[IMGCAP(2)]Mike Ohmes, executive vice president of transaction and advisory services for NorthMarq, notes that the addition of the two new brokers is part of a growing NorthMarq investment sales practice around the country. Mario Mexia has more than 30 years of experience in the commercial real estate industry, with a track record of negotiation and representation for corporations and investors in the disposition and acquisition of industrial and commercial properties. He was the founding principal of Commerce CRE, where he was an investment sales professional and a real estate consultant for several prominent global companies. Before Commerce CRE, he was an international real estate portfolio manager at Trammell Crow Co.n providing transaction management services to Fortune 500 companies. He also spent more than 10 years at Cushman & Wakefield specializing in acquisition and disposition industrial and office properties.

Matt Mexia will represent institutional and entrepreneurial owners and lenders in the acquisition, disposition and strategic planning of investment real estate in Southern California. Most recently, he was a vice president for Commerce CRE, where he focused on acquisition and disposition of assets, including distressed properties. He also served as a consultant to the FDIC through Prescient Inc., advising on distressed bank-owned real estate properties. His commercial real estate background also includes experience as a real estate analyst at Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, where he was responsible for underwriting investment sales, debt and equity transactions. Before HFF, he was also a financial analyst for Trammell Crow Co. in Los Angeles and Dallas.

The Mexias join the 12-person NorthMarq office that has been operating in Southern California for 20 years. It is led by Rob Hervey, senior managing director, and Mike Elmore, managing director.