Thomas J. Swieca and Tony Archer Join Grubb & Ellis as Senior Vice Presidents, Retail Group

ONTARIO, CA – Grubb & Ellis Company (NYSE: GBE), a leading real estate services and investment firm, today announced that Thomas J. Swieca (top right photo) and Tony Archer (top left photo) have joined the company’s Retail Group as senior vice presidents. 

 Specializing in tenant representation and shopping center leasing and sales in the Riverside and San Bernardino counties, the team joins from CB Richard Ellis Inc., where they served as senior vice president and first vice president, respectively. 

As partners for more than 15 years, Swieca and Archer have represented both landlords and tenants in significant retail centers.

  Their experience includes deals with major retailers such as Target, Wal-Mart, The Home Depot, Lowe’s Home Improvement, Kohl’s, Best Buy and Chevron to name a few. 

 They currently represent The Home Depot, Stater Bros. Markets, 99 Cent Only Stores, CVS Drug Stores and O’Reilly Auto Parts.

 Landlords the team has represented include Forest City Development, Fritz Duda Company, Marketplace Properties, Peninsula Retail Partners, Colonies Crossroad Partners and KZ Holdings.

“Tom and Tony are high caliber real estate professionals whose expertise, experience and reputation as the top retail brokerage team in the Inland Empire will help build our market share in the sector,” said Dave Burback (lower right photo), executive vice president, managing director, Inland Empire.

Contact: Julia McCartney, Phone: 714.975.2230,  

Email:  julia.mccartney@grubb-ellis.com