Press Release

Thomas Semler Named SVP, Sales Development Manager of Weichert Commercial Brokerage

James Sousa, president of Weichert Commercial Brokerage, Inc., is pleased to announce that Thomas Semler has been named senior vice president. In addition, Semler will also serve as the company’s sales development manager with responsibility for the professional development of Weichert Commercial Brokerage’s sales associates.

 “We are excited to welcome Tom to our Weichert Commercial Brokerage executive team,” said Sousa. “In particular, we look forward to the training initiatives he will lead in the newly created sales development manager role. This is a unique opportunity for Tom to help us grow Weichert Commercial Brokerage, while also allowing us to serve our clients more effectively by having a team of highly trained sales professionals.”

Semler has more than 40 years of commercial real estate experience, specializing in the representation of clients in the acquisition and disposition of corporate facilities, tenant representation, agency leasing and sales, portfolio management and lease restructuring. Most recently, he was senior vice president at Avison Young. Prior to that, Semler was principal at Cresa New Jersey and spent almost 20 years at Cushman & Wakefield. Over the course of his career, Semler has acted on behalf of his clients in leases and sales totaling more than 4 million square feet.

A 30-year resident of Morris County, N.J., Semler graduated from Georgetown University with a Bachelor of Arts in economics. Active in his community and the industry, Semler is a member of the Georgetown University Real Estate Alliance and the Morris County Economic Development Corporation. He also is a board member and treasurer of the Morris County Park Alliance and volunteers with Homeless Solutions Inc.

Weichert Commercial Brokerage consistently delivers the highest quality real estate services through its office, industrial, retail, investment, tenant representation and commercial land brokerage divisions. Weichert Commercial is a proud member of the CORE network, a national network of select commercial real estate companies providing a full line of commercial real estate services to its member clients. During the past 14 years, NJBIZ magazine has ranked Weichert Commercial among the top commercial real estate companies in New Jersey, and CoStar Group, Inc. has ranked it in the Top Power Brokers in New Jersey since 2002. For more information about Weichert Commercial Brokerage, call (973) 267-7778 or visit the company’s website at www.weichertcommercial.com.

Since 1969, the Weichert Family of Companies has grown from a single office into one of the nation’s leading providers of homeownership services by putting its customers first. A family of full-service real estate and financial services companies, Weichert helps customers buy and sell both residential and commercial real estate, and streamlines the delivery of mortgages and home and title insurance. Weichert leverages its customer website, www.weichert.com, one of the most visited real estate websites in the nation, to help families and individuals realize the dream of homeownership through quick and easy access to listing information and the services of its real estate professionals nationwide. For more information, Weichert’s customer service center can be reached at 1-800-USA-SOLD.

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