Warren Sears, Others Part Ways With CBRE

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Warren Sears is no longer with CB Richard Ellis, along with a number of brokers in their Miami, Ft. Lauderdale and Palm Beach offices.

Included in the tri-county-wide departures is veteran Elizabeth Santos from the Miami-Dade office.  Elizabeth started her 9 year tenure with CBRE in October, 2002, most recently serving as an Office Tenant Representative for the firm.

It wasn’t clear as to the total number of brokers no longer employed with CBRE.  Representatives from CB Richard Ellis declined to comment.

Deborah Fink Joins CBRE

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Deborah Fink joins CBRE to partner with the South Florida “Private Capital Agency Leasing” team – Scott O’Donnell, Dominic Montazemi, Marty Busekrus, and Miguel Alcivar – with a focus on Palm Beach & Broward counties.

She joins CBRE from NAI Rauch Weaver where she specialized in office leasing. Her history of work experience with commercial real estate includes agency representation for office and medical properties, tenant representation, and representing both buyers and sellers in property trades.

“Deborah is joining us to provide leasing representation to our private capital clients at the level our institutional clients are accustomed to,” said Ken Krasnow, CBRE Managing Director.

While with NAI, Deborah received top recognition as a sales producer on multiple occasions. Her professional affiliations include CREW, South Florida Office Brokers Association, NAIOP, CCIM, and Commercial Investment Real Estate Brokers Association (CIREBA) where she served on the Board of Directors.

 

John Geisen To Lead New Keyes Division

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John Geisen has been tapped to lead a new commercial division for Keyes.

Geisen’s role as Executive Vice President of the new division will be focused on all operations of the division including business development, hiring, training, establishing standards, and enhancing commercial support throughout Broward and Palm Beach Counties.

The new division is called Keyes Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc.

“We are honored to have an individual of John’s caliber heading up our new subsidiary,” said Mike Pappas, President and CEO of The Keyes Company. “We feel confident that John’s qualifications and expertise will bring Keyes’ commercial efforts to new heights and strengthen our position in the marketplace. Few if any individuals in the commercial real estate management and sales industry here in the South Florida market can compete with what John brings to the table.”

John has more than twenty years of commercial real estate management experience. He first joined CB Richard Ellis in 1979, known then as Coldwell Banker Real Estate, as an office broker in Cincinnati, and subsequently assumed the role of Senior Vice President/Senior Managing Director in 1995, overseeing all operations of CB’s Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade County offices.  He then served eight years with Codina/Flagler as President of Real Estate Services, overseeing brokerage and property management for the firm for the State of Florida.

Randy Johnson Named Regional Director With Keystone Property Group

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Randy Johnson, Senior Leasing Representative with Liberty Property Trust, confirmed that today is his last day with Liberty.

After a tenure of just over ten years with Liberty Property Trust, Randy Johnson has been named Regional Director with Keystone Property Group, responsible for the Southeast Region.

Randy will be officed in Keystone’s most recent South Florida acquisition, 1200 Corporate Place, located at 1200 North Federal Highway in Boca Raton.