Houston's Heavy Hitters

HOUSTON, TX - May 14, 2004 - Partial reprint of the Houston's Heavy Hitter's list from May 14, 2004 in the Houston Business Journal:

Welcome to the Houston Business Journal's 2004 Heavy Hitters in commercial real estate, recognizing Houston's third-party commercial real estate brokers who are industry leaders as chosen by their companies.

Henry S. Miller Commercial

Shawn Ackerman

Shawn Ackerman closed more than 35 retail leases and brokered the sale of three shopping centers and one office building. In addition, he secured the leasing and management of over 1 million square feet of retail space.  Ackerman, senior vice president in the retail division, has been in the real estate business for more than 15 years and leads a team of retail specialists in landlord and tenant representation for the greater Houston area.  During his career, he has been responsible for project leasing of more than 2 million square feet including shopping centers and industrial and office properties.

Rollie Andre

While consulting on tenant representation, Rollie Andre closed a record number of lease transactions in 2003. He ended the year by representing the purchase of 1400 Smith (formerly the Enron Building) a 1.2 million-square-foot building for a total consideration of $55.5 million.  Over the last 22 years Andre, senior vice president in the office division, has represented 2.1 million square feet of tenant transactions for a total consideration of approximately $210 million.  He has an equally impressive record of representing major office building projects in Houston for sale or lease. These prestigious projects encompass approximately 4.5 million square feet of Class "A" office property.

Bruce Jester

In 2003, Bruce Jester brokered numerous retail center investment sales as well as one significant land sale for retail development.  Jester, a senior vice president in the investment/specialty division, calls upon 28 years of experience in the commercial real estate business.  He has been involved in transactions valued at more than $700 million. Jester continues selling shopping centers in the $1 million to $10 million price range every year. While his client list grows, he still retains accounts he developed in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Mark H. Wood

Mark H. Wood, a 19-year veteran, was No. 11 in the state of Texas and No. 3 in the Houston office for Henry S. Miller Commercial in 2003, with 20 lease transactions.  A sample list of his transactions includes Aveva Inc., Romar Consulting, Medical Ambulatory Surgical Suites and Mitsui U.S.A.  A senior vice president in the office division, he has been involved in transactions valued at more than $135 million.

Lance B. Yamasaki

A top Henry S. Miller broker in the sale of office buildings, Lance B. Yamasaki began 2003 with his largest sale, 1800 Bering, a 170,000-square-foot office building, and continued with another sale of an office building in Kingwood, completed before the end of the year.  Yamasaki, senior vice president in the investment/specialty division, has 18 years experience as an investment broker specializing in the acquisition/disposition of more than 40 office buildings, 30 shopping centers and hotels. He is a five time Top 10 Producer for Henry S. Miller/Grubb & Ellis and three-time Top 10 Producer (including No. 1) for Fuller Commercial Brokerage Co.  Yamasaki has been selected as one of the 27 Hot Brokers in the nation by Commercial Property News. His total volume of closed transactions exceeds $500 million.  His education includes a bachelor of science degree in marketing from The Ohio State University, an MBA from The University of Dayton and a juris doctorate degree from Salmon P. Chase College of Law.

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.