News: Financial Digest
Posted: November 3, 2014
Herbst from AEW Management draws record crowd for REFA Gala
On Thursday, October 2, over 550 REFA members and guests gathered at the Westin Copley Place for the 26th Annual REFA Gala to honor Pam Herbst with AEW Capital Management as the recipient of the Robert S. Swain Jr. Distinguished Service Award.
Herbst joined an elite list in the real estate community of past recipients; most recently mayor Thomas Menino in 2013, Joe Fallon of the Fallon Company in 2012, Thomas Hynes of Colliers International in 2011, and Thomas DeSimone of WS Development in 2010. Several past honorees attended the Gala - including John Fowler, HFF; George Fantini, Fantini & Gorga and Marci Griffith Loeber, Griffith Properties.
This fall, REFA will hold many great events including an Industry Leaders Luncheon with Anthony Frammartino, principal of The Townsend Group on Tuesday, October 21 and a REFA Education Program on the Real Estate Market Outlook which will be held on Wednesday, November 12. The Real Estate Market Outlook program will feature a presentation by Mitch Roschelle, partner at PwC and Andy Warren, director, real estate research at PwC who will share highlights from the Emerging Trends publication of PwC and ULI.
Interested in Joining REFA or learning more about REFA's events? Contact Maggie Collins at mcollins@gbreb.com
For more information about the events and membership, please visit our website at www.refa.org.
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