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Rookie broker delivering big at Studley's downtown office. (Real Estate Special Report -- L.A. Turns Inward).


A born and bred Born and Bred is a light-hearted British drama series that aired for four series on BBC One from 2002 to 2005. It was created by Chris Chibnall and Nigel McCrery. The cast was led by James Bolam and Michael French, who played a father and son who run a cottage hospital in  Chicagoan, Brian Fennelly grew up rooting for both the Cubs

and the White Sox because he liked to be flexible.

But as an assistant director at the L.A. office of tenant rep Julien J. Studley Inc., he leaves that flexibility at home.

In his first full year in real estate, Fennelly led a three-broker team that closed deals on 553,000 square feet of space with an aggregate value of $62 million-good enough to be recognized by the Business Journal as the year's top rookie rookie

a novice; often an athlete playing his first season as a member of a professional sports team. [Sports: Misc.]

See : Inexperience
 broker.

Clients and colleagues said Fennelly has no magic wand a wand used by a magician in performing feats of magic.

See also: Magic
 for success, but rather an impassioned desire to succeed and a solid business background.

Prior to joining Studley in October 2000, Fennelly, 38, worked for years as a tax associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers and Andersen, designing and implementing proprietary tax software for Fortune 500 companies. He also developed merger and acquisition strategies for private businesses at Mid-Atlantic Cos.

When Mid-Atlantic was bought by First Union Corp. in July 2000, Fennelly believed the conglomerate conglomerate, in business
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 was too bureaucratic bu·reau·crat  
n.
1. An official of a bureaucracy.

2. An official who is rigidly devoted to the details of administrative procedure.



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 for him to be creative. So he packed his bags and moved to L.A. to begin his real estate career.

He lives two blocks from his downtown L.A. office, enabling him to be at the gym by 5 a.m. and start his 13-plus-hour workday at 6 a.m. There he'll track tenants, identify available properties, determe their leasing value and set up meetings with prospective clients.

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Player: Brian Fennelly, Assistant Director, Julien J. Studley Inc.

Background: Chicago native who spent four years in the Navy; graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Early years: 1867-1880
The Morrill Act of 1862 granted each state in the United States a portion of land on which to establish a major public state university, one which could teach agriculture, mechanic arts, and military training, "without excluding other scientific
, 1991 with B.A. in economics; marketed corporate tax software for PricewaterhouseCoopers and Andersen; developed merger and acquisition strategies for private firms at Mid-Atlantic Cos. before joining Studley in October 2000.

The Deals: While closing deals for 50,000 square feet worth is a good first year for most office brokers, the Fennelly-led team secured 553,000 square feet in deals worth $62 million during his rookie year.
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Title Annotation:Brian Fennelly
Comment:Rookie broker delivering big at Studley's downtown office. (Real Estate Special Report -- L.A. Turns Inward).(Brian Fennelly)
Author:Greenberg, David
Publication:Los Angeles Business Journal
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Mar 25, 2002
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