Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Barbara Bushnell Joins Grubb & Ellis as Vice President, Office Group


 SAN ANTONIO, TX (June 7, 2011) – Grubb & Ellis Company (NYSE: GBE), a leading real estate services and investment firm, today announced that Barbara Bushnell, CCIM, (top right photo) has joined the company as vice president, Office Group. 

 “Barbara joins us with a reputation as a top professional who provides the highest level of client service, and I couldn’t be more pleased to have her as part of our team,” said Ernest Brown, CCIM, executive vice president and managing director of Grubb & Ellis’ San Antonio office.  “She has developed many relationships throughout her more than 32 years of experience.” 

 Bushnell joins Grubb & Ellis from Corporate Realty Associates, where she served as an executive vice president of corporate services and client development. 

She previously owned and managed Bushnell Realty for two years, until merging the firm with Corporate Realty Associates in 2008.  Bushnell spent the majority of her career with Johnson-Rast & Hays Company Inc., now RealtySouth, where she began her career in 1979 and spent nearly 24 years and was consistently one of the top producers of the company. 

 Bushnell holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Birmingham-Southern College.  She serves on the board of directors of the CCIM Institute, where she is an instructor and was recognized as the Robert L. Ward Center for Real Estate Studies “Instructor of the Year” for 2010. 

Bushnell is a member of Commercial Real Estate Women and NAIOP and is an advisor on the board of Birmingham-Southern College, as well as fund-raising co-chair of the American Heart Association. 

 Contact: Julia McCartney,  Phone: 714.975.2230                                     
          

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