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NorthMarq Real Estate Services realigns internal business divisions

MINNEAPOLIS (March 9, 2010) — NorthMarq Real Estate Services announced today that it has realigned its internal business divisions, organizing all services into two primary business units – Real Estate Management and Transaction and Advisory Services. This action does not impact any client relationships and will result in very few staff reductions.

“This will simplify the way we deliver key services to our two primary client groups: investors and corporate users,” said Jeff Eaton, president-NorthMarq Real Estate Services. “We continue to integrate more closely with our NorthMarq colleagues around the country in the mortgage banking, investment sales and property management businesses.”

The goal of the realignment is to increase efficiency and streamline service delivery to clients, specifically to improve internal collaboration and fully integrate the former Opus Property Services business acquired in Oct. 2009.

“As a result of our recent growth, we have been working to leverage new capabilities in locations across the country, especially where we have multiple services in the same city,” said Eaton.

The most significant change is that the services previously organized under the Brokerage, Property Management and the Corporate Solutions business units will be moved into one of two new divisions – Real Estate Management and Transaction and Advisory Services. NorthMarq will continue to offer all of the same services, but with a different internal structure intended to improve the company’s focus on investors/ developers and corporate/user clients.

The NorthMarq acquisition of the Opus Property Services business in Oct. 2009 doubled size of the company's managed portfolio. The company now has nearly 800 employees throughout the country and manages more than 60 million sq. ft. of commercial space.

About NorthMarq
NorthMarq offers commercial real estate services for investors, developers and users/occupiers of space from its headquarters in Minneapolis, Minn. The company manages more than 60 million sq. ft. of retail, industrial and office assets in 22 markets around the country and handles more than 7,500 transactions annually. It also provides mortgage banking and commercial loan servicing in 32 offices coast-to-coast, with an average of $10 billion in annual production volume and services a loan portfolio of nearly $39 billion. For more information, please visit www.northmarq.com.

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