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Austin – The Impresa Group (and CRC Impresa), a leading boutique international real estate services and investment firm, today announced that Ross Crowe, CPM—one of the nation’s most creative and successful investment and asset management professionals—has established it’s California office as a Principle and Managing Director of the firm. Ross Crowe and The Impresa Group will affiliate with Windermere, one of the largest brokerage firms in the Western US. Crowe will be a member and director of The Impresa Group’s International Capital Markets Group, which provides real estate investment and advisory services to the company’s most sophisticated clients.

Bill Trotta, Managing Director of The Impresa Group’s North American operations, said, “The infusion of senior level talent is the cornerstone of our growth strategy in the Southern and Western United States. Ross’s addition to our team demonstrates that The Impresa Group is committed to building a platform that provides its professionals with the resources they need to successfully serve their clients.”

Crowe, a 28-year veteran of the commercial real estate industry joins The Impresa Group from Grubb & Ellis Company, where he was a senior vice president of Asset Management overseeing a Texas and Kansas Portfolio. He has successfully directed or completed transactions valued in excess of $1 billion over his long career, including more than $100 million since 2007, often in tough economic conditions. All in all, some 400 transactions have been completed successfully in his 28 year career.

His past client list is a veritable “who’s who” of leading institutions, which has included: Bank of America Trust, US Bank CRE, Pacific Western Bank, CalNational Bank, First Bank of Oak Park, Regency Savings Bank, San Diego National Bank, Wells Fargo Trust, The Lowenthal Family Trust, Lennar, KennedyWilson, Trizec and RCMI. Ross has served as a Court Appointed Receiver for various California Courts on behalf of lending institutions and is known as one of California’s top expert witnesses in the field of investment and commercial real estate.

“Ross is known throughout our industry as one of the top investment and management professionals with a highly creative touch,” said Bill Trotta, president of The Impresa Group, North America. “Ross enjoys an impressive reputation and track record of accomplishment that few can match. Ross’s addition to our International Capital Markets platform further strengthens and expands our ability to provide the finest service and value to our individual and institutional investment clients.” The creativity demonstrated in asset repositioning and “ad value” workmanship on projects like Figueroa Courtyard in LA as well as 816 Congress , Chase Tower and The Avallon in Austin really show skill and tenure in the re-development arena.

Crowe earned a bachelor’s degree from Stephen F. Austin State University and a Post Graduate Diploma from Georgetown University’s prestigious Institute of Comparative Political and Economic Systems (ICPES) in Washington DC, under full academic scholarship from The Edison Foundation.

Most recently, In early 2009 Grubb & Ellis Realty Investors, LLC announced that Ross Crowe had been promoted to senior vice president, Asset Management. Crowe was responsible for planning, leasing, financial analyses and investor reporting for each asset in their assigned portfolios, as well as overseeing regional asset managers and the activities relating to their portfolios. According to a GBE press release “Ross is a talented and experienced professional who has shown great dedication to the company, investors, tenants and peers alike,” said Kent Peters, executive vice president, Asset Management for GERI, A Grubb & Ellis Company. “Ross work’s tirelessly to ensure that the properties he oversees deliver the best possible long-term value to their owners.” He was promoted to GERI vice president of Asset Management in May 2008. Crowe remains as an Advisory board member of the Austin Museum of Art and the Lost Pines Music Festival. With more than 28 years of experience, he holds the certified property manager designation from the Institute of Real Estate Management, an organization that recognizes experts who are among the top of the real estate management

The Impresa Group, LLC is the real estate investment and asset management firm of choice for high net worth individuals and international organizations. As a leading boutique real estate services and investment firm, The Impresa Group and affiliates broker and manage a growing portfolio of assets located throughout the states.

The Impresa Group and affiliates are currently buying and selling properties throughout the United States and Europe, offering a full range of commercial real estate investment programs Through the International Capital Markets program, The Impresa Group also offers high net worth investors a comprehensive program to build or expand their commercial real estate portfolio, whether their investment objectives are 1031 exchange driven or not.