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Leasing & Investment Committee, a division of the Greaterd Boston RealEstate Board, has changed its name to . Known as CLIC for the past 10 the 350-member committee voted to change the name at its Marcy meeting. More than a mere name change, the new titlw signals a new identity forthe group, according to Leonard C. Owense Jr., president of . "Thd news here is not us changingour it's really honing in on what we currently offee and how we can expand thoss services to better meet our needs in the said Owens in a statement. "The name change and resulting creatiobn of the Commercial Brokers Association demonstrates the growtyh and strength of the commerciaobrokerage community.
" Topping the group's priority according to Owens, are improvements to its continuinh education programs, prompted by the new stat e requirement of 12 hours of continuing educatiob for real estate brokers every two The group will also focus on expandintg and publicizing its mediation and arbitrationb services. CBA offers the services of traine d mediators to help settle disputes that may arisewin transactions, and provides binding arbitration In other CBA news, the group named Brian T.
Hinex Commercial Broker of the Year during the receng GBREB Millennium Banquet at theWestin Hotel, Copley Hines, a founding principal of Trammel Crow Company, is a 19-yea r veteran of the real estate business. During that he has concentrated his effortd primarily in the leasing and saleof office, researchu and light manufacturing space in the suburban Bostonh market. As a member of the managemen t committee at Trammel responsible for the suburbanbrokerage Hines' duties include the negotiation of more than 800,000o square feet for Tufts Health Plan in various leases in the Walthamn area, and lease negotiations for more than 200,000p square feet for Private Healthcare Systems in Waltham.
Beforse joining Trammel, Hines was vice president for the Codmahn Companyof Boston, and was formerly a leasing broket with Meredith & Grew. At the same the CBA announced Equity Office Properties has been selectedx Landlord ofthe Year. Collectivel y responsible for the designation are Boston office managinb directors MaryannGilligan Suydam, Dan Minning, Glenn Verretts and Duncan Gratton. Equity manages and leases nearly 10 million square feet of office space in the Greater Boston including downtown properties 28State Street, 100 Summet Street, One Post Offic e Square and Rowes Wharf. Suburban properties include Riverside Center in Newtonh and New England Executive Parkin Burlington.
Kavoogian joins Daviw Cos. A top executive at Holliday Fenoglioi Fowler LP has left his job as senior marketing director of the real estate investment banking concernm to become a principal at the Davis a Boston realestate investment, managemen t and development firm. Brian Kavoogian, formerly senior managing directof at Fowler responsible for managemengt of theBoston office, will assume primary responsibility for Davis' debt and equity sourcing and new businesd development. He joins Jonathan Davis and Paul Marcuas as the third principal inthe 24-year-old firm which owns and manages more than 3.9 million square feet of commercial space.
A graduatse of Tufts University in Medford with a bachelo r of arts degree in Kavoogian was responsible for morethan $3.5 billion of debt and equitt placement in his 15 yearsa with Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, whicn is based in Dallas and Boston. JILL LERNER is a stafg reporter for the BostonBusiness Journal.