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Investment Sales Division leader becomes organization’s 21st Partner; purview expanded to include management of Partners’ Austin and San Antonio offices
Houston, TX, January 10, 2022 – Partners Real Estate Company (“Partners”), a top 5 largest privately held and independently owned commercial real estate firm in the state of Texas—and the holding company of commercial real estate service firm NAI Partners, and real estate investment and development platform Partners Capital—today announced that it has promoted Scott Lunine—its head of its Investment Sales Division—to Partner and Executive Vice President, Brokerage Services.
Mr. Lunine will continue to spearhead the company’s entire Investment Sales business line, while seeing his responsibilities expand to include oversight of NAI Partners’ Austin and San Antonio offices, as well as the companywide Associate-level sales program.
“The growth of our Investment Sales business since Scott took the reins less than two years ago has been impressive, and we are incredibly excited for Scott to join us at the holding company ownership level,” said Jon Silberman, Managing Partner of Partners. “We had high expectations for what Scott would build, and he has delivered, with Investment Sales substantially outperforming its revenue projections and becoming a meaningful contributor to our bottom line way ahead of schedule. We continue to be excited about what Scott brings to the table from a leadership and ideas perspective, and look forward to leveraging his skills to help us further grow our brokerage practices across all of our product types and geographies.”
Partners hired Mr. Lunine in 2020 from Marcus & Millichap in Miami to build out the company’s Texas Investment Sales Division, and during that time the group has amassed a staggering $450 million in inventory. Additionally, NAI Partners’ Investment Sales Division has expanded from less than 5 sales professionals, to nearly 30 under Mr. Lunine’s leadership. Among the group’s accomplishments also include an average of 7 offers per deal, and 97.6% of list price achieved.
While at Marcus & Millichap, Mr. Lunine led the Miami, Florida office’s Investment Sales practice. During his time at Marcus & Millichap, Mr. Lunine grew the South Florida region’s team from 29 to 80 agents, and doubled sales revenue in just three years.
Prior to Marcus & Millichap, Mr. Lunine was the Managing Principal of the Southern California division for Waddell & Reed, a publicly traded, full service financial services company specializing in comprehensive financial planning. Previous to that, he was the Managing Partner of NAI Capital in Los Angeles, specializing in the sale of Regulation D, nontraded REITS, DSTs, investment properties, and involved in the successful closing of over $4 billion of multifamily and retail properties in over 24 states. He also served as Managing Director at Sperry Van Ness, overseeing 15 offices. Earlier roles at Sperry Van Ness also included National Director of Retail; and National Director of Multifamily.
Mr. Lunine is a three-time honoree as one of the South Florida Business Journal’s Power Leaders (2018, 2019, 2020); has been a keynote speaker at numerous investor conferences around the U.S.; and has trained, coached and mentored over 3,000 commercial real estate agents, brokers and investors.
For more information about the promotion of Scott Lunine, please contact Larry Koestler, Executive Vice President of Marketing & Operations, at 713.629.0500.
About Partners
Partners is a top 5 largest privately held and independently owned commercial real estate firm in the state of Texas. Partners was founded and is headquartered in Houston and has offices in San Antonio and Austin; employs more than 180 real estate professionals; and arranges more transactions than any of its competitors, completing over 700 commercial lease and sale arrangements every year. Partners is a full-service commercial real estate investment and services firm creating value for its investors through Partners Capital, its investment management platform specializing in the acquisition and disposition of office, industrial, and retail multitenant properties via multiple investment funds, and the development of retail, industrial, office, and mixed-use projects; and providing client solutions via its service business for Office, Industrial, Retail, Life Sciences, and Multifamily product types across Brokerage Services, which includes Tenant Representation, Project Leasing, Investment Sales, and Land Sales; Landlord Services, which includes Property Management and Facilities Management; Valuation Services, which includes Lending Appraisal, Appraisal Review, Portfolio & Financial Reporting, and Tax, Litigation & Due Diligence Advisory; and Project Services, which includes Construction Management and Space Management. Partners is the top Houston-based full-service commercial real estate firm on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in America; the 4th-largest Houston-Area Commercial Real Estate Brokerage and #1 Mover of Square Feet among leasing and sales brokerages in Houston per the Houston Business Journal; the only commercial real estate firm on the Houston Business Journal’s Mid-Market 50 list; a top 12 largest San Antonio Commercial Real Estate Brokerage per the San Antonio Business Journal; and a top 20 Property Management Firm by square feet under management in Houston per the Houston Business Journal. Partners has been named a Best Place to Work by the Houston Chronicle, Houston Business Journal and Austin Business Journal; and is among the University of Houston’s Cougar 100 Fastest-Growing Companies. Visit us on the web at www.partnersrec.com.