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GFI Cap. Resources Grp. recruits Granowitz as director of acquisitions

GFI Capital Resources Group, Inc. has recruited Jeffrey Granowitz, a former principal with the Praedium Group, as a director of acquisitions. Throughout his career,  Granowitz has closed more than 100 deals totaling more than $2 billion. Granowitz brings over 20 years of institutional experience in debt and equity investments, distressed and non-performing real estate assets,  workouts and dispositions to GFI.    He is focusing on increasing the company's acquisitions of non-performing and opportunistic real estate debt and equity transactions.  GFI has acquisition departments in their downtown Manhattan office, where Granowitz will be based, as well as in their Atlanta, Ga. office. Prior to joining GFI, Granowitz created Artisan Realty Capital and successfully invested in NYC residential real estate transactions for many years.   GFI is a full service real estate company with a direct property sales force, mortgage finance operations, a development company, in house acquisitions and operations, and has offices in NY, FL, TX, GA, MI.
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