Gary M. Ralston, CCIM, SIOR, SRS, CPM, CRE, CLS, CDP,
CRX, FRICS is a managing partner of SVN Commercial Saunders Ralston
Dantzler Realty, LLC – the premier commercial services provider in Central
Florida (Polk County). He is a recognized subject matter expert on retail and
commercial properties. His experience includes the complete spectrum of
commercial real estate services. In addition, he is a successful real estate
developer, investor, and group investment sponsor.
From the early 1990s through 2004 Gary was the president
and a member of the board of directors of Commercial Net Lease Realty, Inc.
(NYSE:NNN) the industry leader in single-tenant corporate net-leased real
estate. During that time he guided the company’s growth from less than $15
million in real estate assets to over $1.5 billion.
Gary holds the Certified Commercial Investment Member
(CCIM), Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR), Specialist in Real
Estate Securities (SRS), Certified Property Manager (CPM), Counselor of Real
Estate (CRE), Graduate, Realtor Institute (GRI), Certified Leasing Specialist
(CLS), Certified Development, Design and Construction Professional (CDP),
Certified Retail Property Executive (CRX) and Fellow of the Royal Institute of
Chartered Surveyors (FRICS) professional designations. He is also a Florida
licensed real estate broker and certified building contractor.
Gary is a senior instructor for the CCIM Institute and a
member of the board of directors of the CCIM Institute and the Education
Committee. He is a Past President of the Florida CCIM Chapter. He is a full
member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and a former Vice Chairman of the
Small Scale Development Council. He is a member of the International Council of
Shopping Centers (ICSC) and an instructor for the ICSC University of Shopping
Centers at Wharton, the ICSC Executive Learning series and RECon Academy.
Gary holds a Masters in Real Estate and Construction
Management from the Franklin L. Burns School of Real Estate and Construction
Management at the University of Denver. In 2007 he was named an adjunct faculty
member at the University of Denver, in 2011 he was named an adjunct faculty
member at Florida Southern College and in 2013 Gary was named an adjunct
faculty member at the University of Florida. He is the chair of the I-4
Commercial Corridor at Florida Polytechnic University conference and co-chair
of the Florida Southern College real estate conference.
Gary was inducted as a Hoyt Fellow (www.hoyt.org) in
2001. He is a member of the Regional Economic Information Network of the
Jacksonville Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Gary is recognized
as the second most accredited commercial real estate professional in the
Nation.
Disciplines
Commercial Real Estate
Leasing and Tenant Representation
Consulting
Florida Certified Building Contractor
Instructor, Adjunct Faculty - University of Florida & Florida Southern
College