$10 Buys a Rubber Duck and Feeds a Hungry Child for a Weekend!

Come to the Great American Tobacco Duck Race for some family fun while supporting the important work of the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle.

On Saturday, Oct. 1 from noon-5pm hundreds of individuals, families and companies will gather on the banks of the Ol’ Bull River at American Tobacco in Downtown Durham for the FOX 50 Family Fest and duck race.

There will be prizes at the individual and the corporate level. Prizes will be awarded for 1st through 3rd Place, and for Best Decorated Duck.

Buy individual ducks for $10 each.

Buy corporate ducks for $250 each.

Purchase ducks in advance at: http://foodshuttle.eventbrite.com/ or by calling 919-250-0043, or by visiting our website: www.foodshuttle.org

Video Series Recaps 2011 Legislative Session

The 2011 legislative session covered many issues important to REALTORS® and the real estate industry.

A series of four videos has been developed to provide a recap of the most significant measures addressed. The first two videos have been featured in previous Government Affairs Updates. In video 3, Legislative Chairman Grady Watkins and NCAR Director of Government Affairs Cady Thomas discuss passage of the Commercial Broker Lien Law and its significance for commercial brokers. In video 4, Watkins and Thomas discuss legislation that was passed that impacts rental inspections and registrations.

Tacquire Database Now Available on Chapel Hill Economic Development Site

Provides Real-Time Commercial Property Listings

TCAR (www.TCAR.com), the Triangle Commercial Association of REALTORS®, announces today the integration of its commercial real estate exchange portal, Tacquire, into the Town of Chapel Hill’s economic development website. Titled www.opentobusiness.biz, the site provides information for businesses considering calling Chapel Hill home. Tacquire’s portal provides visitors with real-time property and listing data.

“We’ve launched our new site to make it easier for prospective business owners to find supporting real estate information,” says Dwight Bassett, Town of Chapel Hill economic development officer. “Tacquire’s added capabilities will provide accurate and comprehensive listings at their fingertips.”

The Tacquire web portal tracks office, industrial, retail and specialty space available for lease across the Triangle region, as well as buildings and land being marketed for sale. The database is set up to be searchable by location, property type, price range and square footage. Results can be printed, converted to a PDF, or emailed.

“Having easily accessible, up-to-date information is a key to maintaining the growth of a community,” says Kim Brennan, TCAR executive officer. “We are proud to partner with the Town of Chapel on its new site and look forward to working with them as it progresses.”

This is the fourth partnership TCAR has entered in to this year. In addition to working with the Town of Chapel Hill, the organization has also integrated its Tacquire search database into the Raleigh Economic Development (www.raleigh4u.com), the Wake County Economic Development (www.raleigh-wake.org) and Downtown Raleigh Alliance (www.YouRHere.com) websites.

Commercial Real Estate Fundraiser Nets $10,000 Donation to Boys & Girls Clubs

More than 400 Attend Sixth Annual Joint Networking Event

Joint Networking Event Attendees

RALEIGH, N.C. (September 13, 2011) ─ The Sixth Annual Joint Commercial Real Estate Networking Event was held on September 1, 2011. More than 400 guests enjoyed the evening’s festivities, including entertainment and raffle prizes. The fundraising event raised $10,000 to benefit Boys & Girls Clubs serving Wake County (www.wakebgc.org) programs.

“The commercial real estate community in our area is deeply committed to supporting Triangle charities,” says Kerry Saunders, marketing/research director for NAI Carolantic. “We are so thankful to the sponsors, hosts and attendees who made this year’s event so successful.”

The annual Triangle event has grown from the desire of commercial real estate organizations to join together to host a networking fundraiser to support the programs and services of area nonprofits. To date, $60,000 has been donated to local charities, including Hilltop Homes, Wake County Women’s Shelter, Pretty in Pink, Interact and the Inter – Faith Food Shuttle.

Dilweg Commercial (www.dilweg.com) served as gold sponsor, joining more than 45 organizations supporting the event. Nine trade organizations participated in the event, including:

African American Real Estate Professionals of North Carolina (AAREPNC)
Building Owners and Managers/Raleigh-Durham (BOMA)
Certified Commercial Investment Member/North Carolina Chapter (CCIM)
International Facility Management Association (IFMA)
Institute of Real Estate Management/Greater Raleigh-Durham (IREM)
National Association of Industrial and Office Properties/Research Triangle (NAIOP)
Triangle Commercial Association of Realtors (TCAR)
Triangle Commercial Real Estate Women (TCREW)
Triangle Area Office Building Association (TRAOBA)

About Triangle Commercial Association of REALTORS®:
The Triangle Commercial Association of REALTORS® (TCAR) is one of 1,800 local associations of REALTORS® nationwide that comprise the National Association of REALTORS®. TCAR is the second largest commercial overlay board in North Carolina with 600 members and is accredited through the REALTORS® Commercial Alliance. The association was established in 1995, but began as a committee of the residential board in 1977. TCAR currently serves a 14 county area, including the Triangle, for real estate practitioners, appraisers, property managers, and other professionals allied with the real estate industry. For more information, visit www.tcar.com.

About the Boys & Girls Clubs serving Wake County:
The Boys & Girls Clubs serving Wake County offers young people a range of fun and educational activities. The Boys & Girls Club’s mission is to enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens. Visit www.wakebgc.org for more information.