Three Renowned Orange County Brokerage Teams Joins DTZ
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IRVINE, CA – April 22, 2015 – (RealEstateRama) — DTZ, a global leader in commercial real estate services, announced today three prominent Orange County brokers and their teams have joined the firm.
Executive Managing Directors (QREA) Bob Thagard, John Griffin, John Harty will form the core of DTZ’s Orange County Project Leasing teams specializing on office and industrial markets. Over the course of their careers, they have completed more than 7 million square feet of leasing and sales transactions valued at more than $3.5 billion. Harty will be joined by Mike Coppin, Vice President, Greg Olson, Senior Associate, and Dyan Molina, Sr. Marketing Coordinator. Griffin’s colleague Max Wang, Senior Associate also joins to assist in service delivery.
“Bob, John and John are renowned by institutional and local ownership,” said Daniel Broderick, Regional Managing Principal of DTZ. “Together, they provide a giant leap forward in our strategic plan for growing DTZ’s presence in Orange County and Southern California. Each of the teams complement each other and the already established teams in place in the region. This is the next step in fulfilling our top-tier, full-service offerings in the Orange County marketplace.”
Thagard comes to DTZ from ORION’s Irvine office and currently leads leasing and sales initiatives for 2.7 million square feet of office space. His clients include LBA Realty, Kilroy, TA Associates and Bixby Land Company.
Harty, Griffin, Coppin and Olson were previously with Voit Real Estate Services in Irvine. Harty manages leasing and sales transaction initiatives for 2.7 million square feet of rentable building area for clients that include Arden Realty/GE, AEW, Wells Real Estate, LBA Realty, Bentall Kennedy, Lincoln Property Company, Piedmont Office Realty Trust and Cigna. Griffin was one of the original members of Voit’s Irvine office and its highest producing salesperson. His clients include Menlo Equities, Panattoni and Bixby Land Company.
“I’m excited to be joining DTZ,” said Thagard. “We’ll be able to leverage the firm’s global resources and pre-eminent brand on behalf of our clients, adding even more value in the process.”
“This was the right time to make this move,” said Harty. “DTZ shares our vision of providing owners, investors and tenants an innovative, strategic, full-service commercial real estate service platform in the area.”
“The DTZ team already in place is stellar,” said Griffin. “We’re looking forward to collaborating with them on strategic commercial real estate issues affecting our clients and the greater Orange County region. We’re going to do some really good things together!”
About DTZ
DTZ is a global leader in commercial real estate services providing occupiers, tenants and investors around the world with a full spectrum of property solutions. The company’s core capabilities include agency leasing, tenant representation, corporate and global occupier services, property management, facilities management, facilities services, capital markets, investment and asset management, valuation, research, consulting, and project and development management. DTZ provides property management for 1.9 billion square feet, or 171 million square meters, and facilities management for 1.3 billion square feet, or 124 million square meters. The company completed $63 billion in transaction volume globally in 2014 on behalf of institutional, corporate, government and private clients. Headquartered in Chicago, DTZ has more than 28,000 employees who operate across more than 260 offices in 50 countries and represent the company’s culture of excellence, client advocacy, integrity and collaboration. For further information, visit: www.dtz.com or follow us on Twitter @DTZ.
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