LOS ANGELES-Lee & Associates L.A. North/VenturaInc. has launched Fisher|Berzack InstitutionalAdvisors, a national multifamily group designed to serveinstitutional investors specifically, GlobeSt.com reportsexclusively. The group will be based in Lee & Associates'Sherman Oaks office and will offer both traditional brokerageservices and preferred equity financing.

Jim Fisher and Warren Berzack,the group's namesakes and two of the region's top multifamilybrokers, will lead the group as managing directors. "Jim and Warrenbring together not just transactional expertise, but also a levelof market knowledge and strategic insight that is unrivaled in theindustry," says Mike Tingus, president of Lee& Associates-L.A. North/Ventura. "I have no doubt that clientswill quickly come to regard Fisher|Berzack Institutional Advisorsas a go-to source for sound advice and guidance in executinginstitutional investment transactions in today's complexmarket.”

With more than 30 years of experience, Fisher was ranked topbroker in 2012 by Lee & Associates-L.A. North/Ventura and bestbroker in his product specialty by the Los AngelesBusiness Journal. Berzack is also one of the firm'stop-ranking brokers and was named as one of Real EstateForum's “Tomorrow's Leaders of Southern California.”The firm also includes Mike Smith andStephen Geiger as senior directors.