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Grubb & Ellis Company announced that Dylan Taylor, executive vice president, president, global client services, has resigned to accept another position. The company is currently working with Taylor to ensure a smooth transition. Taylor’s responsibilities will be divided among the business line leaders within Global Client Services. Taylor joined Grubb & Ellis in 2005. He was named to his current position in 2008.

Grubb & Ellis Company has also promoted Warren Amason, Eric Berkman, Steven Gichner and Bruce McNair to the position of executive vice president from senior vice president. Amason, who has been with Grubb & Ellis since 1984, manages suburban leasing and sales efforts in Northern Virginia. A 23-year veteran of the commercial real estate industry, Berkman joined Grubb & Ellis in 1999 and specializes in investment sales in the D.C. metro area. Gichner, who joined Grubb & Ellis in 1999, facilitates the acquisition and disposition of institutional-quality office and industrial assets in the Mid-Atlantic and secondary markets on behalf of private and institutional investors. McNair joined Grubb & Ellis in 2006 and has more than 25 years of experience in the commercial real estate industry as a practitioner, manager, investor and owner of investment property and commercial real estate service companies. He co-founded a highly respected Washington, D.C. based brokerage company, which was acquired by St. Joe Co. and became an integral member of GVA Advantis. He remained with the company for seven years and was among the top five producers every year.

Nat Barganier has been named executive director of the distressed properties group at Grubb & Ellis, Commercial Florida, Tampa. Barganier was vice president of multifamily investment for the southeast region at Camden Properties Trust, Tampa.-St. Petersburg Times (Florida)

Grubb & Ellis Company announced that Craig Cahow has joined its West Los Angeles office as a senior vice president, Office Group. His focus will be office landlord and tenant representation. Most recently, Cahow served as managing director, leasing, for Cabi Developers, where he was responsible for the company’s Southern California portfolio, consisting of 58 office buildings totaling 4.5 million square feet.-PR Newswire

Grubb & Ellis announced that it has named Matthew A. Engel as senior vice president, accounting and finance and chief accounting officer, effective immediately. Engel, 41, will have responsibility for the company’s corporate accounting, tax, financial risk management and treasury functions. He reports to Richard W. Pehlke, executive vice president and chief financial officer. Engel joins Grubb & Ellis from H&R Block, where he spent seven years in various senior finance leadership positions. Most recently, he was senior vice president, chief financial officer of the company’s mortgage services segment, where he oversaw the finance, treasury, accounting, business planning and corporate strategy functions. While at H&R Block, he also held the title of vice president, controller for the mortgage services segment and chief accounting officer for the parent company.-PR Newswire

Grubb & Ellis announced that it has opened a full service office in Tucson, Ariz.  The office initially will be staffed with five local commercial real estate market veterans, including three professionals who represented the top producing team for CB Richard Ellis in Tucson. Joining Grubb & Ellis are Robert L. Davis, William L. DiVito, Howard Kong, CCIM, Scott Soelter and Michael Townsdin.

Davis, DiVito and Kong join Grubb & Ellis from CB Richard Ellis. Soelter was most recently with Bourn Partners, one of Tucson’s leading local brokerage, development and property management firms.

Townsdin joins from Bourn Partners.

Davis joins Grubb & Ellis as senior vice president, industrial. He joined CB Richard Ellis in 1985 and most recently held the title of first vice president. DiVito joins Grubb & Ellis as senior vice president, industrial. He is a member of the Flying Samaritans, Arizona Chapter and a board member for the Steven M. Gooter Foundation.

Kong was an associate at CB Richard Ellis and joins Grubb & Ellis as vice president, industrial. Over the past six years, he has focused on high-level investment analysis and brokerage services.

Soelter joins Grubb & Ellis as senior vice president, retail. Most recently, he spent 10 years at Bourn Partners, where he began as a retail broker and transitioned to a project principal/asset manager.

Townsdin joins Grubb & Ellis as a vice president, office. He joined Bourn Partners in 2001 and quickly become one of the firm’s top office professionals, representing the needs of a wide range of tenants and landlords as a member of the firm’s office and medical services division.-PR Newswire

Grubb & Ellis Company announced that William F. (Chuck) Hunt, a 29-year veteran of the Southern California real estate market, has been named executive managing director, responsible for the company’s Los Angeles county offices. Hunt joins Grubb & Ellis from Eastdil Secured effective July 21. He will be based in the company’s downtown Los Angeles office. Since 2005, Hunt was managing director at Eastdil Secured. Hunt holds a bachelor’s degree from Arizona State University. He is a member of the Urban Land Institute and a member and past board member of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties.-PR Newswire

Grubb & Ellis Company announced that Robert H. Osbrink, executive vice president and chairman of transaction services, has left the company effective immediately. Osbrink joined Grubb & Ellis in 1988 and held numerous local and regional management roles during his 20 years at Grubb & Ellis. He was named executive vice president and president of Transaction Services in 2004. In June 2008, Jack Van Berkel, chief operating officer, assumed the additional role of president, transaction services.-SEC Form 8k

Grubb & Ellis announced that Maureen A. Ehrenberg, executive vice president and president of global client services, is no longer with the company effective Dec. 31, 2007. Dylan Taylor, the company’s current president, corporate services group, has been named acting president of global client services and Grubb & Ellis Management Services, Inc. effective immediately.

He will continue as head of the company’s corporate services group, and will report directly to Peters. Taylor joined Grubb & Ellis in 2005 as executive vice president, regional managing director, corporate services.

He was named president of the corporate services group in October 2007. Prior to joining Grubb & Ellis, Taylor spent more than five years as senior vice president, corporate solutions at Jones Lang LaSalle. -PR Newswire

Grubb & Ellis announced that Dylan Taylor has been promoted to president, corporate services group. Taylor, 36, joined Grubb & Ellis in 2005 as executive vice president, regional managing director, corporate services. The corporate services group provides account management, strategic consulting, valuation, project management and lease administration to corporations. Prior to joining Grubb & Ellis, Taylor spent more than five years as senior vice president, corporate solutions at Jones Lang LaSalle.-PR Newswire