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Audie Cashion,336.886.8899

AUDIE CASHION AWARDED CCIM DESIGNATION
OCTOBER 19 IN TAMPA, FLORIDA

High Point, NC, November 2, 2006—Audie Cashion, President, Alpha World Properties (AWP), LLC, has been awarded the Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) designation by the CCIM Institute.  The designation was awarded during the Institute fall business meetings October 19 in Tampa, Florida.

            Cashion was among the 393 commercial real estate professionals from around the world who earned the designation by passing the Institute’s Comprehensive Examination, the final element in the designation process.

The CCIM designation is awarded to commercial real estate professionals upon successful completion of a graduate-level education curriculum and presentation of a portfolio of qualifying industry experience.  The curriculum addresses: financial analysis, market analysis, user decision analysis and investment analysis – the cornerstones of commercial investment real estate.  CCIMs are recognized experts in commercial real estate brokerage, leasing, asset management, valuation, and investment analysis. 

            CCIMs have access to unparalleled level of valuable online tools, including the Site To Do Business, a suite of mapping, demographic and other analytical resources.  And, all CCIMs can market properties for sale or lease through CCIMNet, a leading national commercial property exchange.
            The CCIM business network encompasses 1,000 markets throughout North America, Asia, Europe and the Caribbean.  Of the estimated 125,000 commercial real estate practitioners in North America, more than 8,600 currently hold the CCIM designation.  CCIM Designees include professionals who work in brokerage, investment and development, the corporate environment, property management, appraisal and related segments of commercial real estate.  An additional 8,200 professionals are pursuing the designation as Institute candidates.

     Cashion, who focuses primarily in the Home Furnishings Industry, was recently appointed secretary/treasure for the High Point REALTORS Commercial Alliance, and has also had recent appointments to High Point University’s Furniture Advisory Board as well as the American Home Furniture’s Alliance Suppliers Division.  Cashion also serves on the High Point Downtown Improvement Committee and is a 2006 member of the Triad Leaders Network.

     Among Cashion’s listings for sale are Rose Furniture’s real estate assets.  Others include the Wood Armfield Showroom, Jeffco Furniture Showroom, and the Old Paramount building at 1100 N. Main Street.

            The Chicago-based CCIM Institute is an affiliate of the National Association of Realtors® and is the governing body of the largest commercial real estate network in the world.  Visit www.ccim.com to learn more, or call 800-621-7027.

About Alpha World Properties, LLC

Alpha World Properties, LLC, based in High Point, North Carolina, is a highly personalized, commercial real estate brokerage firm focused exclusively on fast-track marketing, property and site location, and sale leaseback transactions. As a native of High Point having extensive international business experience and living abroad, Audie Cashion is dedicated to the dynamic and smart growth of the Piedmont Triad and North Carolina.