The Tribune

Veteran Bahamian realtor, Larry Roberts, captured the NAI Global President’s Award at the organisation’s recent Commercial Real Estate Conference.

Mr Roberts said he was “honoured, surprised and delighted to receive the NAI President’s Award, particularly as we are relatively new members of this extraordinary group”.

Mr Roberts is the chief executive of NAI Bahamas Realty Commercial, the commercial division of Bahamas Realty. He also heads that company.

NAI president, Jay Olshonsky, presented the President’s Award to Mr Roberts for his “leadership, participation, initiative and cooperation in fostering the interests of NAI Global between members”.

More than 700 North American commercial real estate leaders, plus 70 from the Latin American and Caribbean area, attended the event at which Mr Roberts was honoured.

And there was more good news to come for the Bahamas. For Mr Roberts and Lindsey Cancino, chief financial officer of Bahamas Realty, also secured NAI’s next regional meeting to be held in Nassau this May.

Mr Cancino explained that he and Mr Roberts used the recent Las Vegas conference to “solidify the contacts in the NAI Global network, particularly as it relates to the Caribbean and Latin American countries, and to strengthen contacts with China and Australia offices concerning business which could come out of Freeport”.

In Latin America and the Caribbean, NAI Global is the largest commercial real estate services provider, with 33 offices in 13 countries, offering services from traditional brokerage to MAI Appraisal, lease administration, portfolio management and audit, investment services, hospitality consulting, logistics/supply chain solutions, project management, and design build and sustainability LEED Design Consulting.

NAI Global has a network of 5,000 professionals and 350 offices in 55 countries.

Of Mr Roberts’ President’s Award, Mr Cancino said: “We knew he was nominated, but were a little surprised that he won, because we are rather new with NAI. Larry has been very involved in the committees he sits on. The award is for his contribution to the leadership role in Latin American and Caribbean division.

Mr Roberts added: “When you are dealing with Bahamas Realty and NAI Bahamas, our commercial division, you are dealing with the whole NAI Global group, the top independent realtors in 55 countries with $45 billion in transactions annually. We manage more than 300 million square feet of commercial space. “

Bahamas Realty Commercial joined NAI Global two years ago, as its exclusive member for the Bahamas. It is now known as NAI Bahamas Realty Commercial.