Daniel Firtel, previously a director of investment sales for Reza Investment Group, has joined the recently launched Argent Retail Advisors as managing director, covering L.A., Orange County and the Inland Empire.
Prior to his five-year stint at Reza, Firtel worked at Pan Pacific Retail Properties in shopping center leasing, under the direction of Argent's principal and founder, Terry Bortnick.
Firtel's capacity as managing director, focusing on business development, will allow Bortnick to concentrate on deal making.
This article appears in CoStar's Retail News Roundup: Sept. 14 to 20, 2008, a weekly column covering retail store expansions, closings, bankruptcies, acquisitions/mergers/sales, new retail developments, personnel changes, sustainability, and more.
This week in the Retail Roundup, CoStar reports on expansions or new concepts at IKEA, Sears, Smith & Hawken, and Michaels; new retail developments in CA, VA, TX, OH and MN; acquisition, merger, loan or sale activity at JH Real Estate and Land House Development, Wendy's and Triarc/Arby's, Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust, Centro, Walgreens and CVS and Longs, Federated Investors and Clover Capital; closings, cutbacks or bankruptcies at Whitehall Jewelers, Mattress Discounters, Feldman Mall Properties; personnel announcements at Grubb & Ellis Thomas Linderman Graham, Crossman & Company, CBRE, and Argent Retail; sustainability at L.L. Bean, Supervalu, Town & Country Crossing; and more.