Sullivan grew up on the South Side of Chicago and moved hereafter serving two tours in Vietnam. Sullivan, who sold 100% of hisstock in the privately held company to Mission Viejo, CA-basedChang, will remain as a consultant to the company for at leastthree years. The sales price wasn't disclosed.

At different times, SullivanHayes has handled seven out of every10 retail deals in the metro area, Sullivan claims. His was thefirst boutique firm to focus on one sector--retail--and the firsttenant rep firm in Denver, he says. Clients over the years, headds, have included Target, Costco, TJ Maxx, Ross, Chili's,Applebee's, Chipotle, Starbucks, Wild Oats, OfficeMax, OfficeDepot, Bass Pro Bass Shops, Toys R' Us and Kids R' Us.

"Our goal is to create a major regional real estate platformprimarily focused on the retail sector," says Carl Chang, Michael'sbrother and president of Chang Enterprises. Last year, Chang boughtthe 100-year-old locally based Dunton Real Estate, which he renamedas Dunton Commercial.