Steven Klein Takes Control of Insignia/ESG's Portland Ops

PORTLAND-After well more than a decade with Trammell Crow, Portland native Steven Klein begins a new life here today as the top local executive for New York-based Insignia/ESG Inc.

At TC, Klein was the executive vice president and principal in charge of industrial and brokerage operations, developing numerous projects and building the company’s brokerage services department. At Insignia, Klein is responsible for all lines of business, from property management to property development to brokerage services.

It’s been a long time coming for Insignia, which announced back in July that Klein’s predecessor, Sonna Durdel, would be taking a sabbatical beginning in September and returning a year later in a brokerage role. When September came and went without a replacement, Durdel delayed her leaving to stay on as a consultant while the search continued.