At IDI, Michael Helton has been hired as the new seniorinvestments manager in the company's investment sales department.Helton has held executive posts in acquisitions and dispositionswork at European American Realty and MetLife, and also was anunderwriter at Reliant Professional Services Corp. and GMACCommercial Mortgage. Helton will market IDI buildings for sale andhandle asset management and underwriting responsibilities in thecompany's Atlanta, Chicago, Cincinnati, Los Angeles andPhiladelphia regions.

In Florida, Greg Toepp has become IDI's vice president ofconstruction and will work out of the company's newly openedsatellite office in Lake Mary, 20 miles north of Downtown Orlando.Toepp will oversee all of IDI's construction projects in CentralFlorida. He comes to IDI from Skanska USA Building Inc., formerlyBeers Construction in Orlando. He has also worked at McDevittStreet Bovis and has been active in Central Florida's commercialconstruction sector for 21 years.

At Wells Real Estate Funds, Jeff Gilder is the new managingdirector in Capital Markets division. Spencer Patton and KeithWillby move up to senior vice president positions in theacquisitions sector.