SAN FRANCISCO, CA – July 22, 2010. Career Professional Eric Danielson, 55, will take over the management duties of the UGL Equis-San Francisco office and will lead the Company’s growth and expansion of its presence in the Bay Area it was announced today.
Mr. Danielson, a resident of Danville, CA, was, until his UGL Equis appointment, the Senior Leader of Studley’s East Bay office, garnering extensive experience with strategic planning, build-to-suit assignments and an extensive understanding of the needs of large space user headquarters and portfolio requirements. His areas of specialty include in the Engineering, Insurance, Technology, Financial, Manufacturing sectors, and strategic planning.
Eric joined Studley in 1990 after seven years with Royal LePage Commercial Real Estate, and before that he spent four years in business system sales at NBI and Sony Business Systems.
A graduate of the University of Iowa with a B.S. Degree in finance and marketing, Mr. Danielson has represented many Fortune 1000 firms real estate requirements including a 571,000 s.f. portfolio management for United States Can; a 385,000 s.f. multi-location lease-up and build-to-suit for CIGNA; and a 236,000 s.f. relocation-expansion for Motorola Corporation. Other former and current key clients include Jamba Juice, EDFUND, Challenge Dairy, UPS-SCS, APL, URS Corporation and Follett Educational Services.
Eric has outlined an ambitious plan to grow the San Francisco Bay Area Region exponentially over the next 18-24 months. “Our goal is to recruit 18-20 new brokerage professionals, targeting senior level individuals initially, and opening two to three offices the East and South Bay,” he explained.
“Joining UGL Equis presents a great platform for my clients and my business,” he added. “Long ago I made the commitment to represent tenants in a non-conflicted environment. UGL Equis offers clients a best-in-class services platform without the inherent conflicts they often encounter in the “full-service” firms. I see a great entrepreneurial spirit here.”
"We are very fortunate to have a man of Eric’s skill, drive, and determination to spearhead our Bay Area operations and achieve long-term planning objectives,” commented Michael Sheinkop, Executive Vice President of Brokerage Operations. “He is respected as a consummate professional within our industry and has been a top producing broker throughout his career. There is no doubt that his clients and our Bay Area Team will appreciate his high level of professionalism as well."
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 Limited. 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.comEric Danielson – UGL Equis: 415.352.2415 or Eric.Danielson@ugl-equis.com
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