(Mark Your Calendars for RealShare Apartments 2011, October 20 in Los Angeles).

BEVERLY HILLS, CA-Dana Brody-Thaw, a multifamily investment specialist with more than $300 million in completed transactions, has joined Commercial Asset Group Inc. as an executive managing director of the locally based company. She will specialize in multifamily investments in the greater Los Angeles area, including Hollywood, West Hollywood, Hancock Park, Beverly Hills and Los Feliz.

David Ickovics, principal of Commercial Asset Group, says that Brody-Thaw "will play a key role in the growth of our multifamily investment business." She comes to Commercial Asset Group following four years with Grubb & Ellis Co., where she was an associate vice president specializing in multifamily sales. Previously she was an investment associate with Marcus & Millichap and served as business development director with CB Richard Ellis.