Sperry Commercial Global Affiliates – The Andrews Group Expands to Mobile and Huntsville, AL

Birmingham, AL (October 26, 2017) — Sperry Commercial Global Affiliates founding franchise member Keith Andrews, CCIM, owner of Sperry Commercial Global Affiliates– The Andrews Group, located in Birmingham, AL, has announced the expansion of two new offices in Mobile and Huntsville, AL. The Andrews Group, a Founding Affiliate Member (FAM) was the first Sperry Commercial […]
CCIM Endowed Scholarships – Sperry Commercial Global Affiliate Steve Jacquemin, CCIM Recognized

At the CCIM Foundation’s July board of directors meeting, the most recent named endowed scholarships were approved and announced. Each chapter below submitted the requisite funds required for matching from the foundation. With these new funds, the foundation now has 107 fully funded named endowed scholarships. Steve Jacquemin, CCIM, one of our Sperry Commercial Global Affiliates […]
Sperry Commercial Global Affiliates Builds on Market Advantage with CoStar National License

Los Angeles, CA (August 3, 2017) – Sperry Commercial Global Affiliates announced today that it has signed a new national license agreement with CoStar Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSGP), the leading provider of commercial real estate information, analytics and online marketplaces. With this new agreement, all Sperry Commercial Global Affiliate brokers across the nation will have […]
Sperry Commercial Global Affiliates Expands Into Chicago with Ellermann Brokerage, Inc.

Irvine, CA (August 21, 2017) – Sperry Commercial Global Affiliates has announced that Ellermann Brokerage, Inc., a Chicagoland-based brokerage, has joined as its first Chicago affiliate. Led by David P. Ellermann, CCIM, CIPS, Ellerman Brokerage, Inc. specializes in office investment sales and industrial tenant representation. “I’ve always looked to be innovative and entrepreneurial, regardless of […]
Tax Credit Buyer Acquires Garden Grove Affordable MF

Connect California – July 28, 2017 Early Bird Alert: Connect Apartments is planned for September 28th in Los Angeles. Here’s where to get more information and register. Garden Grove Manor Apartments, a 78-unit cooperative community in Garden Grove, CA, traded hands for $13.2 million. The buyer was an Orange County-based affordable housing developer, which converted the […]
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 […]