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NAIOP SoCal Night at the Fights Will Feature Four Industry Bouts

This year’s NAIOP SoCal Night at the Fights black-tie gala is slated for Oct. 10 at the OC Fair & Event Center, Hangar Building in Costa Mesa. Due to popular demand, this will be the first time that the event has featured four unique industry bouts.

For 2024, the commercial real estate industry fighters include a lightweight heavyweight bout between Robin Bhalla, Retail Round Robin, and Eric Miller, ODIC; a middleweight bout between Richard Bernal, Fidelity National Title NCS, and Keifer Shaffer, Savills US; middleweight bout between Eric Chan, Langan, and Ray Young, CREIM; and a super heavyweight bout between Jeff Farano, Buchalter and Elijah Goldtrap, Graves Construction. The main event will also include one professional boxing match.

“I really admire these industry professionals who stepped up to meet the challenge this year,” said Tim Jemal, CEO, NAIOP SoCal. “The fact that we are now featuring four unique industry bouts underscores how popular these fights have become and the immense draw they create. It’s going to be a highly curated guest experience.”

With the theme of “007 – A Night of Elegance and Espionage,” this year’s NAIOP SoCal’s Night at the Fights will also bring back its Exclusive VIP Silent Auction. Net proceeds from this year’s auction items will benefit Building Block Foundation Fund along with NAIOP SoCal’s local and statewide legislative affairs initiatives.

Click here for tickets and event information.

Pictured: The 2023 NAIOP SoCal Night at the Fights.

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Paul Bubny serves as Senior Content Director for Connect Commercial Real Estate, a role to which he brings 16-plus years’ experience covering the commercial real estate industry and 30-plus years in business-to-business journalism. In this capacity, he oversees daily operations while also reporting on both local/regional markets and national trends, covering individual transactions across all property types, as well as delving into broader subject matter. He produces 7-10 daily news stories per day and works with the Connect team and clients to develop longer-form content, ranging from Q&As to thought-leadership pieces. Prior to joining Connect, Paul was Managing Editor for both Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com at American Lawyer Media, where he oversaw operations at both publications while also producing daily news and feature-length articles. His tenure in B2B publishing stretches back into the print era, and he has served as Editor in Chief on four national trade publications. Since 1999, Paul has volunteered as the newsletter editor of passenger rail advocacy groups (one national, one local).

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