New York City has Seinfeld and Sex and the City tours, and savvy entrepreneurs in north New Jersey offer Tony Soprano-themed guided trips. In Hollywood, of course, there are maps that trace where celebrities live. Now Tampa has its own excursion — only this one isn’t for stars. Instead, it’s a map to commercial real…
The Retail Bus Tour founded in Palm Beach County is adding routes in Atlanta, Tampa, Orlando and up the East Coast. Gary Broidis, left, leads Retail Bus Tour participants (Scott Tunis, right) in polls, jokes and trivia contests in between stops at shopping centers. (By Debbie Marzano of Jemstone Construction Group) Commercial real estate brokers Gary Broidis…
The Retail Bus Tour is now boarding. No, these are not charter coaches for shoppers — unless one happens to be shopping for commercial space. Under the tagline “Thinking Outside the Office,” these whirlwind tours of up to 40 shopping centers give industry insiders the type of close-up-and-personalview of a shopping center that is impossible…
In just 16 months, Gary Broidis and Larry Brooks have taken the Boca Raton-based Retail Bus Tour from a networking alternative for local real estate professionals to a growing multistate operation. Following the success of tours in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, company cofounders Broidis and Brooks realized the concept — in which more…