ROBERT J. PLISKA, CRE, CPA RECEIVES THE PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD FROM THE MICHIGAN ASSOCIATION OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
BIRMINGHAM, MI, October 3, 2011– Robert J. Pliska, CRE, CPA, Managing Director, Sperry Van Ness, Birmingham, Michigan was honored with the Public Service Award from the Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants at the Townsend Hotel in Birmingham. Mr. Pliska received the award for his activities, accomplishments, impact on the community, commitment and innovation while providing outstanding service as a valued member of the profession. He has shown his continual substantial involvement with civic and community activities throughout metropolitan Detroit, the state of Michigan, and the United States. The award is given once a year. Mr. Pliska was nominated from 18,000 members of the Michigan Association of CPA’s.
Pliska has over 35 years of commercial and investment real estate experience. He specializes in the sale, leasing, financing, managing, consulting, accelerated marketing and auctioning of apartments, office, industrial, retail and hotel properties and has secured more than $1.5 billion in real estate transactions. Pliska served as president and/or officer of several commercial real estate firms. He also holds the prestigious CRE, the designation of an international group of very high profile professionals that includes members of prominent real estate firms. Only 1,100 practitioners throughout the world carry the CRE designation, denoting the highest recognition in the real estate industry.
His activities include, among others, being on the board for such organizations as the International Institute of Detroit, Childhelp USA, the Birmingham Bloomfield Symphony Orchestra, Holy Cross Children’s Services, Madonna University and Legatus. He has been supportive of many other organizations including Michigan Bach Festival (past president), Cranbrook Academy, Angel’s Place, Capuchins Soup Kitchen, Child Abuse and Neglect Council, Karamanos Cancer, the Parade Company, the Smithsonian Academy of Arts, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Detroit Institute of Arts, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, the Great Lakes Music Festival, Birmingham Community House, Variety, Hospice of Michigan, St Vincent de Paul Society, the Lennon Center, Cornerstone Schools, and many others. For further information see Robert Pliska
Additionally, he is active in many business related groups to improve his profession including serving as president of the Commercial Board of Realtors, the Communications Committee of the Counselors of Real Estate of the National Association of Realtors, the Communications Committee of the Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants, International Board Member and Membership Chairman of an International CEO group, Life Member of the Economic Club of Detroit, Chairman and Treasurer of the Real Estate Answer Forum, Detroit Chairman of the Real Estate Cyberspace Society, Board of Directors of the Real Estate Roundtable, member of the Birmingham Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce, member of the International Council of Shopping Centers, member of the Association for Corporate Growth, member of the alumni association of Michigan State University and many other groups.
Founded in 1987, Sperry Van Ness is one of the largest commercial real estate brokerage firms in the United States with over 900 advisors in 150 locations. Sperry Van Ness provides advisory, brokerage consultation, asset management, property management, leasing, financial, accelerated marketing and auction services. To provide the highest value to its clients, Sperry Van Ness is the only national firm that in addition to marketing to investors and existing clients, implements an immediate proactive strategy to market all listings to the brokerage community sharing its fees 50/50. Guided by this principal of proactive compensated cooperation, Sperry Van Ness, based in Irvine, Calif., has advised clients on billions of dollars in office, multifamily, retail, industrial, hospitality and land transactions. For more information, please visit www.svn.com.
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