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We passed by construction sites for new hotels, ate lunch in the lobby of a new movie theater and learned about what new restaurants and fashion boutiques will be opening this summer. It was all part of the day-long Retail Bus Tour through the Triangle on Thursday. I snapped a few photos along the way,…

The national expansion envisioned three years ago by Gary Broidis and Larry Brooks when they launched the Retail Bus Tour Inc. in South Florida is happening earlier than expected. As the Boca Raton-based retail specialists prepare for next Thursday’s annual tour of MiamiDade County shopping centers, Broidis and Brooks have inked deals for 2013 bus…

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…

If you were looking for a commercial real estate broker or leasing agent on Thursday, chances are you could find many of them in one place. About 150 boarded three buses for a day-long tour of 37 properties from Boca Raton north to Jupiter. The Retail Bus Tour, a marketing and network event, began last…

It was a whirlwind trip through shopping centers and a social occasion all rolled into three busloads of landlord reprsentatives, potential tenants and retail-friendly business people. Thursday, was the inaugural Retail Bus Tour for Palm Beach County. The buses rolled out of Boca Raton around 8:30 a.m., headed up to Jupiter and then back south…

Rarely does a real estate networking event involve a police escort, karaoke sing-a-longs and pit stops at Hooters. But all were part of Thursday’s bus tour, where about 150 retail professionals  — from brokers to developers to attorneys — piled on three buses and visited nearly 40 prominent shopping centers in Miami-Dade County. Founded by…

Feb. 1, 2011 – PRLog — Boca Raton, FL – February 1, 2011 — The Retail Bus Tour, Inc. (www.retailbustour.com), a new marketing and networking event specifically designed for the shopping center industry will be making another stop in South Florida. The company has announced the second Tour will be taking place in Miami-Dade County,…