Two Specialists in Marcus & Millichap's Phoenix Office Ranked Among Company's Top 30 Nationwide

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

Two agents in Marcus & Millichap’s Phoenix office ranked in the Top 30 out of more than 1,300 investment specialists nationwide.

The agents are Jamie Medress (top right photo) (12) and Peter Katz (top left photo) (18).

“We are proud to recognize Jamie Medress and Peter Katz as top-ranking investment specialists,” says Harvey E. Green, (middle right photo) president and chief executive officer of Marcus & Millichap. “Their accomplishments and track record reflect their superior transaction expertise and commitment to client service.”

Medress, a first vice president investments and a senior director of the firm’s National Retail Group and Net Leased Properties Group in Phoenix, facilitated transactions valued at approximately $145 million last year.

Medress joined Marcus & Millichap in May 1996 and was promoted to first vice president investments in July 2008. His notable transactions last year included an $18.74 million shopping community in Mesa, Ariz., an $8.4 million net-leased department store in Southaven, Miss., and a $7.7 million net-leased childcare center in Phoenix.

Katz, senior vice president investments and a senior director of Marcus & Millichap’s National Multi Housing Group, facilitated transactions totaling several hundred million dollars in nine states last year.

Katz joined Marcus & Millichap in January 1991. He was promoted to senior investment associate in 1997, to vice president investments in 2000, and to senior vice president investments in 2008.

His transactions last year included a $65.7 million multi-family community portfolio in Newark, Del., a $42.5 million student housing community in Tampa, Fla., a $34.9 million apartment community near Seattle, and a $35.8 million student-housing portfolio near Chicago.

MARCUS & MILLICHAP HIRES LARRY EMMONS AS A DIRECTOR IN FORT LAUDERDALE, FL

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services, the nation’s largest real estate investment services firm, has hired Larry Emmons, (middle left photo) a leading industrial investment specialist in its Fort Lauderdale office, according to Alan Pontius, (bottom right photo) senior vice president and managing director of the firm’s National Office and Industrial Properties Group (NOIPG).

Emmons, who joins Marcus & Millichap as a director of the NOIPG and a senior associate of the firm, will focus on the sale of industrial and sale/leaseback properties throughout the eastern United States.

“We are excited to welcome Larry to our firm,” says Gregory Matus, regional manager of Marcus & Millichap’s Fort Lauderdale office. “Larry combines his real estate transaction skills, legal education and business development expertise to assist his clients with acquisitions and dispositions. He brings more than 20 years of industrial and investment sales experience to his new position,” adds Matus.

“Marcus & Millichap’s national brokerage and marketing platform will allow me to more effectively serve my nationwide client base,” says Emmons.

Prior to joining Marcus & Millichap, Emmons served as a senior investment officer for First Industrial Realty Trust, where he was responsible for the sourcing and acquisition of industrial real estate projects throughout the state of Florida.

Emmons is a graduate of the University of Michigan and holds a J.D. from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law.

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