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| John H. Pelusi Jr. |
PHILADELPHIA, PA – HFF announced today that it
will expand its presence in the Mid-Atlantic states by opening its 22nd office
in the U.S. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with an immediate focus on
investment sales, equity placement and debt placement.
Day-to-day operations of the Philadelphia office
will be led by Mark Thomson and Zachary Pierce, who will co-head
the office as senior managing directors.
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| Heather Pushinsky |
Senior managing director Mark Popovich, a
member of HFF’s Leadership Team and the co-office head of the Pittsburgh
office, will provide assistance and oversight to help strategically grow the
Philadelphia office to encompass all of the firm’s lines of business and product
specialties in order to better serve its existing and future clients.
Also joining Thomson and Pierce at HFF are Steve
Rutman and Carl Fiebig, both former associates at Marcus &
Millichap and Heather Pushinsky, the team’s marketing director.
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| Steven Rutman |
Thomson and Pierce, formerly directors of Marcus &
Millichap’s national multi-housing group, specialize in the sale of
multi-housing assets in the Philadelphia MSA.
During
the past 12 months, their group was the highest producing multi-housing team in
the Mid-Atlantic region for Marcus & Millichap closing more than 3,000
multi-housing units.
Notable
recent transactions include: the 641-unit Marquis Apartments in King of
Prussia, PA; the 535-unit Colonade Apartments in Jenkintown, PA; and the
502-unit Charter Court Apartments in Philadelphia, which is under
contract with a non-refundable deposit.
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| Carl Fiebig |
"We are
extremely excited to begin the next chapter of our careers by leading the new
Philadelphia office of HFF.
“HFF has a truly unique culture, and its open
platform of sharing information and resources is centered on putting the
client’s interest first, which we believe sets it apart from other competitors
in the market.
“ Its
national fully integrated capital markets platform and unparalleled access to
domestic and foreign capital sources will add tremendous value for our
clients," said Thomson and Pierce.
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| Mark Thomson |
“Over the years, we have consummated a number of
high profile transactions in the Philadelphia market without having a physical
office presence in the market,” said Mr. John H. Pelusi, Jr., executive
managing director and managing member of HFF, and the CEO and Vice Chairman of
HFF, Inc.
“Given our past successes in the market, as well
as the fact it is one of the top 10 major MSA’s in the U.S., we had been
actively seeking to open an office here since 2010.
“The opening of the Philadelphia office follows
a similar pattern of opening offices in other major markets, such as our San
Francisco, Denver, Tampa, Austin and Orlando offices, where we had consummated
high profile assignments for clients without a physical presence, and then
opened an office after successfully recruiting individuals who had the best
reputations in their respective markets, who exhibited great work ethic, and
most importantly, ascribed to our culture of high integrity and always putting
the client’s interest first.
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| Zachary Pierce |
“Mark and Zac’s integrity, work ethic,
reputations and experience in the Philadelphia market were what attracted us to
them and led to the opening of HFF’s 22nd office in the U.S.”
“We are excited about the opportunity to better
serve our existing and future clients in the Mid-Atlantic region with Zac and
Mark and the rest of their team, as well as the numerous future opportunities
they will create with their physical presence in this market,” said senior
managing director Mark Popovich.
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| Mark Popovich |
“As with our recently opened offices in Denver,
Austin, Tampa, and Orlando our goal is to strategically build-out the full
platform of services and product specializations in our new Philadelphia office
by hiring and retaining associates who have the highest ethical standards and
the best reputation in the industry.”
For a complete copy of the company’s news release,
please contact:
Kristen M. Murphy
Associate Director
HFF | One Post Office Square, Suite 3500 | Boston, MA
02109
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