President / Managing Shareholder
Michael Hammond has been in commercial real estate since 1978 and is President, Founder and Managing Shareholder of PICOR Commercial Real Estate Services, Southern Arizona’s leading independent commercial real estate brokerage and management firm. He has been a national trainer for the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors for 20 years, teaching sales and marketing skills to incoming real estate professionals early in their careers. In 2002, with his background in industrial real estate and interest in regional economic development, he began focusing on the border region and, more specifically, the State of Sonora, Mexico. PICOR subsequently incorporated in Mexico and is successfully expanding their services into Southern Arizona and Sonora, Mexico.
AFFILIATIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Local
- American Red Cross Southern Arizona Chapter – Past chair
- Arizona Aerospace Foundation – Past board member
- Business Development Finance Corporation – Current chair
- Commerce Bank of Arizona – Founding and current board member
- DM-50 – Member
- Industrial Development Authority of Tucson – Past Vice-President
- Southern Arizona Leadership Council – President, Chair of Strategic Initiatives Committee
- Tucson Arizona Authority – Member
- Tucson Regional Economic Opportunities (TREO) – Member, Board of Directors
- Tucson Chamber of Commerce – Member
- Urband Land Institute – Southern Arizona Steering Committee
Regional
- Arizona Town Hall – Past Vice-President, Current member
- Arizona Association for Economic Development (AAED) – Past President, Current member
- Commerce and Economic Development Commission, State of Arizona – Past commissioner
- Pima County Real Estate Research Council – Past chair
- The Centers for Habilitation – Past board member
- Urban land Institute – State of Arizona Steering Committee
National
- American Society of Real Estate Counselors (CRE)
- Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR) – Past chapter chair, past national board member, current national marketing course instructor
- Urban Land Institute – Full member
EDUCATION
- University of Washington – Seattle, Washington
Bachelor of Science
