Genovese says that his role in the new post will be to continueto foster strong client and broker-dealer relationships and buildelements of the business including sales support, unmatchededucational workshops and marketing. In his previous post, Genovesewas responsible for raising capital for REIT, LLC and 1031 TICofferings. Before joining Grubb & Ellis, Genovese held sales,marketing, and management positions at Bear Stearns & Co.,Cowen & Co. and Wells Real Estate Funds.

Other execs named in recent months at Thompson National includeJack Maurer, co-founder of Triple Net Properties LLC in 1998, whojoined Thompson as a partner, vice chairman and founding member.Former Lehman Bros. managing director Mark Osgood joined asmanaging director and president of Thompson National Properties'Debt Fund, and former Grubb & Ellis Co. exec Darrell L. Bettsjoined as chief investment officer as well as president of theIrvine, CA-based company's Middle East Fund.

Thompson National Properties specializes in value-addedinvestments and asset management for high-net-worth domestic,foreign and institutional investors. The firm recently closed on its firstdeals with the acquisition of two office properties inDallas.