REIC Attracts Prominent Speakers

REIC is proud to attract some of the finest speakers in the world of business development, education and commercial real estate.

Recent Past Events and Speakers

AI: The Next Frontier in Commercial Real Estate
6/12/2024

Insurance Update with Tim Cerio & Danielle Lombardo
5/15/2024

Tropicana Redevelopment Update + Rays Game
4/17/2024
Tampa on the Rise: Direct from the Developers
3/27/2024
REIC Tampa Bay Welcome's Back Dr. Hank Fishkind
2/21/24
Real Estate Investing in Today's Economy
1/17/2024

CRE: The Good, The Bad, the Ugly
11/15/2023

Lending, Capital Markets & The New Banking Environment
10/18/2023

The Future of Florida Forecast, Wealth Migration, and how Florida is Leading the Nation
9/20/2023

Annual Summer Social
7/12/2023

Legislative Update
6/21/2023

Advisory Board Panel
5/17/2023

REIC Hosts Leading Hospitality Market Expert Panel
4/19/2023

Market Perspective from the Eyes of the Young Professionals
3/8/2023
Pinellas Update: Not Just the Trop
2/15/2023
REIC Welcomes Back Ali Wolf, Chief Economist, Zonda for a 2023 Housing and Economic Forecast 
1/18/2023
Step by Step of a Deal with Phillip Smith
12/15/2022

The Straz Master Plan: A Vibrant Metamorphosis
11/16/2022

Moffitt Cancer’s Massive World-Class 775+ Acre Expansion in Pasco County, FL
10/19/2022

The Tampa Bay Office Market in a Post-Pandemic World
9/21/2022

Step by Step of a Deal with Britney Mroczkowski, eXp
9/13/2022

Annual Summer Social 
7/13/2022

Supply Chain Disruption Fireside Chat with Jackie Aguilar, Source Blue
6/15/2022

Walking Tour of Water Street
5/19/2022

Advisory Board Panel 
4/20/2022

2022 USF Update
3/16/2022

REIC Social at American Arts and Crafts Museum
2/15/2022

The Latest Developments in Ybor City
1/19/2022

The Future of Commercial Real Estate - PropTech!
10/28/20

Race and Real Estate:  Creating a Shared Vision for Equitable Places in Tampa Bay (joint webinar)
9/3/20

Tampa Condos - Here Comes the Boom! (and along came Covid)
8/19/20
The Economy in 2020:  this time it really IS different
6/24/20
City of Tampa's Economic Development Outlook
5/27/20
Bits and Blocks:  The Future of Real Estate
2/19/20
Why Invest in Tampa Bay CRE  
1/22/20
Facts or Fiction: Parking Panel  
11/13/19

REIC Welcomes Back Hank Fishkind
9/18/19
Recent Developments at TIA & Plans for the Future
10/16/19
Mayor Castor's Vision for Tampa
5/22/19
Status Report: Capital Markets & The Current Market Cycle
6/12/19
Checking the Transportation Box 
3/20/19
Experience the EDGE - St. Pete 
4/17/19
Impact of "BIG Data" on CRE 
1/16/19
The Future of Tampa Bay's CRE Market from the Eyes of our Next Gen Leaders 
02/27/19
A Candid Look Back with Mayor Buckhorn 
10/17/18
Unveiling of Sparkman Wharf 
11/14/18
Lake Nona - A Next Generation Master Planned Community
6/13/18
Industry Opportunities & Challenges
9/13/18
An Inside Look Into The James Museum of Western & Wildlife Art  4/18/18 Let's Talk Baseball 2020
5/16/18

Better Buildings are "WELL"
2/21/18

Debunking the Millennial MYTH
3/21/18

Not Your Grandfather's Pasco
11/15/17

The State of USF
1/17/18

Tampa Bay For the Win
9/20/17

TIA Master Plan Update - On to Phase 2
10/18/17

Notable Past Events and Speakers Prior to 2016

Barry Alpert
Senior Vice President of Investments, Raymond James

Al Austin
Chairman, Austin Companies and US. Base Closing Commissioner

Mayor Rick Baker

Mayor Rick Baker
Mayor of St. Petersburg

Bob Basham
President & Chief Operating Officer of Outback Steakhouse
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Dick Beard
Former Florida Managing Partner, Paragon Group

Senator Michael S. Bennett
District 21

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Frank Borkowski
Chancellor, Appalachian State University, and Former President of University of South Florida

Mayor Bob Buckhorn
Mayor of Tampa

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Governor Jeb Bush
Governor of Florida

 

Dominic M. Calabro
President and CEO of Florida TaxWatch

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Finn Caspersen
Chairman, Beneficial Corp.

