ATLANTA-Phil Barry has joined Avison Young’s Atlanta brokerage as a principal and member of the office properties group. He comes to Avison from Grubb & Ellis Atlanta, where he was a senior vice president in the Private Capital Markets group.

Barry will offer his deep real estate expertise—running the gamut from investment sales and acquisitions to build-to-suit development to landlord tenant leasing, to Avison’s Atlanta operations. Avison opened its Atlanta office in January 2010. The firm also opened offices in Washington, D.C., Houston, Tyson’s Corner, VA, and Boston over the past year.

“I am very pleased that Phil has decided to join Avison Young,” says Steve Dils, principal and managing director of Avison Young’s Atlanta office. “Phil is the most consistently professional broker I have had the pleasure to work with, and he will bring a tremendous depth of real estate knowledge to our firm.”