founded 1993 headquarters boston massachusetts u.s. number of locations 50 in north america area served worldwide key people jim underhill ceo matthew feeney chairman ed fothergill cfo number of employees 800 website cresa.com cresa is an international commercial real estate firm headquartered in boston massachusetts . cresa represents tenants and provides real estate services including corporate services ; strategic planning ; transaction management ; project management ; facilities management ; workforce and location planning ; portfolio lease administration ; capital markets ; supply chain management ; sustainability ; and sublease and distribution . contents 1 history 2 overview 3 notable personnel 4 references 5 external links history edit cresa was founded in 1993 when avalon partners headed by bill goade formed an alliance with three other commercial real estate firms prev liberatore & barton in miami ; cooper brady in san jose and palo alto ; tanguay burke stratton in chicago and metrospace of los angeles . the firms averaged 20 year histories in their respective markets before joining together as the cresapartners alliance and all focused on the growing niche of tenant representation . by 1995 cresa had grown to 30 cities . in 1998 the organization changed its structure from an alliance to that of an llc similar to large consulting firms and took on the cresapartners llc name expanding further to 48 offices . in 2008 with 50 north american offices cresa became one of the largest tenant representation commercial real estate firms in north america . 1 in 2011 cresa expanded with new or expanded offices in northern new jersey houston texas 2 and albany new york 3 and also formed a strategic partnership with savills 4 to offer international representation . overview edit cresa includes more than 55 north american offices and over 800 employees . the firm is a privately held with more than one quarter of employees serving as partners . cresa has received multiple awards and has been included on top achievement lists including site selection s service provider of the year american business journals best places to work 5 inc. 5000 6 and realcomm s top ten most innovative brokerage firms . 7 several cresa offices have been consistently honored with best places to work recognition . in 2010 cresa was certified as a sustainable business leader 8 having completed the sustainable business leader program sblp a program of the sustainable business network sbn that provides guidance support and technical assistance to facilitate the greening of small and medium sized businesses . united space alliance awarded cresa its 2010 small business of the year award 9 for the firm s work in developing usa s workplace of the future office standards . notable personnel edit jim leslie was appointed ceo in may 2012 ; he previously served as president and chief operating officer of the staubach company a tenant representation firm that was acquired by jones lang lasalle in 2008 . 10 david j. prev is the chairman of the board of cresa llc and is a founding principal of cresapartners in december 1998 . previously he was one of the three founding partners of prev liberatore & barton in 1988 . 11 references edit jones david . cresa partners teams with whitman realty . new york city real estate news . the real deal . retrieved january 3 2008 . mcever melissa . cresapartners merges with gibson & granello . houston business journal . retrieved september 2 2011 . churchill chris . conley associates joins with national firm . albany times union . retrieved may 20 2011 . cresapartners savills form partnership . wbj quick news . washington business journal . retrieved may 6 2011 . business journal announces best places to work for 2010 . american business journals . minneapolis st. paul business journal . retrieved july 16 2010 . 2010 inc. 5000 company profile cresa partners . inc. retrieved 2010 . check date values in access date help top 10 most innovative brokerage firms in north america . realcomm . retrieved 2 12 2003 . check date values in access date help boston companies go green . sustainable business leader program . retrieved 2010 2 25 . check date values in access date help united space alliance honors suppliers . united space alliance . retrieved july 29 2011 . hughes jennifer . cresa names next ceo . national real estate investor . retrieved may 4 2012 . davis karen . real estate florida names 25 top brokers . b.i.r. building intelligence . retrieved november 11 2008 . external links edit company website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cresa & oldid 743301332 categories real estate services companies of the united statescompanies based in bostoncommercial real estate companieshidden categories cs1 errors dates navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 01 20 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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