BOSTON-Jim Leslie, president and chief operating officer of the Staubach Co., has been tapped to become the new CEO of Cresa, GlobeSt.com has learned. Leslie will succeed Bill Goade, who founded the tenant rep firm in 1993 and has served as the company’s chief executive since its inception, effective May 1.
The announcement marks the third major executive move in only one week. Over the last seven days, Arthur Mirante left Cushman & Wakefield to head Avison Young’s Manhattan office and Thomas D’Arcy decamped from Grubb & Ellis to lead American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust Inc.
The switch is a "homecoming" of sorts for Leslie, who previously served as an advisor to the Cresa Board of Directors since 2002 and was one of the founders of the firm’s Capital Markets Group.
In his new role, Leslie is pushing to increase the company's exposure in the marketplace. The firm has 55 locations back in North America, 800 employees and $225 million in revenue. “The organization has just completed its best two revenue years in its 20-year history, and is poised for substantial growth,” he says, in a statement.
Goade, who GlobeSt.com interviewed last month, will remain as Leslie’s adviser until May 1, 2013.
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