Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Charles Dunn Co. Names Rene Soto as Senior Managing Director to focus on the Tri-Cities and greater Los Angeles markets



 LOS ANGELES, CA– Charles Dunn Company, one of the largest full-service regional real estate firms in the Western United States, has named 15-year industry veteran Rene Soto (top right photo) as senior managing director in the firm’s Glendale office.

Soto previously served as a managing director with a national brokerage firm in downtown Los Angeles. Soto will focus on tenant representation services throughout the Tri-Cities office market of Burbank, Glendale and Pasadena as well as the greater Los Angeles area. The company’s Glendale office is the largest full-service commercial real estate firm in the Tri-Cities.

“Charles Dunn Company has been focusing on the expansion of its tenant representation services as this is a market that shows signs of continued growth over the next several years,” said Chris Cooper (middle left   photo), CEO of Charles Dunn Company. “Rene has an impressive roster of clients and a keen knowledge of the market that will compliment the firm’s already successful presence in the Tri-Cities.”

Cooper added that Charles Dunn Company will continue an aggressive recruiting campaign in 2012 as it seeks to increase its transactional volume in all property sectors for its brokerage and property management divisions.        

Soto has completed in excess of 15 million square feet of transactions over his 15-year career and has worked with diverse business sectors including entertainment, media, law firms, insurance groups, non-profits and public companies.

Some of the clients Soto has completed transactions with include TTG Engineering, Guidance Software, Magellan Navigation, Art Directors Guild of America, DVS TV, and the Community Development Commission of Los Angeles to name a few.

“Rene is a strategic and very significant addition to our Glendale office,” said Bill Boyd (lower right photo), senior managing director with Charles Dunn Company who heads the office. “He will help grow our tenant representation business and add to our presence in a market that we have served for more than 30 years. The current market environment has its challenges, but also offers great opportunities.”

 “Charles Dunn Company offers a strong regional presence, entrepreneurial culture and hands-on client service that meshed well with my professional philosophy,” added Soto. 

Contact:
Darcie Giacchetto
D.G. Communications, Inc.
949.278.6224

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