Saturday, April 11, 2009

Industry Veteran Janine Watson Returns to Grubb & Ellis’ San Francisco Office


SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Grubb & Ellis Company (NYSE: GBE), a leading real estate services and investment firm, today announced that industry veteran Janine Watson, (top right photo) SIOR, has returned to the company’s San Francisco office, where she began her commercial real estate career in the mid-1980s.

Watson will serve as vice president and specialize in tenant representation and office leasing.

“Janine is a highly qualified individual who has extensive experience in all sectors of the commercial real estate market,” said Mark Geisreiter, executive vice president and regional managing director of Grubb & Ellis’ San Francisco Bay Area operations.

“She has represented clients in leasing, buying, developing and selling buildings, as well as partnered with brokers in other states to arrange new facilities for local clients.

"She is a very knowledgeable individual and we are fortunate to have her on board.”

Watson joins Grubb & Ellis from Pacific Union/GMAC Commercial Brokerage in San Francisco, where she served as director, responsible for tenant representation. She also served as a leasing agent for Cushman & Wakefield.

Watson is LEED™ accredited and a member of SIOR. She holds an M.A. from University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.
Contact: Julia McCartney, Phone: 714.975.2230. Email: julia.mccartney@grubb-ellis.com

Grubb & Ellis Promotes Mark Kowal to Vice President, Project Management Group

SOUTHFIELD, MI– Grubb & Ellis Company (NYSE: GBE), a leading real estate services and investment firm, announced today that Mark Kowal (bottom left photo) has been promoted to vice president, Project Management Group, from senior project manager.

“With his commitment to providing value and contributing to our clients’ bottom line, Mark has been a driving force behind expanding the services we can provide,” said Fred Liesveld, executive vice president and managing director of Grubb & Ellis’ Southfield office.

“As more and more companies seek to benefit from ‘one-stop shopping’ for real estate services, the benefits of having one of the best project management teams in town supporting our brokerage professionals is immeasurable.”

An 18-year veteran of the commercial real estate business, Kowal’s, expertise includes large corporate turn-key projects, tenant improvement and specialty construction.

Since joining Grubb & Ellis in 2007, he has overseen the construction of ITC’s 188,000-square-foot corporate headquarters building in Novi, and he is currently managing the retail rebranding for more than 40 locations nationally for AAA.

Contact: Erin Mays, 312.698.6735, erin.mays@grubb-ellis.com

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