Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services opens new western Mass. office in Amherst

Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services has opened a new office in Amherst, according to Gary Lucas, regional manager. The office is located at 71 Country Corners Rd. "We are pleased to bring Marcus & Millichap's national brand and unique marketing platform to Western Massachusetts," says Lucas. "The addition of this office boosts our growing position in the New England marketplace. "During the next several years as the economy improves, there will be tremendous opportunity for growth in Massachusetts and across New England," continues Lucas. "By acting as long-term advisers to investors throughout this region, we will assist them in acquiring both local and out-of-state investment properties." In New England, Marcus & Millichap has offices in Albany, Boston, New Haven and Boston. The telephone number for the new office is (413) 253-3700 and the fax number is (206) 337-1316. With more than 1,200 investment professionals in offices nationwide, Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services is the largest firm specializing in commercial real estate investment services in the nation. Marcus & Millichap closed 3,441 transactions in 2009, the highest of any commercial real estate brokerage firm. Founded in 1971, the firm has perfected a powerful system for marketing properties that combines product specialization, local market expertise, the industry's most comprehensive research, state-of-the-art technology and relationships with the largest pool of qualified investors nationally.