Christopher

LOS ANGELES-Brothers Christopher and David Maling, investment sales brokers, have joined Colliers International in Downtown L.A. as senior vice presidents. The two formerly were with Marcus & Millichap. Martin Pupil, regional managing director for Colliers’ Greater Los Angeles operations, notes that the Malings have more than 35 combined years of experience in commercial real estate.

Both of the Malings were among Marcus & Millichap’s top 20 producers nationally in multi-tenant and single-tenant retail and were among the company's top closing agent in 2010 with 65 transactions. In total, they have closed more than $1 billion in sales during their combined commercial real estate careers.

Christopher has listed and sold apartment buildings, retail shopping centers, office buildings and industrial office warehouse properties throughout Greater Los Angeles. Additionally, he has extensive experience with 1031 tax-deferred exchanges, foreclosures and Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 bankruptcies. At Marcus & Millichap in Los Angeles, he won sales recognition awards every year since 1993, Colliers points out in its announcement.

David

David specializes in asset management, leasing activity management and disposition and acquisition of investment real estate. At Marcus & Millichap, he won the Rookie of the Year award in his first year of joining its Los Angeles office. He was also ranked as one of the top 20 agents in the Marcus & Millichap’s Los Angeles office since 1998. In addition, he is a court-appointed receiver, certified property manager and accredited residential manager.

Commenting on the Malings' move, Marcus & Millichap's Stephen Stein, first vice president and regional manager in the Los Angeles office, said: “Chris and Dave Maling are and will always remain close friends of the firm. They were very valuable to us over the past 23 years and we wish them the best.”