Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P. (HFF) announced today that it has hired Gregory Nalbandian as a senior managing director in its New Jersey office. Mr. Nalbandian will focus on debt and equity placement transactions in New Jersey and the Tri-State area.

Mr. Nalbandian has more than 23 years of experience in the commercial real estate industry and joins HFF from NorthMarq Capital, LLC, where he worked as a senior vice president and managing director since 2005. In this role, Nalbandian was responsible for leading the New Jersey regional office and was consistently a top producer nationally working on a variety of debt and equity placements. Prior to NorthMarq, Mr. Nalbandian was a principal at The Schonbraun McCann Group, LLC, a leading real estate-dedicated advisory firm in New Jersey. Mr. Nalbandian began his commercial real estate career with O’Connor Capital Partners, a real estate private equity fund headquartered in New York City. He is an active member of ICSC (International Council of Shopping Centers) and NAIOP (National Association of Industrial and Office Properties). Mr. Nalbandian graduated from New York University with a Master’s in Real Estate and from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Arts degree.

“Greg is a seasoned and well respected professional with a wealth of experience across many facets of the real estate industry,” said Jon Mikula, senior managing director and co-head of HFF’s New Jersey office. “He has experience working the entire capital stack from first mortgage debt placements to more complicated structured finance transactions involving equity or preferred equity/mezzanine financing, recapitalizations and repositionings. We are excited to have him join the HFF team.”

“I am very excited to join the premier real estate firm in New Jersey with such a deep bench of talent and resources,” added Nalbandian. “I look forward to playing a key role in furthering HFF’s already dominant position in the marketplace and providing our clients with phenomenal execution.”

About HFF

Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P. (“HFF”), HFF Securities L.P. and HFF Securities Limited (collectively, “HFFS”) are owned by HFF, Inc. (NYSE: HF). HFF operates out of 24 offices and is a leading provider of commercial real estate and capital markets services to the global commercial real estate industry. HFF, together with its affiliates, offers clients a fully integrated capital markets platform including debt placement, investment sales, equity placement, advisory services, loan sales and commercial loan servicing. For more information please visit hfflp.com or follow HFF on Twitter @HFF.