Davis received the Realtors® Land Institute 2019 Rising Star Award as part of their RLI Leadership Awards Program. The RLI Rising Star Award recognizes a member approaching a mid-level in their career who is on their way to making significant contributions to the land profession and to RLI.
Davis was presented the award by 2020 National President Kyle Hansen, ALC, and RLI CEO Aubrie Kobernus, MBA, RCE, during RLI’s Virtual National Land Conference (NLC20) on Monday, March 30. Land professionals from around the country tuned-in online to attend the Virtual NLC20 where four RLI members received awards through the esteemed Realtors® Land Institute Leadership Awards Program. All award recipients are nominated and selected by their peers.
Additionally, Davis has also been recognized as an APEX 2019 Top Twenty National Producer by the Realtors® Land Institute as a part of the RLI APEX Production Awards Program, sponsored by The Land Report. Davis was recognized by RLI CEO Aubrie Kobernus, MBA, RCE, as well as The Land Report’s Co-founders Eddie Lee Rider Jr. and Eric O’Keefe on Monday, March 30, during RLI’s Virtual 2020 National Land Conference (NLC20).
“We are proud of Matt Davis and all of our members that were recognized as part of our award programs for their accomplishments in 2019. They truly are the crème of the crop when it comes to land real estate professionals,” said Aubrie about the winners.
The RLI APEX Awards Program, sponsored by The Land Report, celebrated its third year with a record 105 applicants totaling a combined $2.65+ billion in qualifying transaction volume and 3,535 sides represented. All land professionals recognized as part of the RLI APEX Awards Program are active members of RLI. The APEX 2019 Top Twenty Award winners were ranked by qualifying production volume and are also all included in the APEX Producers Club. For more information on the top award winners, make sure to get a copy of The Land Report, one of the industry’s leading magazines for landowners and land professionals, which will publicize the top winners in their upcoming Spring 2020 issue. All land real estate professionals are invited to join RLI and apply to the prestigious APEX Awards Program next year.
Of note, on February 21 Davis had also officially joined the ranks of those holding the elite Accredited Land Consultant (ALC) Designation. The Realtors® Land Institute confers the Accredited Land Consultant (ALC) Designation only to its members who meet the rigorous knowledge and experience requirements. The ALC Designation is recognized throughout the industry as the pinnacle of achievement for land real estate professionals.
“I am honored to be recognized by RLI for both my contribution to the organization and profession, as well as production volume,” said Matt Davis. “Being involved in RLI provides a great opportunity to gain perspective about the land market from my peers across the country, which puts me in a great position to best serve clients. Additionally, I enjoy the opportunity to share the best practices developed by Cushman & Wakefield’s Land Advisory Group with the other land professionals who make up RLI’s membership.”
Cushman & Wakefield Land Advisory Group professionals cultivate strategies for land needs ranging from individual sites to multi-market portfolios. The group consists of 100+ land professionals offering local market intelligence throughout the US and Canada. Cushman & Wakefield Land Advisory Group works with both institutional and private buyers and sellers, providing extensive, market-specific knowledge and regulatory and entitlement expertise to help clients evaluate the highest and best use of any parcel of land.
About the REALTORS® Land Institute
The Realtors® Land Institute, The Voice of Land, continually strives to maintain its status as the acknowledged leader for all matters pertaining to the land real estate profession. RLI endeavors to remain the essential membership organization for the extraordinary real estate professionals who broker, lease, sell, develop, and manage our most precious resource: the land. The Realtors® Land Institute provides the expertise, camaraderie, and valuable resources that are the foundation for all land real estate professionals to become the best in the business. For more information, visit rliland.com or call 800.441.5263.
