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CB Starts In-House Assessment Group

HOUSTON-Richard Dagnall and Tom Kosonen are hired to offer environmental site and property condition assessments.

By Amy Wolff Sorter | Updated on September 13, 2009

HOUSTON-CB Richard Ellis has brought environmental site and property condition assessment services in house through the formation of the Assessment & Consulting Services Group. The new group launches today as part of the company’s Valuation & Advisory Services Group with Richard Dagnall as senior managing director and Tom Kosonen, managing director heading up the effort.

“CB has always provided property appraisals but never provided the assessment services,” comments Dagnall, who is operating out of the company’s Houston office. “If the clients needed them, they’d refer them to another company.” However, with Dagnall on board and New York City-based colleague Kosenen scheduled to join later this month, the assessment activities are in house, meaning more reporting consistency.

“When you have a lot of different firms who are unaffiliated going out and looking at properties, you get a bunch of different building sizes and other information that isn’t consistent,” Dagnall tells GlobeSt.com. “Coming to one source that provides all the reports, which is what we’re doing, ensure data is consistent between all reports; the square footage is consistent, the zoning is consistent.”

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