Joins the Healthcare RealtySource Team as Healthcare Property Specialist

PHOENIX – NAI Horizon welcomes the addition of Steve Prokopek, as Healthcare Property Specialist with their Healthcare RealtySource Team led by Tom Weinhold. Prokopek has spent 17 years in the field of economic development within the Greater Phoenix area, assisting cities with attracting and developing new employment and revenue generating projects. He has extensive experience, in the Northwest Valley assisting tenants, developers, and owners find real estate solutions including space and land searches, entitlement, permitting, public assistance programs and facility planning.

Prokopek strives to provide long term service that extends beyond the real estate transaction. Most recently he was the Director of Economic Development with the City of Peoria and worked the last 7 years developing healthcare strategies and assisting healthcare projects in the Northwest Valley.

“While in that position Steve was involved in attracting 4,000,000 square feet of new office and industrial development, the addition of 4 luxury auto dealerships, the Peoria Regional Medical Center, the Cibola Vista Resort and the Peoria Place project in downtown Peoria” said Thad Seligman, President of NAI Horizon. “Steve brings unique skill sets to our medical team and provides the medical community important inside knowledge as a result of his history working with city and county municipalities.”

Prokopek was born in Chicago and he moved to Arizona in 1978. Steve grew up in the Moon Valley area and went to Thunderbird High School. He received his Bachelors Degree in Economics from the University of Colorado and his Masters in Public Administration from Arizona State University.

18 Year Industry Veteran Joins NAI Office Properties Group as Vice President

PHOENIX – NAI Horizon welcomes the addition of Rob Downing, as Vice President with their Office Properties Group. Downing originated his commercial real estate career in the Seattle/Bellevue, WA market where he spent 11 very successful years as a top agent with Kidder Mathews, Seattle’s top commercial brokerage company. He was a First Vice President and a Principal who specialized in Office Leasing and Investment Sales. Over the past 4 years Rob has been President and CEO of Summit Property Group in Seattle, a company which developed and operated over $50,000,000 worth of retail, office and condo properties.

“I am thrilled to have another experienced office agent join our team as we continue to build our office capability and coverage in the market. Rob’s depth of experience and successful background in representing institutional clients will be a great asset to our efforts in the Phoenix market,” said Thad Seligman, President of NAI Horizon.

Downing graduated from Central Washington University with a degree in Business Administration. He is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and is a Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) canidate. In his spare time Rob is a competitive runner, having run numerous marathons including the 2006 NY Marathon and in 2007 completed his first Ironman. During his career Downing has worked with a number of clients including; Washington Mutual Bank, Mellon Bank, Boeing, Regence Blue Shield, Comp USA, Key Bank and Claremont Technologies.

JOHN S. FILLI, SIOR, APPOINTED CHAIR OF SIOR’S BENEFITS AND SERVICES COMMITTEE

PHOENIX – NAI Horizon

John S. Filli, SIOR, Senior Vice President of NAI Horizon was appointed chair of the Benefits and Services Committee at the recent Fall Professional Conference of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors® (SIOR), held in Toronto, Canada. In this position, Filli will oversee the committee’s management objectives and direct the activities of the committee to achieve its objectives.

SIOR has set forth the following definitions and mission statements for the Benefits and Services Committee:

SIOR Mission: The Society of Industrial and Office Realtors® maintains and promotes a professional designation of the highest quality for the benefit of its members and their clients.

SIOR Vision: The professional SIOR designation stands unchallenged for excellence in performance and is universally recognized as the prerequisite in the selection of a commercial real estate service provider.

Committee Function: Identify and/or provide advice and expertise about products and services that may qualify as benefits of membership (i.e. Professional Report Magazine, the SIOR Membership Directory, SIOR web site, etc.); report findings; make recommendations to the Board of Directors; and assist staff in the promotion or production of selected products or services intended as benefits of membership.

Filli achieved his industrial designation in SIOR in October of 2000 and has since served SIOR both nationally and locally in various leadership positions including: Vice Chairman- SIOR Professional Report Magazine Editorial Advisory Board (2007-2009); Membership and Retention Committee Chairman- Southwest Chapter SIOR (2002 & 2003); Secretary/Treasurer-SWC SIOR (2004 & 2005); Vice President SWC SIOR (2006 & 2007); and Chairman- NAI Global Industrial Council (2004 & 2005). Filli is also active in NAIOP, CCIM, SEVRAR and Valley Partnership.
As Senior Vice President of NAI Horizon, Filli’s primary responsibilities include the sale and lease of industrial properties and the acquisition and disposition of income properties.

Among some of Filli’s more notable achievements are the following:

• 1999- Recipient of the Mesa Broker of the Year Award
• 1999- Nominated for NAIOP’s Industrial Broker of the Year Award
• 2004- Recipient of NAI Global’s Industrial Council Service Award
• 2005- Recipient of NAI Global’s Industrial Council Leadership Appreciation Award
• 2007- Recipient of SIOR’s Largest Dollar Volume Transaction Award for the $20,000,000 disposition of 22.34 acres of land (The year long transaction involved the demolition of an 182,000 SF Manufacturing building, the relocation of a large electrical sub station, the removal and replacement of approximately 365,000 cubic yards of contaminated soil, and a lot split)
• 2008-Achieved NAI Global Gold Elite Status (Only a few of NAI Global’s 5,000 real estate agents qualified for this recognition in 2008)

The SOCIETY OF INDUSTRIAL AND OFFICE REALTORS®, based in Washington, D.C., is an international association of commercial real estate professionals who have been certified with the SIOR designation. SIOR designees are the most knowledgeable, experienced and ethical commercial real estate brokers. Individuals who hold the SIOR designation, working throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, and overseas, are top producers representing more than 1,400 offices in 590 cities globally. To learn more about SIOR, go to www.sior.com.

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