The Tribune

LARRY Roberts, chief executive of NAI Bahamas, the commercial division of Bahamas Realty, has achieved the SIOR office designation awarded by the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors. SIOR is a Washington DC-based international organisation of more than 3,000 commercial real estate professionals, 2,800 of whom have earned the SIOR designation. To achieve the designation, Mr Roberts completed at least five years of experience in office real estate; met stringent education requirements; and demonstrated professional ability, competency, ethical conduct, and personal integrity. Mr Roberts has been a licensed real estate broker in the Bahamas for 43 years. Individuals who hold the SIOR designation are top producers in the commercial real estate field, and are represented in more than 630 cities in 29 countries around the world. SIOR enforces a strict code of ethics and requires its ethics course tio be completed within the first three years of membership. Today, there are 3,000 SIOR members in 630 cities in 29 countries. Mr Roberts attended the SIOR Spring Conference on Miami Beach recentlym where he was formally introduced as an SIOR member. In August last year, Bahamas Realty Commercial joined NAI Global as its exclusive member for the Bahamas. Bahamas Realty Commercial is now known as NAI Bahamas. NAI Global is one of the world's leading providers of commercial real estate services with a network of 5,000 professionals and 350 offices in 55 countries.