Economic insight at NAIOP - S. Florida Business & Wealth

Economic insight at NAIOP

Wells Fargo senior economist and managing director Mark Vitner, Brookwood Group senior vice president Mark Troen, Raymond James Financial chief economist Scott Brown, and Butters Realty & Management executive vice president Darcie Lunsford.

NAIOP South Florida, the commercial real estate development association, kicked off its 2019 programming with its annual Economic Outlook panel. The panel offered insightful commentary from Raymond James Financial chief economist Scott Brown, Brookwood Group senior vice president Mark Troen and Wells Fargo senior economist and managing director Mark Vitner. “I think there’s a very good chance that in the second half of 2020, we’ll see heightened uncertainty because of the upcoming election,” Vitner says. “We could have somebody from the very far left run against Trump, in which case the consequences for the economy would be pretty significant.” Read more at https://goo.gl/AyPqCm.

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