WASHINGTON, DC-Transwestern has tapped Dean Sigmon, previouslywith Ideal Realty, to join its expanding multifamily platform.Sigmon, who has carved out a niche in the DC area market inmultifamily value add, will be guiding Transwestern’s expansioninto this piece of the market. He joins Robin Williams, SVP anddirector at Transwestern’s multifamily group and Tom Gretz, anassociate who was recently hired as well.

Transwestern has been building out its multifamily platform forthe better part of the year – albeit with a few bumps along theway: Most notably it lost two of its top multifamily producers thisSpring, Al Cissel and Scott Melnick, when they moved to JonesLang LaSalle.

However the firm has expanded its presence in such markets asHouston with the addition of threeindustry executives there this summer. Other hires forthe DC area team are likely, Williams tells GlobeSt.com. Thecompany is currently speaking with one other person at the moment.“There could be one to two additional folks that may join theplatform,” he says.