RICS South Central Chapter
| The RICS South Central Chapter includes members located in Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Louisiana. The purpose of the South Central Chapter Board is to provide a medium for RICS members to network and organize events that assist with continuing professional development. Most South Central events currently take place in Houston and Dallas. |
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James Arrow FRICS Chapter Chair Kellogg Brown & Root 601 Jefferson Avenue Houston, TX 77002 T: +1 713-753-3309 Email James |
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Kim Kobriger FRICS Membership Committee Leader Lewis Realty Advisors/Echo Consulting 952 Echo Lane, Suite 315 Houston, TX 77204 T: +1 713-461-1466 Email Kim |
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Richard Voelker FRICS Dallas Events Committee Leader Voelker Consultants, Inc. 7522 Greenbrier Drive Dallas, TX 75225 T: +1 214-725-8540 Email Richard |
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Bunmi Osazuwa MRICS Networking Committee Leader Kriterion QS Consult LLC 1304 Langham Creek Drive, #402 Houston, TX 77084 T: +1 832-460-2006 Email Bunmi |
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Ian Hancock MRICS Houston Events Committee Leader HM Equity Management, LLC 3321 Drexel Drive Houston, TX 77027 T: +1 713-584-7480 Email Ian |
For our South Central Chapter Board biographies, please click here: South Central Chapter Board biographies.
Past Event Photos
RICS & CCIM present: How to Do a Deal in This Economy, Dallas, TX - February 24, 2011
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RICS South Central Lunch Meeting, Houston, TX - January 18, 2011
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Chapter News and South Central Member Articles
Kim M. Kobriger MRICS CCIM Ph.D. Served as Judge for Texas A&M University Student Ethics Competition Kim M. Kobriger MRICS CCIM Ph.D. and local Chair of Membership for the RICS South Central Chapter was one of four judges invited by the Texas A&M University Department of Construction Science in their first ever Case Study of Ethics using the American Institute of Constructors (AIC) Code of Ethics for Constructors. Read more... US Court of Appeals Upholds Appraiser’s Testimony; Report Deemed Admissible On December 1, 2010, the United States Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit found that the 93-acre Plano, TX property (the estate) of Meyer Levy deceased, valued at approximately $25 million by appraiser Jack Friedman FRICS, the Government’s valuation expert, was accurate, dismissing the executors’ claim that the methodology used by Friedman was flawed. Read more... Five Levels of Synergy Potential to Create Real Estate Value Professionals in the real estate industry frequently use the word "synergy." An Internet search in early 2010 using the search string "real estate synergy" resulted in 980,000 hits on Google and 1,130,000 hits on Bing. Downloading a sample of these sites indicated that "synergy" is used primarily as a marketing concept. The concept of synergy is commonly used by industry groups such as property developers and shopping center operators. Read more... |