Top County Producers Investment Sales
Volusia - Charles Rudis, CCIM of Coldwell Banker Commercial AI Group
Polk - Ben Crosby ALC, CCIM - Crosby & Associates, Inc.
Osceola - Rajia Ackley, CCIM of Coldwell Banker Ackley Realty
Flagler - Cornelia Downing Manfre of Prudential CRES Commercial Real Estate

Top County Producers Land Volusia - John Trost, CCIM, of Prudential CRES Commercial Real Estate
Sumter - Danny Smith, CCIM, ALC of Exit Vision Realty
Seminole - Vincent F. Wolle of Results Real Estate Partners, LLC
Osceola - Rajia Ackley, CCIM of Coldwell Banker Ackley Realty
Orange - Margery Johnson of Cushman & Wakefield of Florida, Inc.
Marion - Bartow McDonald of Sperry Van Ness
Lake - Walid Costandi of C-21 World Properties
Flagler - Cornelia Downing of Manfre Prudential - CRES Commercial Real Estate

Top County Producers Office Volusia: John Trost, CCIM of Prudential CRES Commercial Real Estate
Seminole: Vincent F. Wolle of Results Real Estate Partners, LLC
Lake: Walid Costandi of C-21 World Properties
Flagler: Jerry Masiello of Watson Realty Corp

Top County Producers Retail Volusia: John Trost, CCIM, of Prudential CRES Commercial Real Estate
Seminole: Vincent F. Wolle of Results Real Estate Partners, LLC
Polk: Ben Crosby ALC, CCIM of Crosby & Associates, Inc.
Lake: Walid Costandi of C-21 World Properties
Flagler: Cornelia Downing Manfre of Prudential CRES Commercial Real Estate

Top Producers Lending

1. Christopher G. Hurn of Mercantile Commercial Capital
2. David J. Patten, CMB of Commercial Mortgage Advisors

Most Deals by County – overall top producer: Michael Heidrich of NAI Realvest
Volusia: Mark Budiansky, CCIM, of Prudential CRES Commercial Real Estate
Volusia: Ron Frederick of Prudential CRES Commercial Real Estate
Sumter: Danny Smith, CCIM, ALC - Exit Vision Realty
Seminole: Vincent Wolle - Results Real Estate Partners, LLC
Polk: Dean Saunders, ALC - Coldwell Banker Commercial Saunders Real Estate
Osceola: Rajia Ackley CCIM - Coldwell Banker Ackley Realty
Lake: Walid Costandi - C-21 World Properties
Flagler: Jerry Masiello - Watson Realty Corp.

The Circle of Achievement awards included:

• Christie Alexander, NAI Realvest
• Robert Blackwell, NAI Realvest
• Jeffrey Bloom, CCIM Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT
• Jeffrey Bornstein, Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT
• Robert Bredahl , NAI Realvest
• Charles Brenner, CCIM, C. Brenner, Inc
• James Coppersmith, Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT
• Christie Davis, CCIM, NAI Realvest
• Sean Dupree, CCIM, NAI Realvest
• Jeff Ettinger, NAI Realvest
• Paul Kiang, CCIM, CPM - Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT
• George Livingston, NAI Realvest
• Chuck McNulty, McNulty Group Inc.
• Tom Morse, NAI Realvest
• Stephan Neveleff, Stewart Realty Advisors
• Paul Partyka, NAI Realvest
• Steve Porter, Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT
• Allison Reynolds, Cushman & Wakefield of Florida
• Steven Ruoff, NAI Realvest
• Dennis Sargent, CCIM Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT
• Michael Shelton, CCIM, Magic Properties & Investments
• Michael Sprague, NAI Realvest
• Jeffrey Tanner, Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT
• George Viele, NAI Realvest
• Mary Frances West, CCIM, NAI Realvest
• Matt Cichocki, NAI Realvest
• Kevin O’Connor, NAI Realvest

Paul Partyka of NAI Realvest was the master of ceremonies while event sponsors included The Villages/Crossman & Company and National Association of Realtors. Gold level sponsors were Magic Financial and Your Office with Bronze level sponsors Asset Preservations and Silver State Bank. Corporate tables include NAI Realvest Cushman & Wakefield and Magic Financial Services

About CFCAR

Central Florida Commercial Association of Realtors (CFCAR) is a newly formed association that replaces the Central Florida Commercial Real Estate Society (CFCRES) and unites 11 local Realtor associations and includes 40 of Central Florida’s top commercial real estate practitioners. The association greatly expands it’s members opportunities to better educate, network, market listings, research properties and collaborate with other commercial practitioners in Central Florida. CFCAR’s mission is to promote a unified identity of specialized commercial real estate practitioners in the nine-county area. Please visit www.cfcar.net for more information.