The Accidental Pilot – How A Business Venture Led to Neil Sherman’s Private Pilot License
AZRE July/August 2017– By DAVID MCGLOTHLIN Unlike most private pilots, Neil Sherman bought his first airplane before he had his private pilot license (PPL) and unlike most pilots, he earned his PPL about 20 years after his first lesson in the late 1980s. “I wasn’t in a hurry,” explains Sherman, managing director of Sperry Commercial […]
Hotel, Apartment Concept Pitched for Downtown ATT Skyscraper
By Brent Godwin – Real Estate Editor, Birmingham Business Journal – Jun 15, 2017, 12:07pm CDT Updated Jun 15, 2017, 12:30pm A mostly vacant skyscraper in downtown Birmingham could get a new lease on life, as brokers are pitching a mixed-use concept for the building. Berkadia said today it is marketing the top 18 floors of the 30-floor AT&T City […]
Ram Rafiee of BRC Advisors, A Sperry Commercial Global Affiliate, Sells Claremont Hotel Westwood for $12.25M
UPDATED, 12:55 a.m., April 26: Shamina Investments, a Los Angeles-based firm, has snapped up the aging Claremont Hotel Westwood for $12.25 million, its lender, Thorofare Capital, announced Wednesday. Shamina, headed by Benjamin Keywanfar, will team up with the Paligroup hospitality brand to renovate the 53-key hotel, at 1044 Tiverton Avenue, and rebrand it as the Palihotel […]
BRC Advisors Receives Minority Business Enterprise Certification
LOS ANGELES, CA–(Marketwired – Mar 13, 2017) – James Huang, CEO and President of BRC Advisors, Inc., one of Los Angeles County’s top-ranked, commercial real estate brokerages, today announced that the firm has been certified as a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) by the Southern California Minority Supplier Development Council (SCMSDC). In order to receive MBE […]
Insignia joins Sperry Commercial Global Affiliates as affiliate
Insignia Commercial Real Estate has become the first Phoenix affiliate for Sperry Commercial Global Affiliates. The current Insignia team numbers seven brokers and support personnel with plans to grow to 15 to 20 brokers within the next 12 to 15 months. Neil Sherman, managing director, noted that the firm plans to add a property management […]
Sperry Commercial Global Commercial Affiliates Completes $27.4 Million Sale of Apartment Portfolio
VICTORVILLE, CA – Sperry Commercial Global Affiliates, LLC has completed the $27.4 million sale of a two-property, fully occupied apartment portfolio totaling 320 units in Victorville, Calif., a city in the High Desert region of the Inland Empire. The properties, which are located approximately 2.5 miles apart, are both garden-style assets built in 1988 and […]
Sperry Commercial Global Affiliates Brings The Andrews Group on Board as First Alabama Affiliate
Irvine, CA (February 15, 2017) – Sperry Commercial Global Affiliates, LLC has announced that Keith Andrews of Sperry Commercial Global Affiliates -The Andrews Group has joined as its first affiliate in Alabama. This latest announcement builds on Sperry Commercial Global Affiliates’ aggressive national expansion, as its first affiliate in the Southeast. The firm has been […]
Top Brokerage Firms in 2016
Commercial real estate brokerage firms posted another strong year in 2015, growing both leasing and investment sales volumes, according to data provided to NREI as part of our annual ranking of the top commercial real estate brokers. CBRE Group continued to lead the way. It is the 13th consecutive year that CBRE has led the […]
DOWNTOWN LA’S INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY GIVES WAY TO OTHER USES
When you visit Los Angeles, the sight of the cranes looming in the sky in all directions shows a city undergoing significant revitalization and re-development. Not so long ago, the Downtown area of Los Angeles went “dark.” This occurred after the hustle and bustle of the normal workday was done and the streets were mostly […]
Atlas Real Estate Group Joins Sperry Commercial Global Affiliates LLC as Affiliate
PASADENA, CA–(Marketwired – Dec 19, 2016) – Sperry Commercial Global Affiliates, LLC has announced Atlas Real Estate Group as its newest affiliate in Pasadena. Led by David Chen, Atlas is a full-service brokerage firm serving the San Gabriel Valley, providing a broad array of services, and specializing in high-net-worth Asian investors. Prior to forming Atlas and […]