ABOUT COMMERCIAL AGENT Gary Ralston

Gary M. Ralston, CCIM, SIOR, SRS, CPM, CRE, CLS, CDP, CRX, CRRP, FRICS is a Managing Director and Senior Advisor of SVN Saunders Ralston Dantzler Real Estate in Lakeland, FL the premier commercial services provider in Central Florida.

Gary is a recognized subject matter expert on retail and commercial properties, a successful real estate developer, investor, and group investment sponsor.

From the early 1990s through 2004, Gary was the president and member of the board of directors at Commercial Net Lease Realty, Inc. NYSENNN the industry leader in single-tenant, net-leased, corporate 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 many designations including 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, Certified Leasing Specialist CLS, Certified Development, Design, and Construction Professional CDP, Certified Retail Property Executive CRX, Certified Retail Real Estate Professional CRRP and Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors 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. He is also a member of the Urban Land Institute ULI, a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers ICSC, and an instructor for the ICSC RECon Academy.

Gary holds a Master's in Real Estate and Construction Management from the University of Denver. He is also an adjunct faculty member at Florida Southern College and the University of Florida. Gary was inducted as a Hoyt Fellow www.hoyt.org in 2001. Later, he became a member of the Regional Economic Information Network of the Jacksonville Branch at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.

Gary is recognized as the most accredited commercial real estate practicing professional in the nation.