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Boston Realty Advisors names d'Hemecourt partner and president to run the retail real estate division

Boston Realty Advisors (BRA) has appointed Michael d' Hemecourt as partner and president of its' retail real estate division. Prior to joining BRA, he was an associate director within Cushman & Wakefield's capital markets group. Executing over $2 billion in sales and leasing totaling 9 million s/f, he and his business partner were ranked the top retail team in the country across all brokerage firms in 2007. The properties he sold varied in price, size, and structure, ranging from $2 million assets to $504 million portfolios, and included single-tenant retail buildings, as well as complex mixed-use urban assets and outright sales, along with the sale of partnership interests. d' Hemecourt has represented shopping center owners such as: Morgan Stanley, Federal Realty Investment Trust, Kimco, The Flatley Company, Eastern Development, New England Development, WP Realty, Samuels & Associates, Lehman Brothers, Centro Properties and Edens & Avant, among others. d' Hemecourt is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers. Christopher Sower, managing director and partner of Boston Realty Advisors, and specialist in multifamily housing said, "I shared an office with Michael when we were both at Cushman & Wakefield. It is going to be great to work with him again." William Catlin, partner, said "Michael is going to be an incredible complement to our full service commercial platform." About Boston Realty Advisors: Founded in 2001 by Jason S. Weissman, Boston Realty Advisors operates a full-service commercial brokerage platform. BRA specializes in selling investment properties throughout New England. The firm's mission is to fill a void in the commercial real estate industry with creative and aggressive marketing.
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