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REAP Graduate Joins SVN Gryphon Parker in Columbus, Ohio

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Commercial Real Estate Agent

March 15, 2015 (Columbus, Oho) – Sperry Van Ness Gryphon Parker is pleased to announce that Maurice Hillman has joined the firm to focus on office, flex and industrial sales and leasing. 

Maurice is new to the real estate industry having recently graduated from the 2014 Columbus Real Estate Associate Program (REAP).  REAP is an industry-backed, market-driven program that serves as a bridge between talented minority professionals and commercial real estate companies looking for talent.

Prior to becoming involved in the real estate profession, Maurice worked in the professional sports industry as an Account Executive for the Toledo Mud Hens Baseball Club and Toledo Walleye Hockey Club, and working as a Corporate Marketing Manager with the Dayton Dragons Professional Baseball Team. From his experiences here, he developed a unique skill in identifying customer’s interest, gathering researched information and delivering viable options to match the customers’ needs.

“As soon as I met Maurice I knew he was going to he was going to be a star in the commercial real estate industry” said Rich Kruse, managing director of Sperry Van Ness/Gryphon Parker. 

In addition to working to build his general brokerage practice, Maurice will attend the Ohio Auction School in April to begin the process of earning his Ohio Auctioneers License.  Once completed, he will be the 3rd real estate focused auctioneer in the company.

Maurice can be reached by phone at 614- 885-0020 or by e-mail at maurice.hillman@svn.com.  The company’s full listings can be viewed at www.svngp.com and www.svnauctions.com

For more information on the REAP program, please visit www.projectreap.com

About SVN Gryphon Parker

Sperry Van Ness/Gryphon Parker is based in Columbus, Ohio and provides brokerage, management, leasing and auction services throughout the State.  The team works with a national buyer and seller base including affluent individuals, corporations and lending institutions.  The internal Special Assets Group, working closely with Parker Kruse Asset Management, advises financial institutions, borrowers and the Courts on troubled asset administration throughout the United States.

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Richard Kruse, Managing Director

Gryphon Parker, LLC

Sperry Van Ness Ohio / Gryphon Parker

Parker Kruse Asset Management

Gryphon Auction Group

90 Northwoods Blvd., Columbus, OH 43235

Phone 614.774.4118

 

rfk@svn.com I www.svngp.com I www.svn.com I www.svnauctions.com

 

About Richard Kruse

 

Mr. Kruse began his real estate career full time in Virginia in 1997.  Over the past 17 years, he has conducted real estate and equipment sales across the country.  In August of 2003, Mr. Kruse, in partnership with his wife Melissa, opened Gryphon Asset Advisors, the predecessor to Gryphon USA., Ltd.  In June of 2014, Kruse and Shawn Parker formed Sperry Van Ness Gryphon Parker Commercial Realty and Parker Kruse Asset Management.  Prior to July, Kruse and Parker were each others largest competitor.

 

In addition to sitting on the Ohio Auctioneers Commission, Mr. Kruse leads Sperry Van Ness Auction Services efforts in the State of Ohio, teaches at the Ohio Auction School and is regularly consulted as an expert in auctions and distressed assets by Columbus Business First and the Columbus Dispatch.  He is an active member CenterPoint Church and lives with his wife, Melissa, and daughter, Savannah, in North Columbus. 

 

About Gryphon Parker, LLC

 

 

Gryphon Parker, LLC is a multi-faceted group of companies operating under the names Parker Kruse Asset Management, Sperry Van Ness Gryphon Parker, Gryphon Auction Group & Parker Realty. The entities providing distressed asset management, real estate brokerage, management, leasing and auction services throughout the State of Ohio. The SVN Gryphon Parker Special Assets Group, working closely with Parker Kruse Asset Management, advises financial institutions, borrowers and the Courts on troubled asset administration throughout the United States.