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Stars to Watch: Ryan Reid

Ryan Reid, 36, Executive Vice President & National Director of Student Housing, CBRE Capital Markets
It is not always the big-money deals that do the most good for a long-term relationship.

Stars to Watch: Brian O'Neill Jr.

Brian O’Neill Jr., 25, Senior Project Manager, O’Neill Properties Group
Brian O’Neill grew up attending open houses with his developer father and even interned in his office, but real estate was not his first love.

Stars to Watch: Mark Manheimer

Mark Manheimer, 35, Vice President of Acquisitions, Retail Sale Leaseback, Cole Real Estate Investments
Mark Manheimer has an impressive skill set and strong work ethic, but he also has a mind for trivia.

Stars to Watch: Ryan Kass

Ryan Kass, 30, Senior Managing Director, Newmark Knight Frank
It doesn’t get more high-profile than leasing the Empire State Building, but Ryan Kass is up to the job.

Stars to Watch: Maggie Coleman

Maggie Coleman, 36, Senior Vice President, Jones Lang LaSalle Inc.
As part of Jones Lang LaSalle’s special asset services division, Maggie Coleman had a busy 2011.

Stars to Watch: David Cheikin

David Cheikin, 36, Vice President of Leasing, Brookfield Office Properties
As a newly minted University of Rochester graduate seeking to return to his New York City-area roots, David Cheikin took an internship at Jones Lang Wootton.

Stars to Watch: Jessica Beers

Jessica Beers, 32, Senior Director of Business Development, UGL Services
Jessica Beers did not intend to enter the real estate industry right out of college.

Stars to Watch: Bryce Aberg

Bryce Aberg, 37 Industrial Landlord & Investment Specialist Cassidy Turley BRE Commercial Last May, Bryce Aberg closed the largest industrial deal in San Diego, bringing together buyer Westport Capital and seller Horace Properties on the $22.4 million trade of the 245,000-square-foot Center Pointe Business Park in El Cajon. In a worldwide search, the industrial institutional landlord representative and James Renner of Inland Pacific Commercial Properties had to sell institutional capital on a different market and a 50 percent-vacant-but-Class A property. That deal marked an end to a 14-month hiatus for industrial investment deals of that size in the region. “It…

Colliers Lands 1 MSF Office-Leasing Contract in Cincinnati

Colliers International has picked up a sizable management contract, as the firm was named the leasing broker for the 1 million-square-foot Queen City Square in Cincinnati’s Downtown.

Boston Properties Completes Acquisition of 100 Federal St. in Boston

Boston Properties has completed the acquisition of 100 Federal St. in Boston from an affiliate of Bank of America with an aggregate investment of about $615 million — reportedly funded with available cash.