Cresa elects new board of directors

Cresa recently named its new board of directors. David Prevé and Rich Rhodes were re-elected to the board and have been named chairman and vice chairman respectively. With 30 years of experience Prevé is one of the founding members of Cresa and is the managing principal of Cresa Miami, while Rhodes is a managing principal for Cresa Washington D.C. with 28 years of commercial real estate experience. In addition, Jim Byrd, managing principal of Cresa Atlanta has been elected to serve a two year term on the board, replacing Matthew Feeney, who stepped down. Byrd is the co-founder of the Atlanta office of Cresa and has 36 years of commercial real estate experience. Four others, including Mark Ayers, Jack Burns, Phillip Infelise and Jeff Manley were all reelected to a two year term on the board. "Cresa's culture is based on collaboration, and this board exemplifies that principle," said Jim Leslie, CEO of Cresa. "We are in a phase of dynamic growth in our organization and this leadership team has the talent and creativity to meet the challenges associated with this type of change." Cresa is an international corporate real estate advisory firm that exclusively represents tenants and specializes in the delivery of fully integrated real estate services, including: Transaction management, project management, portfolio strategies, location planning, lease administration, capital markets, and facilities services. With more than 57 offices, Cresa is one of the largest tenant representation firms in North America. Through its partnership with Savills, one of the world's largest commercial real estate services firms; Cresa covers more than 255 locations in 40 countries.