CB Richard Ellis Sweeps Central Florida NAIOP Brokerage Awards

ORLANDO, FL - CB Richard Ellis, worldwide leader in commercial real estate services, swept the brokerage awards for the third year in a row at the Central Florida NAIOP Award Ceremony held at SeaWorld on February 28, 2008.

David Murphy, (right top photo) Senior Vice President with the Orlando office was named Industrial Broker of the Year 2007, for the fifth year in a row. Murphy was recently named one of the top 200 brokers in North America for CB Richard Ellis and has been recognized as one of the top industrial producers in the company.

Ron Rogg, (photo top left) Executive Vice President with the Orlando office, received the Investment Properties Broker of the Year 2007 award as well as Largest Sale of the Year award for the $90 million, One Orlando Center project. This is Ron's third year receiving a NAIOP award. In 2005, he was named Office Broker of the Year and 2006 Investment Properties Broker of the Year. This marks the third year that Rogg was named as one of CBRE's top 200 brokers in North America. Also this year, Rogg was named to the prestigious Coldwell Circle of CBRE. This group represents the top 3 percent of all CB brokers nationwide.

John Gilbert, (photo at left) Senior Vice President, was named Office Broker of the Year 2007. This is Gilbert's first year to receive an award. Gilbert has completed over 500 sale and lease transactions totaling over $500 million in value.

"All of us at CB Richard Ellis Orlando are proud of the industry recognition that David, John and Ron have received," says Bill Moss, (photo at right) Senior Managing Director for Florida. "They are richly deserving of these awards that honor the "best of the best" of the Central Florida commercial brokerage industry."

Contacts:
Jessica Wilhoite
407.839.3158
jessica.wilhoite@cbre.com

Bill Moss
407.404.5000

bill.moss@cbre.com