CHICAGO, ILOctober 29, 2009 - Michael Piscoran, SIOR, 47, a commercial real estate veteran with a career focus on industrial markets, has been appointed a Senior Vice President in the Chicago office of UGL Equis.
For the past year Mike was a National Vice President of Strategic Growth for Coldwell Banker Commercial Company, where he was responsible for creating, developing, and implementing a strategic real estate franchise sales plan to meet global business requirements.
Prior to this time, he led a three-member Industrial team for the Chicago office of Grubb & Ellis, and was responsible for managing the real estate interests of Fortune100 industrial & manufacturing firms throughout the greater Midwest. Mike created tenant representation presentations that produced numerous assignments for one-million square feet plus of warehouse/distribution space. He coordinated a public-private partnership between Sauk Village, IL and DP Partners to develop the 500-acre Sauk Village Industrial Park. The rail-served warehouse/distribution park was brought to the market with tri-state users and has since developed over two-million square feet.
As Associate Director of the Industrial Services Team for Cushman & Wakefield Worldwide in Rosemont, 1990-2001, Mr. Piscoran coordinated a multi-state relocation of five distribution centers for the Eby-Brown Company. He also conducted location analysis, economic development incentive negotiations, and build to suit negotiations with various developers to construct, in total, over two-million square feet of distribution space.
Mr. Piscoran is a resident of Wheaton, IL and is a member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI); the National Association of Office & Industrial Parks (NAIOP); Rotary International and the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR).
"Mike Piscoran is one of the top industrial brokers in the Northeast Illinois with a tremendous depth of experience,” commented Christopher Wood, Senior Vice President and Managing Director of the Chicago office. “His decision to join the Company at this time further demonstrates the strength of UGL Equis and our commitment to only representing the interests of the user and occupier of commercial space.”
About UGL Equis CorporationUGL Equis is a corporate real estate firm that focuses exclusively on the business space user. The company has more than 42,000 affiliated employees in 14 countries around the world through its parent company UGL. Chicago-based UGL Equis provides comprehensive real estate solutions through portfolio strategy and management, transaction advisory, corporate finance, project services, workplace integration, data management, facility management, development management and audit and recovery services for national and global companies with office, industrial and retail opportunities throughout the United States, Mexico, Asia Pacific, Europe and the Middle East. UGL Equis and its sister company UGL Unicco, are subsidiaries of UGL Limited (ASX: UGL). For additional information, please visit www.ugl-equis.com.
For further information, please contact:
Richard Lindberg – UGL Equis: 312.424.8172 or Richard.lindberg@ugl-equis.comChris Wood – UGL Equis: 312.424.8064 or Chris.Wood@ugl-equis.com
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