Andrew Florance
Description Andrew C. Florance founded the Company in 1987. As President and CEO of CoStar, Mr. Florance has directed CoStar?s successful expansion from start-up, to its IPO in July 1998, to its market-leading position today with approximately 1,400 people working for the Company worldwide, a client base that includes the commercial real estate industry?s leading brokerage firms and property owners and an international service platform that includes the entire United States, London, England, other parts of the United Kingdom and Paris, France. Mr. Florance is actively involved in building awareness of energy efficiency and sustainability within the commercial property sector, and he is a frequent speaker on this topic at industry events. He co-authored the first comprehensive, nationwide analysis of leasing and sales activity in energy-efficient office buildings with Dr. Norm Miller, professor and director of academic programs at the Burnham-Moores Center for Real Estate. The study, which was published in the Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management (?JREPM?), was selected by the American Real Estate Society as the Best Paper published in the JREPM for 2008. The groundbreaking study was also a critical factor in the Company being selected as the only commercial real estate-related company to win an ENERGY STAR award for excellence from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. In addition, Mr. Florance is the recipient of numerous other awards recognizing his accomplishments as an entrepreneur and corporate leader, including: Cornell Real Estate Review?s Real Estate Industry Executive of the Year for 2009; Transwestern?s 2007 Public Company Trendsetter of the Year for revolutionizing the way the commercial real estate industry gathers, analyzes and uses information on commercial property and markets; Ernst & Young?s Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2000 for his pioneering work in real estate information services; and Commercial Real Estate Women?s (CREW?s) 15th anniversary award for industry innovation. He serves on the Board of Directors of the American Real Estate Society, an association of real estate thought leaders, and as a Trustee of the National Building Museum. He also serves on the Governing Board for Beauvoir, the National Cathedral Elementary School. Mr. Florance received a B.A. in economics from Princeton University. To view the detailed information, you need to SUBSCRIBE with us. |
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