{"id":1004143556,"date":"2016-05-06T03:00:26","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T11:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004143556"},"modified":"2020-05-14T04:27:41","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T12:27:41","slug":"mike-demetriou-climbs-the-corporate-ladder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/mike-demetriou-climbs-the-corporate-ladder\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Demetriou Climbs the Corporate Ladder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Chicago<\/strong>\u2014Mike Demetriou was recently promoted from chief operating officer (COO) to president at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baumrealty.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Baum Realty Group<\/a>. Demetriou will succeed David Baum, who will continue to serve as Baum\u2019s chief executive officer (CEO). In his new position, he will focus on the strategic growth of the twenty-five year old firm, as well as management of day-to-day operations.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1004143557\" style=\"width: 224px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/05\/Mike-Demetriou.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004143557\" data-attachment-id=\"1004143557\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/mike-demetriou-climbs-the-corporate-ladder\/mike-demetriou\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/05\/Mike-Demetriou.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"225,315\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mike Demetriou\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Mike Demetriou&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Mike Demetriou&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/05\/Mike-Demetriou.jpg?w=225\" class=\"wp-image-1004143557 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/05\/Mike-Demetriou.jpg\" alt=\"Mike Demetriou\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/05\/Mike-Demetriou.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/05\/Mike-Demetriou.jpg?resize=214,300 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004143557\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mike Demetriou<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Demetriou joined Baum as COO in 2012, after serving as a real estate attorney at the global law firms of Sidley Austin, and Dentons, respectively. During his tenure as COO, the company has added many new team members, including an entire brokerage team focused on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/deals\/\" target=\"_blank\">sale of net leased assets<\/a>, an exceedingly successful division.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s really raised the bar for our entire team and on behalf of our clients; he\u2019s so much better than I ever was. It was an easy decision,\u201d said David Baum in prepared remarks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m really proud to take the helm of this organization. It is especially rewarding given that we are celebrating our 25th anniversary this year. I am tasked to lead a team that is already operating at a high level, and I inherit a culture and reputation that would make any executive jealous,\u201d said Demetriou.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image courtesy of Baum Realty Group<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Demetriou will succeed David Baum, who will continue to serve the CEO of Baum Realty Group. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1269,"featured_media":1004143557,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1491,13,21742,21744],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004143556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chicago","category-midwest","category-latest","category-people"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mike Demetriou Climbs the Corporate Ladder - 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