PALM BEACH, FL—Commercial real estate veterans MichaelW. Rauch, Tom Robertson, and JackLupo have joined forces to launch CRE FloridaPartners. The newly-minted commercial real estate firmwill offer brokerage, investment, and private equity and trustservices, along with corporate representation, property and assetmanagement and valuation and advisory services across thestate.

Rauch was formerly with NAI Global and iscurrently managing partner with Rauch, Hartman,Sherer. Robertson was most recently senior vice presidentat Jones Lang LaSalle in Boca Raton and previouslya principal with Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT.Lupo was formally of Jack Lupo Realty. Together,the trio brings more than 70 of experience to their new firm.

“In addition to seeing the need for a new statewide brand, theexpansion that Lupo's organization has accomplished into theTreasure Coast counties and the new partnership formation ofRobertson, Lupo and Rauch in Broward, Palm Beach and St. Luciecounties our partnership just made sense,” Rauch tells GlobeSt.com.“We are already a regional firm serving a population of over 7million Florida residents with sights on becoming a statewide firmwithin five years.”