Atlanta, GA-based SK Commercial Realty — a full-service commercial real estate firm with specialized experience in office, healthcare and industrial real estate leasing and development – has hired Scott Crooks as its new COO.

Crooks will provide strategic leadership and help amplify SK Commercial Realty’s brand voice across the local market. He will also oversee company operations initiatives at SK Commercial Realty and will recruit new talent to the firm, improve marketing programs, manage client relations and bolster the company’s research capabilities.

Finally, Crook will manage the launch of a new research platform designed to measurement tool for Metro Atlanta’s office, industrial, land, retail and medical market.

Before joining SK Commercial Realty, Crooks held positions including director of operations at GVA Advantis, COO at Bryant Commercial Real Estate Partners and CFO and CIO at Lee & Associates’ Atlanta office. He most recently helped to open Lee & Associates Nashville, the brokerage’s newest office.