ARA’s South Florida Team Expands Operations with the Addition of Troy Ballard as Land Division VP

 Boca Raton, FL — Atlanta-headquartered ARA, the largest privately held, full-service investment advisory brokerage firm in the nation focusing exclusively on the multihousing industry, announces that Troy Ballard (top right photo) has joined the team as Vice President South Florida Land Division.

 Troy brings more than a dozen years of experience with respect to development, entitlements, and land planning.š

Prior to joining ARA, Troy was a founding partner and President of TM Real Estate Group, LLC, a real estate organization providing development, advisory, and management services for multiple asset classes with a core focus on multi-family, mixed use, and land projects.š

He supervised all aspects of internal operations across the spectrum of services performed by TM and also served as Court Appointed Receiver on over 20 projects throughout Florida.š

 Ballard is a graduate of the University of Miami where he majored in Architecture with minors in Real Estate Finance, Business Administration, and Art History.

Contacts:

Lisa Robinson at lrobinson@ARAusa.com, 678.553.9360 or

Amy Morris at amorris@ARAusa.com, 678.553.9366;

locally, Marti Zenor, at mzenor@ARAusa.com 561.988.8800.šš