cbre's gregory barkan closes more than 230000 sf of office leasing ...

PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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CB RICHARD ELLIS’ GREGORY BARKAN CLOSES MORE THAN 230,000 SF OF
OFFICE LEASING TRANSACTIONS IN NEW JERSEY THROUGH
THIRD QUARTER OF 2008
SADDLE BROOK, N.J., OCTOBER 27, 2008 – CB Richard Ellis, New Jersey’s largest
commercial real estate brokerage firm, announced that Gregory Barkan, first vice president, has
closed more than 230,000 square feet of office leasing deals in New Jersey through the third
quarter of 2008.
Mr. Barkan said “The current leasing and capital markets have made closing deals quite
challenging. However the transactions that I’ve been involved with continue to demonstrate the
trend of ‘flight to quality’ by today’s sophisticated corporate tenants.”
Mr. Barkan’s most notable transactions in 2008 include:
• More than 60,000-square-feet of leases on behalf of the State Teachers Retirement System
of Ohio at the Morris Corporate Center 1 & 2 in Parsippany
• 32,000-square-foot long-term expansion and extension of Montblanc’s United States
headquarters in Murray Hill
• 29,000-square-foot long-term lease on behalf of SL Green to Barnes & Noble in Lyndhurst
• 24,000-square-foot lease on behalf of Seiko Optical Products in Mahwah
Mr. Barkan has been with CB RE since 1996 and has closed more than $800 million in lease and
sale transactions. His extensive experience includes representing institutional owners, regional
developers and Fortune 500 companies in the leasing, acquisition and disposition of their
properties. Prior to joining CBRE, Mr. Barkan worked at his family-owned MAI appraisal firm
and completed his MS in Finance at NYU's Real Estate Institute.
About CB Richard Ellis
CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBG), an S&P 500 company headquartered in Los Angeles, is the world’s
largest commercial real estate services firm (in terms of 2007 revenue). With over 29,000 employees, the Company
serves real estate owners, investors and occupiers through more than 300 offices worldwide (excluding affiliate
offices). CB Richard Ellis offers strategic advice and execution for property sales and leasing; corporate services;
property, facilities and project management; mortgage banking; appraisal and valuation; development services;
investment management; and research and consulting. In 2007, CB Richard Ellis was named one of the 50 “best in

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