DeForest Smith

DeForest W. “Frosty” Smith, president of George J. Smith & Son Commercial and Investment Real Estate, is regarded nationwide as a leader in the field of real estate. A graduate of Yale University with a degree in International Economics, he is the only Realtor in the United States to simultaneously hold the designations of Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM), Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR), Graduate Realtors Institute (GRI), and Certified Real Estate Brokerage Manager (CRB). With more than 40 years experience in the field, Frosty is an expert and innovator when it comes to recognizing a good real estate opportunity. He has been a senior instructor for the Realtors National Marketing Institute for 30 years, spending four to six weeks each year lecturing throughout the country on investments, taxes, and commercial and industrial real estate. Frosty was also appointed an Adjunct Professor of Real Estate at New York University (NYU). Listed in “Who’s-Who.” Frosty has served as president of the then – 2,000 member Greater New Haven Association of Realtors, and was voted Realtor of the Year in 1985. He is a past president of both the state Commercial Investment Division and the state CCIM Chapter. He is a current director of the Milford Bank and the United States Basketball League, and is past president of the Yale Club of New Haven. He is also active in the Milford Club, the Milford Rotary Club, and is the founder and past president of Drug Free Milford, Inc., a nationally recognized anti-drug program. In 2004 he received an award from the American Red Cross in recognition of donating more than 100 pints of blood. Frosty is the publisher of Only In Milford: An Illustrated History and is a member of the Milford Congregational Church. He and his wife make their home in Milford. They are the parents of three daughters and the grandparents of eight.

• Specialties
  Investment Sales Broker
• Markets
  Hartford, Westchester/So Connecticut
• Property Types
  Industrial, Office, Flex, Multifamily
• Websites
  LINKEDIN PROFILE
• Company Website
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• Education
  Yale University (BA)
• Organizations
  CCIM - Certified Commercial Investment Member, SIOR - Society of Industrial and Office Realtors