HFF Expands Presence by Opening Tampa Office

MIAMI, FL - HFF announced today that it will expand its Florida presence by officially opening an office in Tampa with an immediate focus on investment sales. HFF will look to add associates to the Tampa office who specialize in the firm's other capital markets platform service offerings, such as debt placement, structured finance, advisory services, and investment sales specialists among the various property types.

Senior managing director Dan Peek, who leads the firm's hospitality practice and was formerly in HFF's Miami office, will handle the day-to-day operations of the Tampa office. Executive managing director Manny de Zárraga, who leads the firm's Special Asset Group, manages the Miami office and oversees the Florida market, will help oversee the Florida expansion from the Miami office.

"We are excited about this expansion into an important Florida market. We look forward to adding key personnel to our Tampa office to better serve our local, regional and national clients as well as enhance our regional and national platform," noted de Zárraga and Peek.

"As with the office we recently opened in Austin, Texas, HFF's goal is to strategically build-out the full platform of services and product specializations in our new Tampa office. We are actively seeking to hire and retain associates who have the highest ethical standards and the best reputations in the industry to achieve this objective, and are confident that Manny and Dan will successfully grow our Tampa office," said John Pelusi, executive managing director and managing member of HFF.

Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, LP ("HFF") and HFF Securities LP ("HFFS") are owned by HFF, Inc. (NYSE: HF). HFF operates out of 19 offices nationwide and is a leading provider of commercial real estate and capital markets services to the U.S. commercial real estate industry. HFF together with its affiliate HFFS offer clients a fully integrated national capital markets platform including debt placement, investment sales, advisory services, structured finance, private equity, loan sales, and commercial loan servicing.