Fred D. Cochran (MBA ’03) Joins Grubb & Ellis Securities as Regional Vice President in Florida
PRNewswire April 29, 2009 SANTA ANA, Calif‐‐ Grubb & Ellis Realty Investors LLC today announced that Fred D. Cochran has joined the company as a regional vice president in Florida. Cochran will also be a registered representative of Grubb & Ellis Securities Inc., the broker‐dealer affiliate of Grubb & Ellis Realty Investors.
In his new role, Cochran is responsible for raising equity for Grubb & Ellis Realty Investors' real estate investment trust programs (Grubb & Ellis Apartment REIT and Grubb & Ellis Healthcare REIT) in the state of Florida. Cochran will work closely with John Wilkins, senior regional vice president for the Florida region.
"With 13 years of investment real estate experience, Fred joins Grubb & Ellis Securities backed by a successful track record and an in‐depth understanding of the markets," said Randy Beckman, executive vice president of sales.
Cochran joins Grubb & Ellis from Stanford Management Group Inc., where he served as senior vice president, directly responsible for the company's acquisitions, financing and dispositions. Prior to Stanford Management Group, he served as a financial analyst with Jones Lang LaSalle's Investment Banking Group.
Cochran holds an M.B.A. from the University of Florida. He is a licensed real estate broker in the state of Florida and holds FINRA Series 7 and 63 securities licenses.
About Grubb & Ellis Realty Investors Grubb & Ellis Realty Investors, LLC is the real estate investment and asset management subsidiary of Grubb & Ellis Company (NYSE: GBE), a leading real estate services and investment firm. Grubb & Ellis Realty Investors and affiliates manage a growing portfolio of assets valued in excess of $6.7 billion located throughout 30 states. One of the nation's most active buyers and sellers of commercial real estate, Grubb & Ellis Realty Investors has completed acquisition and disposition volume totaling more than $11.5 billion on behalf of program investors since its founding in 1998; in excess of $8.5 billion of this volume has been transacted since Jan. 1, 2005.
Grubb & Ellis Realty Investors and affiliates are currently buying and selling properties throughout the United States, offering a full range of commercial real estate investment
programs, including tenant‐in‐common (TIC) programs for investors structuring tax‐ deferred (like‐kind) exchanges under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code, non‐ traded public real estate investment trusts (REITs), multi‐member limited liability companies (LLCs) and institutional investments. Through the Grubb & Ellis Wealth Management program, Grubb & Ellis Realty Investors also offers high net worth investors a comprehensive program to build or expand their commercial real estate portfolio, whether their investment objectives are 1031 exchange driven or not.