Levy Realty Advisors (LRA) is pleased to announce that Ken Silberling has joined the firm as Senior Vice President-Director of Brokerage and Tenant Representation.

“I am excited and pleased to announce that after many years of knowing Ken Silberling, he will join our company to head up the Brokerage and Tenant Representation division,” said Alan Levy, Broker/President of LRA.  “Ken comes to the company with over 30 years of industry knowledge and experience and is well respected amongst his peers in the South Florida Commercial and Industrial market. Ken will be handling brokerage and tenant representation opportunities that we have been passing up for many years due to our focus on our own portfolio of properties.”

“We feel very fortunate to have Ken represent our company,” added Josh Levy, LRA COO.  “This is a new chapter in the evolution of our company.  Ken’s extensive experience and exposure in the market will help us to continue to expand our footprint throughout South Florida. He will also bring an extended level of service to our tenant base of over 1,000 companies occupying over 3 million square feet of space.”

Ken has vast experience in the South Florida commercial /industrial real estate market with expertise in leasing, investments and market analysis.  He was previously Regional Senior Vice President for Truss, an online commercial real estate marketplace where he developed a  comprehensive database of South Florida office space and represented corporate tenants in lease negotiations.

He began his career as Director of Research for Cushman and Wakefield’s Miami office and became a go-to source of information for the local and national media. He later started the research division at Colliers International and became a founding partner at Commercial Florida Realty Partners where he designed market databases, authored market reports and branched into tenant representation and investment sales. He moved on to Danburg Properties of Boca Raton as Vice President of Leasing and Acquisitions where he completed over 700 leases and helped to substantially increase the company’s investment and development portfolio.

He is the author of KenTrends, a blog on commercial real estate and related fields and has achieved national recognition for his blogging and social media activity. He has been a guest speaker and panelist for numerous commercial real estate organizations. His articles have been published via Propmodo and The Broker List and he has been quoted in South Florida’s SunSentinel, the Miami Herald, the South Florida Business Journal and the Wall Street Journal.