Wood says his mission in San Diego will be "to grow the businessand the platform here" for Voit, which has named other senior-levelmanagers since early last year when it began to ramp up its assetservices platform to take advantage of and adjust to marketconditions. The new chief of Voit's San Diego operations joins thecompany with more than 25 years commercial real estate experience,including executive positions with Opus West Corp., Trammell CrowCo., Colliers International and Charles Dunn.

Wood notes that Voit is expanding its executive team andinvesting in its integrated real estate services platform "allduring a time that nearly every other firm is contracting." Voitfounder Robert D. Voit told GlobeSt.com last year when the companyannounced its renewed focus on assetservices that, "At certain points in the market, such asthe current conditions, as well as the period of 1989 to 1995,"conditions call for a greater emphasis on asset services. He addedthat the company was rebranding itself as Voit Real Estate Servicesto signify this unification of its services into a singleoffering.

Along with its rebranding, Voit named former bkm Development Co.president Brian Malliet as chief operating officer. Since then, thecompany has hired a number of industryveterans to bolster its management team and expand its assetservices platform.