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Avison Young Adds Senior Director to Occupier Services Platform

Avison Young appointed Tom Bruister as principal, senior director for the firm’s occupier services platform. Based in the San Francisco office, he will spearhead the expansion of business development opportunities across North America, collaborating closely with the firm’s sales teams in the U.S. and Canada.  

Bruister will join forces with Keith Knox, principal and president, Occupier Services to bolster Avison Young’s growing service line. “Today’s occupiers seek data-driven, strategic real estate advice,” said Knox. “Tom will be pivotal in delivering this value, focusing on strengthening relationships and expanding business with current and potential clients.” 

With more than 20 years of experience in commercial real estate, Bruister most recently served as chief revenue officer at LiquidSpace, a global technology firm connecting users with flexible office space and providing software solutions for managing hybrid and distributed workforces. Other previous roles include serving large enterprise clients in transaction management at JLL and WeWork.

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Paul Bubny serves as Senior Content Director for Connect Commercial Real Estate, a role to which he brings 16-plus years’ experience covering the commercial real estate industry and 30-plus years in business-to-business journalism. In this capacity, he oversees daily operations while also reporting on both local/regional markets and national trends, covering individual transactions across all property types, as well as delving into broader subject matter. He produces 7-10 daily news stories per day and works with the Connect team and clients to develop longer-form content, ranging from Q&As to thought-leadership pieces. Prior to joining Connect, Paul was Managing Editor for both Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com at American Lawyer Media, where he oversaw operations at both publications while also producing daily news and feature-length articles. His tenure in B2B publishing stretches back into the print era, and he has served as Editor in Chief on four national trade publications. Since 1999, Paul has volunteered as the newsletter editor of passenger rail advocacy groups (one national, one local).

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