CHICAGO, IL – April 9, 2010 – UGL Equis is proud to announce the promotions of two of its real estate professionals from Vice President to Senior Vice President; Justin Hodgdon in the Orange County, California office and Michael McKeever in Downtown Los Angeles.

Justin Hodgdon, 35, is a key member of the management team that is responsible for the overall operation and performance of UGL Equis’ Southern California region. Justin’s focus is representing organizations with local, regional and national real estate needs and is highly skilled at managing the multiple resources needed to create and implement strategic real estate plans. These resources include the utilization of UGL Equis’ integrated service lines to support a variety of client needs including, portfolio and transaction advisory, project management, workplace integration, site selection and municipal negotiations, technology and financial consulting, and facility management. He has been involved in transactions of excess of $1 billion ranging from small, high profile bank branches for Partners Federal Credit Union and City National Bank to major service center requirements for Assurant and portfolio management for clients such WTAS LLC. Recently, Justin and his partner Drew Netherton, Vice President have completed lease transactions in Orange County, CA for clients Assurant (44,424 SF), Underwriters Laboratories (30,000 SF) and CalSurance (26,187 SF), to name a few.

A graduate of Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA with a B.A. degree in Public Relations and Business Administration, Justin resides in Redondo Beach with his family and volunteers his time as an AYSO Region 18 coach and participates as a member of the Los Angeles Children’s Hospital – Men’s Guild as well as supports the Children’s Hospital, Orange County.

Michael McKeever, 39, provides tenant focused commercial real estate advisory services to corporate clients throughout Southern California. Mike has delivered consistent and measurable results for his clients for over a decade. During his tenure with UGL Equis, he has implemented a negotiation strategy that enabled MedAssets and Seyfarth Shaw to relocate within their respective office projects and benefit from tenant concessions as if they were a new, “outside” tenant. Seyfarth Shaw also saved a combined $13.5 million in construction savings and concessions at its two Los Angeles office locations. His work with Freedom Communications consists of creating a strategic real estate plan to help align to the company's real estate portfolio with the current challenging business environment. Mike holds an MBA, from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California and a BA in Business Economics from the University of California at Santa Barbara. Mike is a supporter of the Marshall School, USC, and the Miller Children’s Hospital. He is a resident of Manhattan Beach where he resides with his wife and two young children.

“Justin and Mike are consummate UGL Equis professionals who have both attained high levels of success. Through their dedication and leadership, they have helped to grow our presence in southern California while providing outstanding service to UGL Equis clients,” commented Michael Sheinkop, Executive Vice President of UGL Equis. “They are a blueprint of our success.”

Josef Farrar, Senior Vice President and Managing Director of the Downtown L.A. office adds: “Justin and Mike’s leadership and dedication has been key to success of our team in Southern California and they are an integral part of our growth going forward.”

UGL Equis has three strong and growing offices in the Southern California market – the Downtown office was launched in July 2007, and is located at 555 W. 5th Street. The West L.A. office at 10100 Santa Monica, Boulevard has been in existence for eight years, and the newest location is in Orange County at the Plaza Tower, 600 Anton Boulevard, Costa Mesa.

About UGL Equis Corporation
UGL 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 United Group Limited (ASX: UGL). For additional information, please visit www.ugl-equis.com.

For further information, please contact:
Michael Sheinkop – UGL Equis: 312.424.8099 or Michael.Sheinkop@ugl-equis.com