{"id":2364,"date":"2018-04-20T18:46:21","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T18:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melvinmarkcompanies.com\/?p=2364"},"modified":"2019-11-01T16:08:00","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T16:08:00","slug":"expressions-of-gratitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melvinmarkcompanies.com\/expressions-of-gratitude\/","title":{"rendered":"Expressions of Gratitude"},"content":{"rendered":"

The French writer Voltaire said, \u201cAppreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

With the speed of business today, it can be all too easy to focus on work, move on to the next project and forget to say \u201cthank you\u201d to the people around us. Each spring, we host our annual broker appreciation dinner to express our gratitude to the commercial real estate brokers who collaborate with us. We thank the following brokers for their hard work and collaboration on transactions in the last year:<\/p>\n

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  1. Carter Beyl, Colliers International<\/li>\n
  2. Caryl Brown, Kidder Mathews<\/li>\n
  3. Jamaal Brown, Colliers International<\/li>\n
  4. Mark Carnese, Cushman & Wakefield<\/li>\n
  5. Doug Deurwaarder, Cushman & Wakefield<\/li>\n
  6. Jason Devries, Cushman & Wakefield<\/li>\n
  7. Charlie Floberg, JLL<\/li>\n
  8. Michelle Franceschi, CBRE<\/li>\n
  9. John Gibson, Commercial Black<\/li>\n
  10. Robert Greenfield, Colliers International<\/li>\n
  11. Kristin Hammond, CBRE<\/li>\n
  12. Chris Johnson, Colliers International<\/li>\n
  13. Matt Johnson, Cushman & Wakefield<\/li>\n
  14. Trevor Kafoury, CBRE<\/li>\n
  15. Al Kennedy, CBRE<\/li>\n
  16. Ajay Malhotra, CBRE<\/li>\n
  17. Jerry Matson, Colliers International<\/li>\n
  18. JT Sand, Colliers International<\/li>\n
  19. Tom Usher, Cushman & Wakefield<\/li>\n
  20. MaryKay West, Colliers International<\/li>\n
  21. Brian Wise, Hume Myers Tenant Counsel<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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