Located at 1111 Chapala St. in Downtown Santa Barbara, the office will be a sister operation to Lee & Associates' San Luis Obispo and Santa Maria offices.

"When Bill Lee contacted us and offered a partnership with him in his Central Coast organization, that was a great fit for us," says Clarke, who partnered with Leider when the two formed the Leider Group, which became Leider Hayes in 2004. "It gave us a very solid platform to grow our business, with more sophisticated operations and added services."

Over the last two decades, Leider and Clarke have become well-known brokers in Santa Barbara. Leider has been involved in major retail projects from Oxnard to Paso Robles in the last several years with a focus in large retail transactions from land acquisition to lease-up to sale, as well as in investment properties. Clarke has earned a reputation in retail and office leasing, as well as developing a significant sales practice for her investment clients. She has worked on many of the largest retail deals in the area.

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