Virginia Cook, Realtors and David Griffin & Company Realtors Merge

DALLAS, Aug. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Virginia Cook, CEO and founder of Virginia Cook, Realtors and David Griffin, President and founder of David Griffin & Company Realtors announced today that they have merged, with the Griffin organization becoming a division of Virginia Cook, Realtors. David Griffin & Company will continue to operate under its own name, with David Griffin as its president.  

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"This merger feels very natural. I started my career working for Virginia at Henry S. Miller," David Griffin said. "We worked together for five years."

"Our firms have complementary strengths," said Virginia Cook, CEO of the firm. "The opportunity to bring together the agent talent, marketing resources, industry and community connections of our two firms is very exciting."

"Each of our teams is known for expertise in certain neighborhoods and types of homes," David Griffin said. "My team gains the advantage of Virginia Cook's top-flight management, large relocation division, and multi-office coverage of the Metroplex."

"David's vision and authoritative understanding of Dallas's close-in neighborhoods, as well as his prominence as a community leader, will be a tremendous advantage to our agents as well as to our home-buying and selling customers," added Sheila Rice, executive vice president and cofounder of Virginia Cook, Realtors.

Together Virginia Cook, Realtors and David Griffin & Company Realtors will have almost 500 residential sales agents. The headquarters office, on Sherry Lane in Dallas's Preston Center area, will include storefront galleries for each of the firm's two brands where clients can browse properties being marketed.

About Virginia Cook, Realtors

Virginia Cook, Realtors was founded by Virginia Cook and Sheila Rice in 1999. Virginia Cook had a 28-year career as president of Henry S. Miller, Realtors. Virginia Cook, Realtors is today one of the largest independently owned real estate firms in North Texas. The firm operates full-service offices in a multi-county region from the Park Cities to Sherman, Denison and Fort Worth. Its capabilities include global relocation services utilized by hundreds of corporations.

About David Griffin & Company Realtors

David Griffin & Company Realtors, founded by David Griffin in 1982, has gained a reputation as the premier resource for buying and selling homes in such central Dallas neighborhoods as Uptown, the Park Cities, Lakewood and Kessler Park. The firm is noted for its expertise with architecturally distinctive historic and contemporary homes and its skill in marketing the city's landmark highrise properties.

Visit www.virginiacook.com or www.davidgriffin.com.

SOURCE Virginia Cook, Realtors; David Griffin & Company Realtors