Adam Palmer, a Southwest Florida commercial real estate broker with almost two decades of experience, is on the path to becoming president of CCIM Institute, one of the nation’s largest collections of commercial real estate brokers.
Palmer’s election as first vice president of CCIM, effective 2024, puts him in line to become president in 2026.
“Sometimes it’s referred to as the Ph.D. of commercial real estate,” Palmer said of CCIM, which stands for Certified Commercial Investment Member. “A small percentage of real estate professionals and commercial real estate professionals have this designation. There’s also transactional volume criteria that is required. It truly is a best of the best program.”
There are about 150 members from Southwest Florida, 1,000 from Florida and about 13,000 total around the world, Palmer said.
“I’m excited for the opportunity that it brings to Southwest Florida,” Palmer said. “There’s never been any president that has come from Southwest Florida as their primary place of business. I’m looking forward to the ambassador upside to bringing the spotlight to Southwest Florida. It’s more about how much awareness is there outside of the industry.
“CCIM has a presence at just about every main commercial real estate conference or event across the globe. It will be great for Southwest Florida having a president of this illustrious organization.”
Palmer said he hoped his role as president would help garner more attention to the region from some of the world’s biggest commercial real estate titans.
Palmer said he has brokered more than 500 transactions in Charlotte, Collier and Lee counties. He said he completed the second-largest industrial lease deal in the state last year, a 600,000-square-foot warehouse in Tampa, leased by beverage packing manufacturer Ball Corp.
Palmer served as president of the Florida CCIM chapter in 2018.
“Obviously, just by circumstance in conversation, I’ll be bringing to their attention where my home base of geography is,” Palmer said. “I look forward to being an ambassador for bringing that level of awareness to Southwest Florida.”
