Thursday, August 27, 2009

Grubb & Ellis|Commercial Florida Appoints Paula Buffa, CCIM, RPA Senior Vice President, Office Group in Tampa


Grubb & EllisCommercial Florida Appoints Paula Buffa, CCIM, RPA Senior Vice President, Office Group in Tampa

TAMPA, Fla. - Grubb & EllisCommercial Florida has named Paula Buffa, CCIM, RPA senior vice president of its Office Group. Buffa is currently president of the Westshore Alliance in Tampa.

Jeffrey Sweeney, SIOR, president and managing principal of Grubb & EllisCommercial Florida with offices in Tampa, Orlando and Melbourne, said Buffa has 23 years of experience in commercial real estate and ranks as one of the most highly qualified office specialists in Florida. A three-time CoStar Power Broker awardee, Buffa was also named one of 2005’s Top 20 Women in Commercial Real Estate by Florida Real Estate Journal.

She attended Middle Tennessee State University and began her commercial real estate career with CB Richard Ellis in Nashville. She relocated to Tampa in 1997. Most recently Buffa was associated with GVA Advantis in Tampa. She is also past president of both the Florida Gulfcoast Commercial Assn. of Realtors and Tampa Bay Chapter of Commercial Real Estate Women.

Buffa is a Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) and designated a Real Property Administrator (RPA) by Building Owners and Managers Institute International.

At Grubb & EllisCommercial Florida, Buffa’s clients include American General Insurance, Troy State University, IVANS, Sage Software Healthcare, GolfTec, HCA Healthcare, Professors Capital, Arcis Investments and RR Tampa LLC.

“We are delighted Paula Buffa has joined our Tampa office,” Sweeney said. “She will play a major role in our continued growth in the region.”

About Grubb & EllisCommercial Florida:

Grubb & EllisCommercial Florida is an affiliated commercial real estate services firm specializing in the leasing and sale of office, industrial, retail, land and investment properties. Currently Grubb & EllisCommercial Florida has 40 brokers divided among its Tampa, Orlando and Melbourne offices to serve the entire mid-Florida marketplace.

About Grubb & Ellis:

Named to The Global Outsourcing 100™ in 2009 by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals™, Grubb & Ellis Company (NYSE: GBE) is one of the largest and most respected commercial real estate services and investment companies in the world. Our 6,000 professionals in more than 130 company-owned and affiliate offices draw from a unique platform of real estate services, practice groups and investment products to deliver comprehensive, integrated solutions to real estate owners, tenants and investors. The firm’s transaction, management, consulting and investment services are supported by highly regarded proprietary market research and extensive local expertise. Through its investment subsidiaries, the company is a leading sponsor of real estate investment programs that provide individuals and institutions the opportunity to invest in a broad range of real estate investment vehicles, including public non-traded real estate investment trusts (REITs), tenant-in-common (TIC) investments suitable for tax-deferred 1031 exchanges, mutual funds and other real estate investment funds. For more information, visit http://www.grubb-ellis.com/ <http://www.grubb-ellis.com/> .

Contacts:

Paula Buffa, CCIM, RPA 813-830-7887

Jeffrey Sweeney, SIOR President 407-481-5387

Larry Vershel Communications 407-644-4142

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