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Commercial Brokers Gear Up for Annual Event

SEATTLE, WA-Speakers with national and regional impact will be on hand at the Commercial Real Estate Insights program on December 12th. CBA expects once again to draw the Puget Sound industry's top people to hear what the experts have to say.

By Janet Parker | Updated on November 15, 2001

SEATTLE, WA-The Commercial Brokers Association, in conjunction with the Seattle Times, is gearing up for its fifth annual Commercial Real Estate Insights breakfast on December 12th. Sporting a speakers’ list that reads like a Who’s Who, the program will address issues facing the commercial real estate industry locally and nationwide. Tricia Deering, CBA’s executive director, tells GlobeSt the program has been playing to a packed house the last few years, and she is expecting another sell-out crowd.

CBA was founded in 1977 with the initial objective of providing a multiple-listing service exclusively for commercial properties within the state. Deering says in the beginning most that joined were from small- to medium-sized firms. “Now”, she says, “at least 90% to 95% of all the commercial brokers in the State of Washington are members.” At last count, that membership had grown to roughly 2,300.

To this day, Deering says the key source of income is its commercial MLS on the Internet. Advertising (with few exceptions) all their commercial listings with CBA’s service is a requirement for member brokers. While the general public can view general information on the listings at www.commercialmls.com, members can access to information intended for “brokers’ eyes only.” The executive director says CBA is in the midst of an upgrade that will add more bells and whistles to the site.

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