"Our role in the commercial real estate industry is to provide the highest quality of tenant representation," says Jacque Ducharme, president of Studley. "Our national project management division is a natural extension of the host of services we provide to our clients, and including it with our core brokerage business makes absolute sense. It is the best way to ensure that the entire transaction process gets completed in the most timely and cost-efficient manner."

The firm has appointed Brian McPherson as director of project management services for the Northern California region. McPherson most recently was national director of real estate operations with CMGI, a venture capital firm.

"This is a dynamic period in the commercial real estate industry, and an ideal time to introduce Studley's rapidly-growing project management services to its Northern California regional operations," says McPherson. "Based on the success of the project management division in other markets, we feel there is a distinct need in the San Francisco area for this type of service. We look forward to building on this opportunity to add value to client services with an on-site project management team."