Tom Bermingham joins ESG.

Thomas V. Bermingham has joined the Edward S. Gordon Company as executive director and co-manager of its New Jersey office, it was announced by Edward S. Gordon, chairman of the Manhattan headquartered firm. Bermingham, a 19-year veteran of the commercial markets of New Jersey and New York, will share the administration of ESG/NJ's operation, with its current executive director, Robert J. Rudin.

"Tom brings a wealth of experience in marketing as well as brokerage to our organization," said Rudin. "I look forward to a new synergy that will greatly contribute to our continuing growth through the current economic environment into the 21st Century." The ESG/NJ office has grown to 35 employees and has closed transactions of more than $250 annually since its founding in 1987.

Bermingham, 40, was formerly senior vice president and director of marketing and acquisitions at Chubb Realty, Inc., a development subsidiary of the $13 billion insurance company. During his tenure there, Chubb Realty developed an investment portfolio of more than one million square feet.

Prior to joining Chubb, Bermingham rose to senior vice president at Cushman & Wakefield, where he was employed for 15 years. During his last five years at Cushman & Wakefield, he consistently ranked among the firm's top 10 salespersons nationwide and was selected "Branch Manager of the Year" in 1982. Two years later he assumed responsibility for the firm's entire U.S. management portfolio.

"I am pleased with this opportunity to work with a superb team of professionals as well as to return to a market where I have a great deal of affinity," Bermingham said. In fact, one of his first transactions in 1974 was the sale of a Lyndhurst property to Peugeot for its North American headquarters. This was followed by several others including Toys-R-Us in Rochelle Park, Dun & Bradstreet in Parsippany and First Boston in Princeton.

Bermingham has represented a broad cross section of corporate clients including Ernst & Young, IBM, Ebasco Services, Chubb Corp., Credit Lyonnais, RCA, GE as well as a number of leading law firms. He has also led leasing teams for such major properties as 575 Fifth Avenue and 135 East 57th Street in Manhattan and One Exchange Place and Prudential Business Campus in Northern New Jersey.

In addition to leasing transactions, Mr. Bermingham has consummated building and land sale transactions totaling more than $750 million.

Bermingham, who resides in Ridgewood, New Jersey, with his wife, Lucy, and their four children, is a cum laude graduate of Boston College. He is a member of numerous professional organizations, including ULI, NACORE, NAIOP, REBNY, IOREBA and YMREA. He also serves as a member of the Real Estate Roundtable of New York University.