BOSTON—Michael Smith, Avison Young Principal and Managing Director of the company’s Boston office, announced the strategic hiring of Thomas Aitken.
Effective immediately, Aitken, a 30-year industry veteran, joins Avison Young as a Senior Vice-President in the firm’s Boston office. He will continue to serve both tenants and landlords in the 128 North and 128 Core markets. Aitken most recently served as Senior Managing Director at Newmark Grubb Knight Frank in Boston.
“Avison Young is extremely pleased to welcome Tom to the team,” comments Smith. “Tom brings extensive market knowledge and transaction experience to our growing Boston office, and will help us better serve our clients.”
Aitken is a member of the Greater Boston Real Estate Board, NAIOP, and Commercial Brokers Association (CBA), and is a CCIM candidate of the Commercial Investment Real Estate Institute. Annually, Aitken has been awarded with the CBA Multi-Million Dollar Lease Club Achievement Award. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from New England College.
“It’s exciting to join a Principal-led, collaborative, client-centric company such as Avison Young,” says Aitken. “I’m looking forwarding to partnering with the best-in-class service providers at Avison Young and utilizing the network of resources to better serve client needs.”
Over the past seven years, Avison Young has grown from 11 to 75 offices and from 300 to more than 2,100 real estate professional in Canada, the U.S., Mexico and Europe.
