Grubb & Ellis - Tucson

Grubb & Ellis, Zimmerman & Auletta Honored with 2011 CoStar Power Broker Awards



Tari Auletta, CCIM

Ron Zimmerman

Tucson, AZ (March 14, 2012) – Grubb & Ellis has been selected by CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP), commercial real estate’s leading independent research firm, to receive a CoStar Power Broker Award. This annual award recognizes the “best of the best” in commercial real estate brokerage by highlighting the U.S. firms and individual brokers who closed the highest transaction volumes in commercial property sales or leases for the entire year of 2011 in their respective markets.  

Also two brokers from the Grubb & Ellis Tucson office have been recognized.   Tari Auletta and Ron Zimmerman have also won the 2011 Power Broker Award for Top Leasing Brokers in Tucson for their outstanding performance in what was certainly a challenging year for commercial real estate.   The awards are based on the highest transaction volumes closed in commercial leases and measured against all commercial real estate brokers active in the Tucson area.

Tari Auletta, an office/medical specialist is a veteran with 30 years experience in the commercial real estate industry.  Ron Zimmerman, an industrial property specialist is also a veteran in the commercial real estate industry with over 30 years experience.  This is Ron’s 6^th straight year in being awarded the Power Broker Award.  

“CoStar Group is very proud to acknowledge the outstanding brokers who performed at the industry’s highest level to achieve remarkable sales and leasing success in 2011,” 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 Tari Auletta and Ron Zimmerman on their impressive professional accomplishment.”