Howard Hanna enters Commercial Real Estate Market in Ohio

Online, March 3, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Howard Hanna Real Estate Services announces it has entered the commercial real estate market in Ohio with the opening of a new, full-service Commercial Division. The new office, located in Canton, which will serve the Akron/Canton market including clients in Stark, Summit, Medina, Portage and Wayne counties. The new Howard Hanna Commercial office is managed by Jim Bellamy, formerly of Cutler Commercial Investment Group.

Said Howard Hanna President, Howard W. "Hoby" Hanna, IV, in making the announcement, "We are proud to have Jim Bellamy on board to head our Commercial Division. We have a great residential real estate business in the Canton/Akron area and want to be able serve our customers with their commercial real estate needs as well. Jim is a local guy who we know will get our Commercial Division off to a good start in Ohio and will grow our business dynamically in the area. "

Bellamy joins Howard Hanna after almost 17 years with Cutler Commercial, where he was most recently Division Head and Manager. He has a proven track record of increasing commercial listings and sales. Proficient in all aspects of the commercial real estate transaction, Bellamy has participated in hundreds of different commercial transaction or business sales and acquisitions and has prepared evaluations and/or analyzed more than 500 different commercial properties and businesses. The Howard Hanna Commercial Division already has eight sales associates specializing in commercial real estate in the five county area.

In the commercial real estate business for almost thirty years, Howard Hanna also has Commercial Divisions in Pittsburgh, Erie and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania In addition to asset and brokerage services, the company specializes in investment property sales, land sales and development, property management, tenant representation and the sale or lease of a variety of properties.

Howard Hanna Commercial is located at 4455 Dressler Road, Suite 201, in Canton. Please call (330)493-3900 for more information.