The "Skies the Limit" at the HRACRE/ODU Commercial Real Estate Career Fair
September 30, 2025 ~ 2:00-5:00pm
Chartway Arena ~ Big Blue Room

The following companies and organizations with representatives will be there to visit and discuss opportunities:

Advanced Waterproofing & Restoration of Virginia Inc. (Waterproofing & Restoration)

Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc. (Commercial Real Estate)

Commonwealth Commercial Partners, LLC (Real Estate Firm)

CoStar Group (CRE Analytics)

CREW Coastal Virginia (Women's CRE Organization)

Divaris Real Estate, Inc. (Commercial Real Estate)

Franklin Group (Multifamily Real Estate)

Harvey Lindsay Commercial Real Estate (Commercial Real Estate)

Heartland Construction (General Contractor)

HRACRE (Commercial Real Estate Organization)

IREM (Commercial Real Estate Organization)

ODU Harvey Lindsay School of Real Estate (Real Estate Education)

Pembroke Realty Group (Real Estate Firm)

Power Electric Company (Electrical Contractor)

SL Nusbaum Realty Co (Real Estate Firm)

Southern Bank & Trust (Finance)

The Breeden Company (Real Estate Firm)

The Hampton Roads Workforce Council (Workforce Development)

The Miller Group (Commercial Real Estate)

The Runnymede Corporation (Commercial Real Estate)

Tidewater Diamond (Retail)

TowneBank (Finance) 

Vansant & Gusler, Inc. (Engineering)

Virginia Association of Assessment Officers (Assessment Officers)

WHLR (Commercial Real Estate)

Commercial Real Estate industry leader speaker line up includes:
(Each panel will be 15-20 minutes with a question/answer period after each one.)

2:20pm, Speaker Panel One:
"Young Professionals Panel- How did you get into Commercial Real Estate and was it what you expected?  Lessons learned?"

Jack Sessoms, Runnymede 
Stanton McDuffie, Commonwealth Commercial
Sophie Gregourio, Commonwealth Commercial
Nesha Ubiles, Harvey Lindsay

3:10pm, Speaker Panel Two:
"Now that you have been in the industry for 10+ years, was the industry what you expected?"

Krista Costa, Divaris
Wesley Dodd, Armadda Hoffler
Mark Rinaldi, The Bush Companies
Jeremy Starkey, TowneBank
Andy Stein, Harvey Lindsay  

3:50pm, Speaker Panel Three:
"Networking and why it is important- How and why to incorporate different techniques,
i.e. Social Media, Professional Organizations, Relationship Building, Face to Face, etc. ?"

Jon Elliott, Creoteric
Tony Divaris, Divaris 
Leonard Provost, Heartland Construction
Janet Days, Suffolk Economic Development
Gresh Wall, Commonwealth Commercial 

Walk-Ins Welcome!!

We look forward to seeing you soon!