SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 16, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TRI Commercial/CORFAC International Senior Vice President and Regional Manager Ed Benoit announced that Steve Griffin, Greg Redman, CCIM, Graham Clemons, CCIM and Richard Smith have joined TRI in Sacramento while concurrently, two brokers have joined the company in San Francisco. All six were formerly with Grubb & Ellis.
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Including TRI Commercial's offices in Roseville and Rocklin, the firm has 62 people in the Sacramento Metro Area and Benoit plans to recruit additional outside agents.
One of the Sacramento metro region's top producing brokers, Griffin said he joined TRI because of its strong regional focus and entrepreneurial culture.
"TRI is a good fit for Steve and will reinforce our solid reputation as good guys and a fun place to work without any corporate bureaucracy – plus we have the best commission splits in the industry," said Benoit.
Steve Griffin joins TRI as a Senior Vice President, Investment Services Group. The 30-year commercial real estate veteran was the top producing investment professional in Sacramento for Grubb & Ellis during the past 15 years. Griffin specializes in buying and selling office, retail and industrial properties on behalf of his clients and has won numerous sales awards, including 'most sales of the year,' 'largest sale of the year' and 'top producer.'
Greg Redman joins TRI as an Industrial Specialist and will focus on the lease and sale of warehouse, distribution, manufacturing and logistics center facilities throughout the Sacramento metro region. His experience includes industrial sales and leasing, office sales and leasing, retail sales and leasing, land sales, and investment sales.
Graham Clemons, CCIM, joins TRI as Senior Retail Advisor, Retail Commercial Services Group and works in the metro Sacramento market representing retail tenants, as well as anchor shopping center leasing, owner/user sales and land sales with a focus on retail occupiers.
Richard Smith is a Senior Retail Marketing Consultant and concentrates on the sale and leasing of retail properties throughout the Central Valley from Redding to Modesto. For the past 10 years he was one of the top producers in the retail division for the Sacramento office of Grubb & Ellis.
In San Francisco, Janine Watson, SIOR and LEED AP hasjoined as Senior Vice President and will focus on the office market with both tenant and landlord representation while Ken Brownell is a new TRI Senior Vice President and specializes in retail brokerage services for property owners and tenants. Prior to Grubb & Ellis, Brownell was president and co-owner of Blatteis Realty.
TRI Commercial/CORFAC International has offices in San Francisco, Oakland, Roseville, Rocklin, Walnut Creek and Sacramento.
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With market reach in 65 countries, CORFAC International (Corporate Facility Advisors) is comprised of privately held entrepreneurial firms with expertise in office, industrial and retail real estate leasing and investment sales, multifamily property acquisitions and dispositions, property management and corporate services.
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