Andrew Trench, Managing Director at Cushman & Wakefield, has specialized in landlord representation for over 14 years in South Florida. He has worked on leases in both the office and retail sectors of Miami-Dade and Broward Counties, but has concentrated on exclusively office properties since 2010. Prior to joining Cushman & Wakefield in 2016, Andrew served as Leasing Director at Taylor & Mathis for over five years, and Landlord Representative at Holly Real Estate for the five years prior.

Scott Sherman is Founder and Principal of Miami-Based Torose Equities. He is responsible for the firm's strategic direction, sourcing investment opportunities, capital markets and operations. Torose is a real estate investment firm with several different verticals, including a value-add urban retail, office, and mixed-use strategy within the Southeastern United States.

Prior to launching Torose, Scott co-founded Tricera Capital where he led the charge on strategic direction, capital markets and sourcing investment opportunities. In this role, Scott built a portfolio in excess of $700M over five years and consistently delivered returns in excess of 20% IRR and a 2x multiple across realized investments. Scott maintains ownership and major decisions across the Tricera portfolio and continues to be a minority owner of Tricera Capital.

Previously, Scott was Vice President of Acquisitions at Thor Equities. He was responsible for acquisitions in the Southeast United States including Miami, Washington, DC, Nashville, Austin and Charleston. Additionally, he was a key member of Thor’s expansion into Montreal, London and France. At Thor, Scott completed in excess of $2 Billion of acquisitions focusing on urban retail and mixed-use assets. Prior to Thor, Scott was the Director of Acquisitions at Becker Brothers where he was responsible for sourcing and executing value-add strategies across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic U.S. During his tenure at Becker Brothers, he managed a mix of asset types including retail, office and parking garages. Before Becker Brothers, Scott began his career at Ernst & Young in the Transaction Real Estate Advisory group where he also obtained his CPA license in the state of NY.

Scott is a native of South Florida and currently resides in Miami with his wife Laura, son Lucas, and daughter Lily. He received his MS and BS in Accounting from the University of Florida where he graduated Summa Cum Laude. Scott is a member of ICSC, and CIASF, in addition to several philanthropic organizations he dedicates time to in his community.

Tere Blanca is the Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Blanca Commercial Real

Estate, Inc., the leading independently owned commercial real estate services firm in Florida.

She founded the firm in 2009 after identifying a need in the marketplace for a local advisory and

brokerage firm built on a culture of giving clients a highly personalized approach to service. With

Tere’s vision, progressive leadership and foundation of passion, care and commitment to

excellence, teams are purpose built and strategies are customized to fit each clients’ diverse

needs allowing the firm to achieve successful outcomes and setting new market standards.

Blanca Commercial Real Estate now has a dynamic team of more than 45 top professionals that

embrace a culture of collaboration and caring for each other, the firm’s clients and the

community. It is recognized as one of the top commercial real estate brokerage services

companies in Florida, ranked by the South Florida Business Journal as one of the top ten firms

in South Florida, maintaining more than 32% market share of all office lease transactions

executed in Class A and B office space in Miami; the firm’s home base. Expanding across

South Florida, the firm now has 3 offices across the region and has grown its services to include

property management, tenant engagement services and development consulting.

Throughout her 35-year career, Tere has participated and led many significant lease

transactions and new development projects from land acquisition to the master planning,

design, construction, marketing, lease-up, and sale of office and mixed-use assets. Clients of

the firm include Nuveen Real Estate, Allianz, Hines, Agave Holdings, Lincoln Property

Company, Blackstone, TA Realty, Federal Realty, Shorenstein, Stiles, Related Group, AIMCO,

and the law firms of Akerman LLP, and White & Case, LLP; Greater Miami Chamber of

Commerce, Miami Herald Media Company; WeWork; Coastal Construction, Quirch Foods, Inc.;

Insigneo; Inktel, DASI, Neutralogistics, Mexican Consulate and the University of Miami, to name

a few.

Prior to launching Blanca Commercial Real Estate, Tere served for five years as Senior

Managing Director for Cushman & Wakefield of Florida, Inc., where she led the firm’s South

Florida region, achieving significant revenue growth and increased profitability. Tere also held

the position of senior vice president at Codina Realty Services, Inc. ONCOR International where

she was consistently among the top producers during her 14-year tenure.

Tere holds a Bachelor of Business Administration with a concentration in international marketing

and finance and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Miami and is fluent

in English and Spanish. She is the proud mother of two daughters and resides with her husband

in Coral Gables.

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT:

● Chair of Urban Land Institute (ULI) for Southeast Florida and the Caribbean

● Member of the Board of Directors of BankUnited

● Member of the Board of Trustees of Miami Dade College

● Member of the University of Miami’s Herbert School of Business Real Estate

Advisory Council

● Executive Committee Member of Urban Land Institute (ULI)

● Past chair and current Member of the Board of Miami-Dade County’s official

economic development agency, The Beacon Council

● Member of the Board of Governors of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce

● Member of Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) Miami/Ft. Lauderdale Gold

● Associate member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) Miami/Ft.

Lauderdale Chapter

● Member of Women Corporate Directors (WCD)

● Past member of the Board of Directors of The Miami Foundation

● Past chair of the Board of Directors of City Year Miami

AWARDS & RECOGNITION:

● “Top 100 Power Leaders”, South Florida Business Journal

● “Ultimate CEO”, South Florida Business Journal

● “Most Influential Business Women”, South Florida Business Journal

● “Power Leader of the Year”, Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce

● “Office Broker of the Year”, Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce

● “Women of Influence: Legends”, Real Estate Forum

● “Women of Influence”, Real Estate Forum

● “Top 25 Women in Real Estate”, Commercial Property Executive

● “Top Dealmakers of the Year”, Daily Business Review

● “Successful Hispanic Women of the Year”, Camacol

● “Philanthropist of the Year”, City Year Miami

● “Community Leader of the Year”, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

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