RHYS Commercial hires Manfro as associate in the investment sales division and Stranko as associate in the retail leasing division

RHYS Commercial, a full-service commercial real estate firm, has hired two new employees. Laura Manfro has joined the firm as an associate in the investment sales division and Ryan Stranko as an associate in the retail leasing division. In her new role, Manfro focuses on providing acquisition and disposition services to her clients, and frequently engages in retail leasing by providing representation for both tenants and landlords. Before joining RHYS, Manfro three years at Charter Realty and Development in Westport, as a leasing agent. She earned a B.A. in Communication from Fordham University in New York. As an associate in the Retail Leasing division, Stranko focuses on servicing the division's landlords with sales and the leasing of their portfolio. Before joining RHYS, he practiced as a student attorney at the Commonwealth of Mass. Bristol County District Attorney's Office and at The State of R.I.'s Office of the Attorney General. Prior to that served as a legal intern at Mann & Mitchell in Providence R.I., where he worked on a variety of court-appointed and pro bono cases. Stranko earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from Manhattan College and a Juris Doctor from Roger Williams University School of Law in Bristol, R.I. Stamford, Conn.-based RHYS Commercial is a commercial real estate firm providing real estate services throughout Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. RHYS has an experienced staff with a long history of transactions in the retail, office and industrial sectors. With over 200 transactions completed every year, RHYS is the market leader in each of the regions served, and offers agency leasing, tenant representation and investment sales.