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Capital Markets Investment Group Launches Throughout the Western United States.


Strategic Alliance between Top Office Investment Brokers Consolidates Resources within a Single Group

LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850.  -- The formation of Capital Markets Investment Group (CMIG CMIG Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics (Journal)
CMIG Cuna Mutual Insurance Group
) was announced today by its membership. Composed of a team of elite commercial real estate professionals specializing in the sale and acquisition of office investment properties, CMIG enables its members to provide institutional investors with exceptional service and greater access to resources throughout the West's top capital investment markets.

"CMIG is unique from other capital markets groups in that it is not affiliated with one specific brokerage firm," stated Mike Meisenbach, CPA (Computer Press Association, Landing, NJ) An earlier membership organization founded in 1983 that promoted excellence in computer journalism. Its annual awards honored outstanding examples in print, broadcast and electronic media. The CPA disbanded in 2000. , CCIM CCIM Certified Commercial Investment Member
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CCIM Client Component Installation Manager (Microsoft)
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, member of CMIG and principal of Lee & Associates.

"Membership in CMIG allows brokers to strategically align with the nation's top office investment professionals regardless of their association with a particular firm," added David Tilton, another CMIG member and senior managing director of Fredrick Ross Company in Denver. "Therefore, this is the first group to truly be able to provide the best expertise to investors attracted to office properties."

CMIG was founded on the premise that the collective wisdom, expertise, experience and unique strengths of its members can be combined and shared in order to most effectively meet the needs of today's commercial real estate investors. This consolidation of resources allows members to more effectively penetrate markets by giving access to more sellers and buyers, which, in turn, provides more opportunities to clients.

The group was founded with members specializing in markets throughout California, including Orange, Los Angeles and San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay.  counties, the East Bay, San Gabriel Valley The San Gabriel Valley is one of the principal valleys of southern California. It lies to the east of the city of Los Angeles, to the north of the Puente Hills, to the south of the San Gabriel Mountains, and to the west of the Inland Empire. , the Inland Empire In·land Empire  

A region of the northwest United States between the Cascade Range and the Rocky Mountains, comprising eastern Washington, eastern Oregon, northern Idaho, and western Montana. Farming, lumbering, and mining are important to the area.
; as well as Seattle, Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , Denver and Portland, Ore.

Expansion has already begun with efforts to recruit experts in Dallas, Phoenix, San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden  and other major markets throughout the Western United States Noun 1. western United States - the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River
West

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.

CMIG's broker teams average over 20 years experience in the commercial real estate industry. Last year, they sold an average of 464,000 square feet of office space, with average sales of $78 million for each team. The group currently has an aggregate value of $424 million worth of properties for sale.

CMIG's clients include some of the nation's largest institutional investors such as Goldman Sachs The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., or simply Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) is one of the world's largest global investment banks. Goldman Sachs was founded in 1869, and is headquartered in the Lower Manhattan area of New York City at 85 Broad Street. , Hines Interests, L.P., Morgan Stanley To comply with Wikipedia's , the introduction of this article needs a complete rewrite. , MetLife Real Estate Investments and Legacy Partners Commercial.

Members currently include the following experts (listed by market).

* DENVER: David G. Tilton, senior managing director, Frederick Ross Company, 303.260.8354, dtilton@frederickross.com / Todd Alton, associate broker, Frederick Ross Company, 303.260.4224, talton@frederickross.com

* EAST BAY: Aron Hoenninger, principal, Lee & Associates Inc., 925.737.4155, ahoenninger@lee-associates.com

* INLAND EMPIRE: David Mudge, CCIM, SIOR SIOR Society of Industrial and Office Realtors
SIOR Specialist, Industrial and Office Real estate
, senior vice president, Lee & Associates - Riverside, 951.276.3611, dmudge@lee-associates.com / Tom Pierik, SIOR, senior vice president, Lee & Associates - Riverside, 951.276.3610, tpierik@lee-associates.com

* LAS VEGAS: Charles Witters, SIOR, senior vice president, Lee & Associates Inc., 702.320.1337, cwitters@leelasvegas.com / David Flynn David Flynn (aka Dave Flynn, born 1977) is an Irish composer and musician. He is one of Ireland’s leading young composers with a number of major awards and commissions to his name. , senior vice president, Lee & Associates Inc., 702.739.6222, dflynn@leelasvegas.com

* ORANGE COUNTY: Mike Meisenbach, CPA, CCIM, principal, Lee & Associates Inc., 949.675.4733, mikem@lee-associates.com

* PORTLAND: James A. "Buzz" Ellis, Jr., SIOR, principal, Pacific Real Estate Partners Inc., 503.972.8091, buzz.ellis@pacific-re.com / Paige Morgan, Pacific Real Estate Partners Inc., 503.972.8000, paige.morgan@pacific-re.com

* SAN DIEGO COUNTY: Adam Robinson, CCIM, SIOR, principal, Lee & Associates Inc., 760.448.2438, arobinson@lee-associates.com / Brian Strange, SIOR, principal, Lee & Associates Inc., 858.713.9321, bstrange@lee-associates.com

* SAN GABRIEL VALLEY: Christopher Larimore, principal, Lee & Associates, Inc., 562.568.2039, clarimore@lee-associates.com / Vincent Molitor, Lee & Associates, Inc., 562.568.2009, vmolitor@lee-associates.com

* SAN PEDRO/LONG BEACH: Laurie Wixted, principal, The Wixted Group, 310.514.7411, laurie@wixtedgroup.com

* SEATTLE (suburban): Dan Foster, CCIM, vice president, Pacific Real Estate Partners Inc., 425.974.4022, dan.foster@pacific-re.com

* SEATTLE: Greg Inglin, associate, Pacific Real Estate Partners Inc., 206.971.7020, greg.inglin@pacific-re.com

About CMIG

Capital Markets Investment Group is composed of a team of elite commercial real estate professionals specializing in the sale and acquisition of office investment properties throughout the Western United States. CMIG was founded on the premise that the collective wisdom, expertise, experience and unique strengths of its members can be combined and shared in order to most effectively meet the needs of today's commercial real estate investors. This consolidation of resources allows members to more effectively penetrate markets by giving access to more sellers and buyers, which, in turn, provides more opportunities to institutional investors. For more information, please visit www.cmig1.com.
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