LOS ANGELES—Pulling from its national expert pool, CCIM gathered industry leaders for a new CCIM Thrive conference format this year. According to future CCIM presidents Mark Macek, CCIM, who will take the helm in 2015, and Steven Moreira, CCIM, the organization's 2016 president, the conference went off without a hitch. In this exclusive video interview, the duo sits down with reporter Kelsi Maree Borland to talk about:

  • The inspiration behind the new conference format
  • The CCIM organization
  • Conference plans for next year
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Kelsi Maree Borland

Kelsi Maree Borland is a freelance journalist and magazine writer based in Los Angeles, California. For more than 5 years, she has extensively reported on the commercial real estate industry, covering major deals across all commercial asset classes, investment strategy and capital markets trends, market commentary, economic trends and new technologies disrupting and revolutionizing the industry. Her work appears daily on GlobeSt.com and regularly in Real Estate Forum Magazine. As a magazine writer, she covers lifestyle and travel trends. Her work has appeared in Angeleno, Los Angeles Magazine, Travel and Leisure and more.