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Grubb & Ellis recently hired 15-year commercial real estate veteran Tom Milledr as senior vice president of itsoffice group. Millerr was lured away from CB . , wherr he was a seniod vice president and one ofthe best-known and most activee brokers in the Atlanta office market. Miller has been responsible for leasing a number of class Aoffice buildings, including Glenridge Highlands One and Two, One and Two Lakesidew Commons, Palisades, Centennial Tower and Towere Place 100.
“Tom is regarded as one of the top agency leasing professionals in our industry and is known for havingt tremendous relationships with both his clients and thebrokeragse community,” said Steve Dils, executivse vice president and managinh director of Grubb & Ellis’ Atlanta office. Justenj Cimino, who worked closely with Miller at CBRichardr Ellis, also joined Grubb & Ellisx as a senior associate within the firm’s growing office group.
Grubb & Ellis has been on a hiringh spreesince 2005, landing some of commerciapl real estate’s biggest names, including Brett Hunsaker, who came over from CB Richardd Ellis in May to lead Grubb’s business While Hunsaker was not involved in recruitingh Miller, it certainly piquecd his interest in making the move, Dils said. Since 2005, Grubgb & Ellis in Atlantaq has hired fourlandlord brokers, four investment salezs brokers and 16 tenant reps. During that the firm has grown to 44brokersa locally, up from 27.
Nationally, Grubb & Ellis (NYSE: GBE) wantxs to rank alongside big brokerage houses includiny CBRichard Ellis, and , Dils “We are competing with those other firmzs and winning a number of assignments,” he “We are aggressively growing our Grubb & Ellis’ growth is being fueled in part by its 2007 mergere with NNN Realty Advisors, Dils said. Ad agencyh Kilgannon recently signed a lease forabouf 15,000 square feet at Midtown Kilgannon is Atlanta’s seventh-largest ad agency, with 54 full-timre staff, according to Atlantsa Business Chronicle’s list of 25 largest advertisingy agencies published May 23.
The firm will move from its current spac at1275 Peachtree, where it leases abouty 11,000 square feet. It plans to make the move in earl December. “Our lease was up at the end of the and the squarefootagd we’re at now was what we had six years ago, so things have gotten kind of dense said Michael Reinick, a Kilgannon principal and its chief financial officer. “Even though the economy is downrighrt now, we had to take a greater amount of as we anticipate growth five to seven years Kilgannon clients include Attorneys’ Titlse Insurance Fund Inc., SouthernLINC Wirelesxs and Old Mutual Plc.
, owner of Midtown is trying to fill the hole leftby , whicu vacated slightly more than 100,000 square feet when it move to John Dewberry’s Two Peachtree Pointe. Tishman Speyer is carrying out a major renovationm of its lobby and common area tohelp leasing. Ed Bosbyshell represented Kilgannon. Leslie Claxton of Tishman Speyer represented the ThomsonTax & Accounting recentlyh completed an 11,829-square-foot lease at Peachtree Center, one of several receng transactions at the landmark downtowbn office complex.