Best comes to Broe Real Estate Services from Lowe Enterprises, Inc., where he served as senior vice president and was responsible for property leasing and management in Colorado, Indiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio and Texas. He originally joined Lowe in 1988. Additionally, Best has been a real estate executive at Frederick Ross Co. and Compass Management and Leasing.

While at Lowe, Best managed a diverse regional portfolio of office, industrial and retail properties of more than six million sf. Most acquisitions included under-performing assets. In those cases, Best directed the repositioning of the asset, including significant capital and tenant improvements, combined with enhanced marketing and customer service programs.

Accomplishing these tasks included hiring, training and managing a staff of about 40 real estate professionals, as well as supervising third-party leasing and property management teams. Best also directed consultants related to architecture, engineering and taxation.

"We are fortunate to have attracted someone with the reputation, track record of success and impressive set of management skills of Mark Best," says Chris Matthews, executive vice president of Broe Real Estate. "Mark will immediately be a senior member of our team and play a key part in our aggressive national growth, acquisition and asset enhancement strategy."

Best is active in national real estate organizations such as the Building Owners and Managers Association. Broe Real Estate is an affiliate of the locally based Broe Cos. Broe Real Estate manages an expanding international portfolio of industrial, commercial, and residential properties and land assets. Broe Real Estate services include management, leasing, construction-management and asset management-services.