2008 CPN Goldbook - (Page 30) MULTI-MARKET DIVERSIFIED FIRMS feet and its property management portfolio by 2 million square feet in 2007. The Atlanta region added 2 million square feet to its Parkway Properties Inc. portfolio. The firm manages more than $25 billion worth of properties encompassing over 150 million square feet. TCN Worldwide TCN Worldwide, a consortium of independent commercial real estate firms, provides integrated real estate solutions locally and internationally. With almost $21 billion in annual transactions and more than 80 million square feet of space under management, it ranks as one of the largest service providers in the industry. Formed in 1989, it has 62 offices and employs over 1,200 professionals that serve more than 200 primary and secondary markets. Sperry Van Ness Commercial real estate brokerage firm Sperry Van Ness employs more than 900 advisors in over 150 locations. During 2007, the company opened offices in Chicago, Manhattan, Denver and the Puget Sound area of Washington. It also began expanding internationally beyond its platforms in Costa Rica and Panama, and the company JERRY ANDERSON acquired JBM Realty Advisors Inc., an President Sperry Van Ness institutional multi-family brokerage firm. Based in Irvine, Calif., Sperry Van Ness provides brokerage, consultation, asset management, property management, leasing, accelerated-marketing and auction services. Its sales volume tops $10 billion annually in office, multi-family, retail, industrial, self-storage, hospitality and land transactions. H. ROSS FORD III President & CEO TCN Worldwide Transwestern Transwestern closed almost $4.2 billion worth of sales transactions, completed 3,500 leases and topped $1 billion in its development pipeline in 2007. The firm manages 600 assets and has leased or managed more than 170 million square feet in the past 12 months. It offers integrated real estate services and operates through six distinct functional lines of business: agency leasing, property and facilities management, investment services, tenant advisory, development and research. It LARRY HEARD serves a range of property types, including President & CEO Transwestern office, industrial, retail, healthcare and multi-family. Transwestern has received multiple ENERGY STAR awards, and it pursues LEED certification for projects across the country. The Staubach Co. The Staubach Co. completed 7,280 transactions totaling $28 billion during 2007. The company added Kansas City to its more than 65 office locations in North America and appointed new leadership to direct its global corporate solutions practice and to oversee the strategic expansion of the company’s growing global-accounts business. Development affiliate Cypress Equities is building more than $3 billion worth of projects across the country, including ROGER STAUBACH The Ritz-Carlton Residences, MamExecutive Chairman The Staubach Co. moth in Mammoth Lakes, Calif., and Royal Island Resort & Spa, a private-island resort community in the Bahamas. Staubach’s expertise includes strategic consulting, acquisition/disposition, construction consulting/project management, facilities management and financing and capital solutions. DTZ Staubach Tie Leung delivers services and solutions to multinational clients. UGL Equis Corp. UGL Equis Corp., through its affiliated companies, focuses exclusively on the business space user. With more than 21,000 affiliated employees in almost 100 locations, the Chicago-based firm provides comprehensive real estate solutions through portfolio strategy and management, transaction advisory, corporate finance, project services, workplace integration, data management, facilities management and audit-and-recovery servicDAVID MONTROSS es for companies that have office, industrial President & CEO UGL Equis Corp. and retail needs in the United States, Mexico, Asia-Pacific, Europe and the Middle East. UGL Equis and its sister company UGL Unicco are subsidiaries of United Group Ltd. Studley Inc. In 2007, tenant representation firm Studley Inc. received industry honors, including an appearance on NJBiz’s and the Washington Business Journal’s Best Places to Work lists. Studley represented clients in such notable transactions as Time Inc.’s 414,000-square-foot sublease to Lehman Brothers Inc. and Goodwin Procter L.L.P.’s lease in the new New York Times Building, both in ManhatMITCHELL STEIR tan; Pacific Life Insurance Co.’s Chairman & CEO Studley Inc. 247,000-square-foot build-to-suit in Orange County, Calif.; Babcock & Brown Ltd.’s relocation and expansion of its headquarters in San Francisco; and TXU Energy Co.’s headquarters lease in Houston. 30 Commercial Property News Westmount Realty Capital L.L.C. Investment, development and management firm Westmount Realty Capital L.L.C. has built a diverse portfolio that includes industrial properties, retail centers, office buildings, multi-family communities and several Downtown Dallas historic buildings. Westmount is active in numerous cities throughout the United States and owns 2.2 million square feet of office, industrial and retail property in the South and Southwest; 27.4 acres with inner-city-freeway frontage zoned for commercial developCLIFF BOOTH ment; and 1,905 acres of Texas land zoned President for both commercial and residential devel- Westmount Realty Capital L.L.C. opment, the latter through its affiliate company, WY Atlantis. 2008 Goldbook
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