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An early morning tradition at the REALTORS® Conference & Expo, the COMMERCIAL CAFFEINATED NETWORKING BREAKFAST is where commercial practitioners enjoy getting rare perspectives from thought leaders in and around the industry. This year, Wayne D’Amico, CCIM, Xceligent’s™ EVP of Corporate Development & Strategic Relations, conducted a one-on-one chat with corporate real estate executive Peter Stergos, CCIM. Stergos handles global real estate transactions for $57 billion aerospace and building systems behemoth United Technologies. United’s 195,000 employees and numerous business lines need a lot of guidance when it comes to build-or-buy decisions, and Stergos provides it.
The wide-ranging talk touched on some of what United faces in securing the right broker, space requirements, disposition of assets, and updating property for LEED certs as well as the company’s need to be near airports and seaports.
Stergos, who moved in his career from working on the United account at Cushman & Wakefeld to becoming the client, brought a unique perspective to the task and now leads a team of regional managers through hundreds of transactions in the typical year.
Remarking on Stergos’s backstory of transitioning from brokerage into corporate, host Wayne D’Amico said “Commercial practitioners recognize that their skills and talents are very transportable. The education that CCIM gives you is your opportunity to expand what you do and Peter is the poster child for that.”
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