Normandy Real Estate Partners and real estate service provider Cassidy Turley today announced that Normandy is naming Cassidy Turley as the leasing agent for a significant portion of its New Jersey office portfolio totaling approximately 1.1 million square feet.
Raymond Trevisan, a Normandy Principal, and William O’Keefe, a Normandy Senior Vice president, have joined Cassidy Turley, where Ray will lead the firm’s New Jersey operations.
Finn Wentworth, a founder and Managing Principal, commented, “We have benefited from a very productive and longstanding relationship with Cassidy Turley and this alliance will further strengthen our leasing initiatives in the New Jersey market. I would like to thank my long time friend and partner Ray for his exceptional leadership at Normandy and wish him well in his new role. We look forward to continuing to work in partnership with Ray and Bill and the team at Cassidy Turley in building on our success and value creation within our New Jersey portfolio.”
“Normandy’s name carries with it a consistent level of quality and stability and their New Jersey office portfolio is an illustration of those characteristics,” said Peter Hennessy, President New York Tri-State Cassidy Turley. “We are thrilled to form this strategic alliance with the great team at Normandy and I’m confident that it will further strengthen our long and successful relationship in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. Ray and Bill are two excellent additions to the Cassidy Turley family and have stellar reputations with tenants and brokers in the industry. We are excited to have their expertise at Cassidy Turley so we can better serve our New Jersey clients’ needs.”
“I want to thank everyone at Normandy for the incredible years I’ve spent at the firm where I enjoyed a track record of success with some of the best in the business,” said Ray Trevisan. “I am looking forward to leading Cassidy Turley’s New Jersey operations and continuing to add value at the premier Normandy properties in this new capacity.”
Raymond Trevisan will be named a Managing Principal at Cassidy Turley. In addition to serving as a Principal at Normandy, Ray was previously a First Vice President at CB Richard Ellis. Prior to that, he founded his own law firm, where he specialized in negotiating property acquisition and lease transactions. He is a graduate of Lehigh University, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and has recently served on its Board of Directors. His Juris Doctor degree is from the Seton Hall University School of Law.
William O’Keefe will be named a Senior Vice President at Cassidy Turley. Prior to Normandy, Bill also worked as a leasing broker for CB Richard Ellis. His expertise includes site selection, financial analysis and the acquisition and disposition of office space. He is a member of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties. Mr. O’Keefe is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island with a Bachelor of Science degree.
