G&E Names Cap Markets Prez

Glen Esnard has been named to the newly created position of president of capital markets at Grubb & Ellis Co., a real estate services and investment firm based in Santa Ana, Calif. Mr. Esnard will join Grubb & Ellis effective June 23 and will be responsible for directing its investment brokerage business, including its Institutional Investment Group and Private Capital Investment Group, G&E said. Mr. Esnard was most recently president of brokerage services at Colliers International. He was previously a partner at FORT Properties Inc. and one of five principals responsible for the development of the tenant-in-common firm. Mr. Esnard also spent 23 years at CB Richard Ellis in a variety of brokerage and leaderships roles. G&E can be found online at http://www.grubb-ellis.com.