BEND, OR – Compass Commercial Real Estate Services, Central Oregon’s leading commercial real estate brokerage is pleased to announce Graham Dent has joined the company as a broker.

Dent brings over twelve years of asset management, commercial real estate acquisition and disposition experience to the team. Most recently, he served as senior director of asset management with CBRE Global Investors out of Bellevue, Washington where he was responsible for the performance of a $1.1 billion real estate portfolio on behalf of a large institutional client; and the management of 2.7 million square feet of office, industrial and retail assets.

“Graham’s expertise in large scale portfolio management, acquisitions and dispositions will be incredibly valuable to our clients and our team as we continue to plan for assured growth in Central Oregon,” said Darren Powderly, president of Compass Commercial Real Estate Services. We are proud to continuously attract top notch talent with experience in major markets across the country. Graham’s adept portfolio management enhances our ability to serve the needs of our clients.”

Dent’s background includes serving asportfolio analyst with CB Richard Ellis Investors in Bellevue, and Bentall Capital, US in Seattle.

“I look forward to leveraging my experience in real estate markets around the country to help clients achieve exceptional results here in Central Oregon,” said Dent. “Growing up in Portland, I often visited Bend and imagined raising a family in such an idyllic community. To have the opportunity to join a world class organization, like Compass Commercial while living in Bend is a dream come true.”

Dent graduated from the University of Puget Sound with a degree in International Business and Foreign Language. He attended Université de Bourgogne & Université de Dijon in Grenoble and Dijon, France where he received a diploma in Advanced French Studies.

Dent and his family relocated to Bend from Seattle this summer and now live in Northwest Crossing. He can be reached at 541-848-4064 or by email at gdent@compasscommercial.com.

Compass Commercial, (www.compasscommercial.com) headquartered in Bend is Central Oregon’s leading commercial real estate firm offering services in sales and leasing, tenant/buyer representation, asset and property management, and development services.  Follow us on Twitter @CompassCom.