Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Two New Faces at Grubb & Ellis




Jeremy Roy Joins Grubb & Ellis as Vice President, Office Group in Boston

 BOSTON, MA – Grubb & Ellis Company (NYSE: GBE), a leading real estate services and investment firm, today announced that Jeremy Roy (top right photo) has joined the company as vice president, Office Group.  He will focus on tenant and landlord representation in the downtown Boston office market.   

 “I got to know Jeremy while we were working together more than a decade ago and have consistently been impressed with his ability to grow his business and meet the needs of his clients,” said Michael Edward (lower left photo), executive vice president, managing director of Grubb & Ellis’ Boston office.  “His experience is broad, and his success has been helped along by his passion for the business.  I am thrilled he has joined our team.”

 With more than 14 years of commercial real estate experience, Roy joins Grubb & Ellis from Charterhouse Development, where he spent four years as a vice president specializing in retail real estate development, landlord representation and property management throughout northern New England.

Previously, he spent five years as an assistant vice president of Jones Lang LaSalle, focusing on the downtown Class A and B office market space.  Roy began his real estate career in 1997 with The Boulos Company in Portland, Maine.  He has represented a wide variety of clients from the technology, finance, legal, architecture, engineering, advertising and non-profit industries.   

 Roy holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of New Hampshire.


 John Rapp Joins Firm as Vice President, Retail Group, Petroleum Services in Newport Beach, CA Office


NEWPORT BEACH, CA. (Dec. 13, 2011) – Grubb & Ellis Company (NYSE: GBE), a leading real estate services and investment firm, today announced that John Rapp (middle right photo) has joined the company as vice president, Retail Group, and a member of the company’s Petroleum Services Group. 

He will partner with Timothy Haves, vice president, Retail Group, and leader of the Petroleum Services Group. 

 “John joins Grubb & Ellis with a 25-year career in the petroleum and retail industry, having worked for and with Exxon Mobil, Amerada Hess, Shell Oil, and Conoco Phillips, amongst others,” said Greg May (lower left photo), executive vice president, co-managing director of Grubb & Ellis’ Orange County offices.  “We couldn’t be more pleased to have him join our team and be expanding the petroleum service expertise we can offer to our clients.”

Rapp joins Grubb & Ellis from United Oil Company, where he was manager, Retail Sales, handling a diversity of duties, including: real estate acquisitions, rebranding new business service stations and facilitating the acquisition and streamlining of 80 Shell Oil Company service station locations.

 Previously, he was a senior vice president with KZ DevCo L.P. for five years, where he was responsible for retail shopping center acquisitions and development, with a primary focus on build-to-suit developments for CVS Pharmacy in Southern California.

Rapp holds a bachelor’s degree from San Diego State University. 

Contact:  Julia McCartney, Phone:  714.975.2230                                     
Email:  julia.mccartney@grubb-ellis.com          

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