Capital markets platform expands with addition of three investment sales professionals

ATLANTA, July 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Transwestern's Atlanta office today announced it has expanded its Investment Services Group with the addition of three industry professionals. Edward A. Fish III joins Transwestern as senior vice president and will specialize in the brokerage of both multifamily communities and land sites. Retail specialist Fred Victor will focus on grocery-anchored shopping centers in his new role as vice president. Additionally, Val Despard has been promoted to associate of investment services.

"We are thrilled to have these two professionals join Transwestern," said Bruce Ford, president of the Southeast. "Ed is a highly talented investment and capital markets professional, proven by his track record and in-depth knowledge of both the local and regional multifamily sectors. Fred's expertise in the retail sector will allow Transwestern to continue to enhance the services we provide to our clients."

Over the course of his 30-year career, Fish has brokered the sale of hundreds of apartment communities located throughout the United States, totaling an aggregate value in excess of $2.35 billion. He joins Transwestern from the former Atlanta-based Resource Real Estate Partners LLC. Prior to that, he was with Inland American Communities/University Partners where he served as managing director of investments. Fish also served 18 years at Gables Residential/Trammel Crow Residential as vice president of transactions and director of brokerage services.

Victor comes to Transwestern from Newmark Grubb Knight Frank's Atlanta office, where he served as director of investment sales and represented approximately $175 million in aggregate sales volume since 2011.

Despard, previously a senior financial analyst with the firm, has more than a decade of experience providing due diligence services and comprehensive financial modeling for owners of all asset types.

The Investment Services Group, which includes Managing Directors Jon Kleinberg, Kevin Markwordt and Mike McGaughy, negotiated the sale of 30 multifamily, office, industrial and retail properties in 2012. Currently, the group offers clients more than 100 years of combined experience and a successful track record of marketing and maximizing the return of income-producing assets valued at more than $6 billion throughout the United States.

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Transwestern is a privately held real estate firm specializing in agency leasing, property and facilities management, tenant advisory, capital markets, development, research and sustainability. The fully integrated enterprise leverages operating competencies in office, industrial, retail, multifamily and healthcare properties to add value for investors, owners and occupiers of real estate. Transwestern facilitates better decision-making for clients by combining penetrating local market intelligence and macro-market research through its affiliate, Delta Associates. Transwestern has 33 U.S. offices and assists clients through more than 180 offices in 36 countries as part of a strategic alliance with Paris-based BNP Paribas Real Estate. For more information, please visit www.transwestern.net and follow us on Twitter: @Transwestern. Follow Transwestern's Atlanta office on Twitter: @TranswesternATL.

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