Andrew Zezas, SIOR, Real Estate Strategies Corporation’s CEO, Appointed to Key State of New Jersey Real Estate Advisory Committee

(Somerset, New Jersey):  Real Estate Strategies Corporation, the New Jersey based corporate real estate advisory and transaction services firm announced today that Andrew Zezas, SIOR, its President and CEO, has been appointed to a key committee of the Real Estate Commission of the State of New Jersey.  

The New Jersey State Department of Banking and Insurance, of which the Real Estate Commission is a part, has appointed Mr. Zezas to the Real Estate Commission Continuing Education Voluntary Advisory Committee.  The Advisory Committee, which is comprised of professionals and executives volunteering their knowledge and their time, will be responsible to review and advise the State as to the curriculum that will form the foundation of a newly legislated Act requiring New Jersey real estate salespersons and brokers to complete approved continuing education courses.

Notice of the appointment came on June 1, 2010, in a letter from Thomas B. Considine, Commissioner of the State of New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance.  Andrew Zezas was quoted as saying “New Jersey is the last of the 50 states to institute a continuing education program for real estate licensees.  Ensuring that the State’s real estate professionals have an opportunity to learn useful information will be essential to establishing a quality continuing education program.”  He added “I am very excited and honored to serve New Jersey and the real estate community in this most important process, and will do my absolute best to support the objectives of both the State’s continuing education program and the needs of residential and commercial real estate agents and brokers.”

Andrew Zezas, SIOR, an award-winning corporate real estate advisor, noted author, thought-leader, and conference speaker,  is CEO of Real Estate Strategies Corporation, serves on the legislative committee of the New Jersey Association of Realtors, and is Vice President of the New Jersey chapter of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors.

Real Estate Strategies Corporation is a respected corporate real estate advisory and transaction services firm that provides thought-leadership, decision-making, planning, project management and transaction execution services to financial and senior executives at management team-led public, private, and portfolio companies, and not-for-profit organizations.  Under the leadership of its award-winning CEO, Andrew Zezas, SIOR,  RealStrat’s clients engage the firm when acquiring, disposing, renegotiating, or enhancing occupied leased or owned real estate in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, Florida, Oklahoma, and throughout North America.  By creating and executing Business DRIVEN Real Estate Solutions and identifying hidden Opportunities, RealStrat drives greater operational and financial performance in support of its clients’ stakeholder objectives, M&A requirements, and exit strategies.

In the current economic environment, RealStrat’s efforts are focused on uncovering, capturing, and re-purposing hidden liquidity and minimizing risk in its clients’ leased and owned real estate.  The firm provides counsel as to competitive advantage strategies in preparation for the eventual economic recovery.  By restructuring existing leases, disposing of surplus property, structuring sale / lease back transactions, securing new and replacement financing, and acquiring leased or owned real estate, RealStrat reduces its clients’ occupancy costs and risk, and increases their operational flexibility and resiliency.  Many of the firm’s clients have realized multiple seven-figure present value cash benefits through the creative planning and execution of these strategies.  Visit www.RealStrat.com.

 

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