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MELVILLE, NY-After 20 years in the retail business, Andrew Graiser and Emilio Amendola – the industry veterans behind DJM Realty – have launched a new company, GlobeSt.com has learned. After selling DJM to Gordon Brothers in 1998, the duo decided to regroup, rebrand and reinvent their business by starting a new venture, A&G Realty Partners, a commercial real estate consulting, advisory and investment group based on Long Island in Melville, NY.

The company, which officially opened this July, is already staffing up. In addition to the Melville office, A&G tapped Peter Lynch to lead the firm’s new L.A. office on the West Coast, and Andrew Margolick to head up A&G’s Midwest presence in Chicago. In total, the company has hired nine employees, and plans for more as the year goes on.