Stephen Brown, a vice president of Grubb & Ellis'office services group, and Michael Fleetham, a vicepresident of brokerage services for Northco Corp.,will join United Properties as vice presidents ofcorporate real estate services early next month, saysLarry Pobuda, senior vice president of corporate realestate services at the firm, based here.

The two executives will focus on expanding and servicing United'scorporate real estate client base, "one of ourcompany's fastest growing service areas," Pobudasays.Fleetham says he sees an opportunity in expandinguser-oriented services."After an extensive exploration of the market, wefelt United Properties offered the best platform forthis growing segment of the real estate market, andthe company was interested in reuniting us as ateam," he says.

Brown adds that he was attracted by United's expertisein strategic planning, project management, transactionmanagement and facility services.Brown and Fleetham had been a broker team for 15 yearsuntil Brown moved to Grubb & Ellis in 1999. Bothbegan their careers in 1985 at American CommercialProperties in Minneapolis, and moved to Northco in1990 as associates in the brokerage department. Eachworked his way up to an officer position in Northco'sbrokerage group by the mid '90s.