Sam Chandan, PhD, FRICS
Global Chief Economist and Executive Vice President at Real Capital Analytics and Adjunct Professor of Real Estate at the Wharton School
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Herb Cohen
Author of negotiating books and renowned negotiator

Joe Collier
President, Mainsail Lodging & Development

Thomas Corcoran
Chairman, FelCor Lodging Trust

William E. Crenshaw
CEO of Publix Super Markets, Inc.

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Jack B. Critchfield
Former Chairman, Florida Progress Corporation, and Former President, Rollins College

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Congressman Jim Davis Representative
United States Congress

Mark Dotzour
Chief Economist Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University

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Anthony Downs
Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution

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John Ehrlichman
Director, Law Companies Group, Inc.; and Former Counsel to President Nixon

Henry Fishkind

Dr. Henry Fishkind
President, Fishkind & Associates

Mayor Bill Foster
City of St. Petersburg

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Sandra Freedman
Former Mayor of Tampa

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Judy L. Genshaft
President, University of South Florida

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Congressman Sam Gibbons
Former Representative, United States Congress

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Bo Godbold
President, Raymond James Financial, Inc.

Richard Gonzmart
co-owner & President of Columbia Restaurant Group

Ken Good
Tampa Palms’ Developer

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Mayor Dick Greco
Mayor, City of Tampa; DeBartolo Senior Executive
Mayor Frank Hibbard
City of Clearwater

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Al Hoffman, Jr.
CEO, WCI Communities, Inc.
  Paul M. Homan
President, First Florida Banks, Inc.

 

Mayor Pam Iorio
Former Mayor of Tampa

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Tom James
Chairman & CEO, Raymond James Financial, Inc.

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Bob Martinez
Former Florida Governor, Formal Federal Drug Czar and Former Mayor of Tampa

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Senator John McKay
President, the Florida Senate

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Rich McKay
Former General Manager, Tampa Bay Buccaneers; General Manager, Atlanta Falcons

Robert Merck
Senior Managing Director and Head of Real Estate Investments, MetLife

Peter H. Monroe
President, Oversight Board of Resolution Trust Corporation
Chairman & CEO, National Real Estate Ventures (NREV)

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Rick Nafe
Executive Director, Tampa Sports Authority

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Frank Newman
Chairman & CEO, Eckerd Corporation

Gary Prosterman
President at DSG, Inc.
Lane Ramsfield
Vice President of Real Estate, Port Tampa Bay

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Ron Rotella
Executive Director, Westshore Alliance & Special Consultant to the Mayor of the City of Tampa

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Willard G. Rouse III
Chairman, CEO and President, Liberty Property Trust

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David Ruberg
Chairman, President & CEO, Intermedia Communications, Inc.

 

Charles Rutenberg
Chairman, Rutenberg Corporation

 

Jeff Saut
Managing Director, Equity Research, Chief Investment Strategist,Raymond James & Associates

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Jeffrey H. Schwartz
President, Vizional Technologies, Inc.

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Steven M. Seibert
Secretary, Florida Department of Community Affairs

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Melvin Sembler
U.S. Ambassador to Italy (and formerly to Australia and Nauru) and former Chairman of the Board of The Sembler Company

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Alex Sink
President, NationsBank of Florida

Sean Snaith, Ph.D.
University of Central Florida’s Institute for Economic Competitiveness

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Robert Strudler
Chairman, U.S. Home Corporation

Charles E. Sykes
President and CEO of Sykes Enterprises, Inc.
Chair of the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce

John Sykes
Chairman, Florida 2012, Inc.

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William S. Taubman
Executive Vice President, The Taubman Company

 

J. Ronald Terwilliger

Chairman Emeritus, Trammell Crow Residential ; Chairman of the Board, Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.; Vice Chairman, Enterprise Community Investment, Inc.

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Chairman, First Florida Banks, Inc.
 

Keith White
President, Reinhold P. Wolff Economic Research, Inc.

 

Jack Wilson
Chairman, The Wilson Company & Superbowl XXXV Task Force