Cresa Madison's Tim Rikkers and Matt Apter Receive Power Broker Award

March 7, 2013 - PRLog -- Cresa Madison is pleased to announce that Managing Principals, Tim Rikkers and Matt Apter, have been recognized as Power Brokers by the CoStar Group , commercial real estate’s leading independent research firm. This annual award recognizes the “best of the best” in commercial real estate brokerage by spotlighting the U.S. firms and individual brokers who closed the highest transaction volume in commercial property sales or leases for the entire year of 2012 in their respective market.

Rikkers qualified as one of the top commercial brokers in the Office Leasing category. In addition, both Apter and Rikkers qualified as two of the top commercial brokers in the Retail Leasing category. In order to be selected for this honor, Rikkers and Apter were measured against commercial real estate brokers active in the region by CoStar Group and subsequently ranked among the top brokers in the market.

Among Rikkers’ significant transactions that closed in 2012 were Navitus Health Solutions, Luminex Corporation and Sub-Zero. Apter’s significant transactions include A Woman’s Touch, Associated Podiatrists and Navitus Health Solutions.

“CoStar Group is very proud to recognize the select few commercial real estate brokerage firms and brokers who performed at the industry’s highest level and achieved remarkable sales and leasing success in 2012,” said CoStar Group Founder and CEO Andrew C. Florance. “These top performers truly represent the best of the best in commercial real estate, and they deserve to be recognized for their proven deal-making abilities. We congratulate Tim Rikkers and Matt Apter on their impressive professional accomplishments.”

In addition to receiving individual Power Broker awards, Cresa Madison was also recognized as a 2012 Top Leasing Firm. These awards come on the heels of the Madison Commercial Brokers Group presenting Cresa Madison with two ‘Deal of the Year’ awards for representing Navitus Health Solutions and A Woman’s Touch.

About CoStar Group, Inc.

CoStar Group  is commercial real estate's leading provider of information and analytic services. Founded in 1987, CoStar conducts expansive, ongoing research to produce and maintain the largest and most comprehensive database of commercial real estate information. Our suite of online services enables clients to analyze, interpret and gain unmatched insight on commercial property values, market conditions and current availabilities. Headquartered in Washington, DC, CoStar maintains offices throughout the U.S. and in Europe with a staff of approximately 1,500 worldwide, including the industry's largest professional research organization. For more information, visit www.costar.com.

About Cresa

Cresa is an international corporate real estate advisory firm that exclusively represents tenants and specializes in the delivery of fully integrated real estate services, including: Transaction Management, Project Management, Corporate Solutions, Portfolio Strategies, Location Planning, Lease Administration, Capital Markets, Mission Critical Solutions, and Facilities Services. With more than 58 offices, Cresa is the largest tenant representation firm in North America. Through its partnership with Savills, one of the world’s largest commercial real estate services firms; Cresa covers more than 173 locations in 40 countries. For more information, visit www.cresa.com.