(Crystal Proenza is associate editor of Real Estate Florida.)

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL-Real estate veteran Larry Emmons has joined the local office of Marcus & Millichap as senior associate. The industrial investment specialist will also serve as director of the firm's national office and industrial properties group. Emmons previously served as senior investment officer for First Industrial Realty Trust, where he was responsible for the sourcing and acquisition of industrial projects throughout Florida.

"When my position was eliminated in October, I spent several weeks looking for a new platform where I could continue to invest or work on a service provider's side," Emmons tells GlobeSt.com. At Marcus & Millichap Emmons hopes to increase the firm's market share in industrial real estate transactions, focused on REITs, institutions and special assets or REOs.

"Larry combines his real estate transaction skills, legal education and business development expertise to assist his clients with acquisitions and dispositions," says Gregory Matus, regional manager of Marcus & Millichap's Fort Lauderdale office. "He brings more than 20 years of industrial and investment sales experience to his new position." Emmons is also a graduate of the University of Michigan and the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law.