People: Dickson Commercial’s Joel Fountain achieves SIOR designation
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Thursday June 24th 2021
Joel Fountain of the Dickson Commercial Group recently received the SIOR Industry Designation, awarded by the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors.
Fountain, who joined DCG in 2014 with a focus on industrial sales and rentals, began his commercial real estate career in the Grubb & Ellis office division, which worked there for three years, according to a June 14 press release.
For the next four years, he was an associate for SVN Gold Dust Commercial Associates, specializing in the sales and leasing of office, retail, industrial and real estate in Northern Nevada.
He started his career as a broker in 2012; He is currently a Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) and an active member of the Commercial Real Estate Development Association (NAIOP).
“I am grateful to have earned my SIOR designation and to join some of the best and most respected brokers in the country, and I look forward to continuing to serve my company and clients to the best of my ability,” said Fountain in one Explanation .
Before starting his real estate career, he played minor league baseball in Florida and North Carolina for the Miami Marlins organization.
“We are very proud of Joel and his latest SIOR appointment. Joel has established himself as a respected broker and expert in the industrial market here in Northern Nevada, ”said Tom Fennell, CCIM and Principal at DCG, in a statement. “The SIOR network is highly valued by our law firm because it is made up of a group of professionals who exemplify much of what we strive for in our company. Joel will be a great addition to the SIOR network and we are fortunate to have another of our senior brokers with the organization and everything related to it. “
SIOR is a Washington, DC-based international professional body of more than 3,400 commercial real estate professionals who have earned the coveted SIOR designation. In order to receive the designation SIOR, Hansen has completed at least five years of creditable experience in the highly specialized area of industrial real estate; meets strict educational requirements; and demonstrated professional skills, competence, ethical behavior and personal integrity.
People with the name SIOR are top producers in the field of commercial real estate and are represented in more than 685 cities in 36 countries worldwide. SIOR enforces a strict code of ethics and requires officers to complete the ethics course within the first three years of their membership.