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JBC Commercial:
Fargo’s new Commercial Real Estate Brand n the Summer of 2019, a group of veteran commercial real estate professionals, led by Jim Buus and Lori Ibach, left GOLDMARK Commercial Real Estate to form JBC Commercial Real Estate. Jim Buus had been serving as GOLDMARK Commercial’s President and was also a part-owner. Buus, Ibach and five other veteran agents and administrative staff left together. Additionally, Dovetail Development LLC, owned by Elissa Novotny, which had been collocated within GOLDMARK Commercial, left to collocate with JBC Commercial. JBC Commercial is owned by Jim Buus and Lori Ibach; the two have a combined 50 years of experience. For a variety of reasons, the team felt there was an opportunity in the market to conduct commercial real estate in a different way than they had been doing, a style that
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(Left to Right) Jim Buus (Co-Owner of JBC Commercial), Lori Ibach (Co-Owner of JBC Commercial), and Elissa Novotny (Owner of Dovetail Development LLC). Kayleigh Omang
features less conflicts of interest, more collaboration amongst the stakeholders and more integration with the overall brokerage, design and development process. In addition to being commercial real estate leaders, the JBC Commercial team prides itself on active community involvement and leadership. Team members are involved and participative in a myriad of local organizations such as the West Fargo Youth Hockey Association, North Dakota State University, Bison Football Players Association, NDSU Team Makers, TNT Kids Fitness, Vitalant Blood Services as well as respected business groups such as various chambers of commerce, Greater Fargo Moorhead Economic Development Corporation, Moorhead Business Association and the Executives Club of Fargo Moorhead.