MIAMI—One of South Florida's most well-respected investment professionals just joined Transwestern—and he's poised to shake up the local market. John Bell is officially on board to lead the firm's South Florida capital markets team.

Bell is serving as managing director of investment sales for South Florida. In that capacity, he will focus on the sale of office, retail, industrial, multifamily, and development sites as well as joint ventures, equity raises, and financing.

“We are excited to add John to our Miami office and capital markets group,” Bruce Ford, Transwestern's Southeast president, tells GlobeSt.com. “As one of the industry's top-performing real estate professionals, John's comprehensive experience and history of transaction success adds exceptional value to our team and will allow us to better serve our clients.”