Henry S. Miller Commercial Hires Veteran to Head GSW Division

DALLAS, TX -  March 14, 2002--Sam G. Kartalis, president and chief operating officer, and Greg Trout, president of the Office/Industrial Division, of Henry S. Miller Commercial, announced today that Mark Skinner has been hired as senior vice president and manager of the Great Southwest Division of Henry S. Miller Commercial, headquartered in Arlington, Texas.  Skinner has been assigned the task of refocusing and expanding the company's GSW and Tarrant County commercial brokerage operation.  Henry S. Miller Commercial has enjoyed success in those areas for many years and has recently restructured its Tarrant County operations with plans to grow its presence in the area, said Skinner.  "This is an exciting time for HSMC.  We will immediately begin staffing the office with production and administrative personnel," said Skinner.  "Also, in the next 30 to 60 days, we will be looking for some experienced, proven producers. In fact, we are already speaking to some highly qualified individuals. That's not to say that we will not consider less experienced brokers with a track record of high achievement."  Skinner estimated the GSW area has approximately 78 million square feet of industrial space and 13 million square feet in office space.  "Our goal is to penetrate those markets as best we can by offering high quality commercial real estate services and by building on the well-established Henry S. Miller Commercial platform," said Skinner.  His division will also reach out to the Grapevine and Coppell markets, as well as the greater Fort Worth market.  Greg Trout, executive vice president of Henry S. Miller Commercial's office/industrial division, said, "We can't be more pleased that Mark Skinner will be heading up this office.  With 19 years experience, 16 of which have been focused in the GSW area, we couldn't have found a more seasoned producer to grow this office."  Skinner, formerly the vice president of marketing in the GSW division of the Bradford Company, began his real estate career in 1983.  Since joining the Bradford Companies in 1986, he has consistently ranked as one of the company's top producing executives, closing more than 600 transactions with a value in excess of $85,000,000.

Henry S. Miller Commercial, founded in 1914, is Texas’ largest independent commercial real estate firm and a member of The Commercial Network, one of the largest affiliations of commercial real estate firms in the nation.