IRR’s Fort Worth/Dallas Managing Partner Earns Prestigious RICS Designation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Free-Press-Release.com) February 4, 2008 -- Fort Worth, Texas – Ben Loughry, MAI, a founding stockholder nationally and managing partner of the Fort Worth and Dallas offices of Integra Realty Resources D/FW, has been elected to the London-based Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. The global society honors members with the prestigious RICS designation.
The membership numbers 145,000 worldwide, but just 2,500 in the Americas. Election is proffered for outstanding service and commitment to the profession.

Loughry began his real estate career in 1969 and has worked with various public and private entities, including the General Services Administration, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, Bell Helicopter Textron, and Sundance Square Development. As a qualified instructor through the Texas Real Estate Commission and the Texas Association of Realtors, he has taught real estate courses at Texas Christian University, The University of Texas-Arlington, and Tarrant County Junior College. He is qualified as an expert witness in county and federal courts, and district and county judges have appointed him to serve as a special commissioner.
He is the Vice Chairman of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce and sits on the Chamber’s Executive Committee. He is the Chair of Fort Worth South, Inc., and sits on the Board of Directors of the Greater Fort Worth Real Estate Council. He has also been delegated as the Fort Worth Mayor’s appointee to the Southwest Parkway (I-121) Advisory Committee.

Loughry also has held leadership positions in the Tarrant County Real Estate Council, Greater Fort Worth Association of Realtors, Texas Association of Realtors, the Appraisal Institute, Tarrant Appraisal District, and the Fort Worth Aviation Advisory Committee
A native of Fort Worth, Loughry is a graduate of TCU.
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors assists the industry in setting professional standards and by providing thought, leadership and policy advice.


About Integra Realty Resources, Inc.

Integra Realty Resources, Inc. is the largest real estate valuation and counseling firm in the United States, offering the country’s most extensive market coverage with 57 independent offices in more than 30 states. With specialties including commercial appraisals, feasibility studies, expert testimony, and related property consulting services, Integra provides objective, independent analysis across a wide range of real estate markets.
For more information about Integra’s Dallas and Fort Worth offices, call (972) 960-1222 or (817) 332-5522.

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