NEW YORK CITY–Mitchell W. Salmon has joined the retail and office leasing team at Lee & Associates NYC, as executive managing director. In addition to leasing, Salmon will participate in asset management and acquisitions for Lee NYC and its affiliates.

Previously, he was the managing director at Garrison Investment Group, with $4 billion in retail assets under management. At Garrison, Salmon developed strategic plans for the firm's national retail platform, increasing it to more than 9.2 million square feet, across 17 states.

“Mitchell's career experience brings to Lee NYC new insights in communicating with institutional landlords throughout the New York metropolitan area.” says Joel Herskowitz, COO of Lee NYC. “Mitch has leased and developed malls and power centers across the US and led the leasing and retail reimagining at Parkchester in the Bronx. He can manage and lease projects of any scale across a broad variety of asset types and we're thrilled to have him join our NYC office.”