Marcus & Millichap's Michael Yu Named One of Firm's Top Investment Specialists

Yu is also the firm’s top hospitality agent nationwide.

ENCINO, CA – Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services, the nation’s largest real estate investment services firm, has named its top investment specialists for 2008.

Michael Yu, (top right photo) of the firm’s Houston office, ranked in the Top 30 out of more than 1,300 investment specialists nationwide. Yu has been the firm’s top hospitality agent nationwide for the past two years.

“We are proud to recognize Michael as one of the firm’s top agents,” says Harvey E. Green, president and chief executive officer of Marcus & Millichap. “His accomplishments and track record reflect his superior transaction expertise and commitment to client service.”

Yu is an associate vice president investments and director of the firm’s National Hospitality Group in Houston. He joined Marcus & Millichap in July 2003. Yu and Rahul Bijlani, also a director of the firm’s National Hospitality Group in Houston, have dominated the mid-market hotel investment sales market in Texas.

Yu and Bijlani facilitated more than 16 hospitality transactions in 2008, despite the turmoil in the financial markets. Together, Yu and Bijlani have represented the buyer, the seller or both on almost 90 percent of Marcus & Millichap’s hospitality transactions in Texas and Louisiana during the past four years.

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