Thursday, November 14, 2013

Marcus & Millichap Names 30-Year Veteran Gary Willard Western Director, National Office and Industrial Properties Group


Gary Willard
PALO ALTO, CA, Nov. 14, 2013 – Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services, the nation’s largest real estate investment services firm, has named Gary Willard, CCIM as western director, National Office and Industrial Properties Group (NOIPG). He is based in the firm’s Palo Alto, Calif., office, reporting to managing director Alan Pontius, who oversees NOIPG.

“Gary brings a proven track record of 30 years of investment sales experience to our team,” says Pontius. “Attracting a recognized professional of Gary’s caliber is further testament to the strength of our platform and growth strategy in the office and industrial market. His incredible background and high-profile industry presence make him ideally suited for this role.”

In his new post, Willard is charged with growing and developing Marcus & Millichap’s expanding office and industrial investment sales team for the western United States. He is also responsible for aligning and supporting the firm’s national strategic growth initiatives in the region.

Alan Pontius
As lead broker on over 150 transactions totaling $2.5 billion, Willard has gained invaluable investment brokerage expertise as well as broad and deep relationships with private and institutional investors. During his 18-year tenure with CBRE he was a member of the firm’s Institutional Services Group where he focused on disposition assignments for larger office and business park properties throughout northern California.

In 2001, Willard co-founded NAI BT Commercial’s (Cassidy Turley) Investment Services Group in San Francisco and co-managed the group through 2009.

Most recently he was a partner at TCI Properties, a boutique investment brokerage firm in Redwood City, Calif., where he and his partners represented Forest City in the $93 million sale of the Fairmount Office Center, a 326,000-square-foot high-rise in downtown San Jose.

For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:  

Gina Relva
Public Relations Manager
(925) 953-1716

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