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NAI Summit hires Smith to serve as a commercial real estate agent

NAI Summit recently hired Chris Ann Smith as a commercial real estate agent. Prior to joining NAI Summit, Smith gained extensive leasing experience working for DeSouza Brown, a Philadelphia-based real estate investment company. Smith is also owner of Crane Properties, a successful local real estate company specializing in rehabilitation and adaptive re-use of blighted properties with a focus on downtown revitalization. Smith presently serves on the Borough of Catasauqua's Planning Commission, is a board member on LVEDC's Lehigh Valley Land Recycling Initiative, and serves as secretary for both the Catasauqua Main Streets Council and the Rising Tide Loan Fund of the Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Cedar Crest College in Allentown, PA. Smith currently resides in Catasauqua, PA. About NAI Summit NAI Summit is the Greater Lehigh Valley's only full-service commercial/industrial real estate firm servicing Eastern Pennsylvania. Founded in 1982, NAI Summit has consistently maintained the highest volume of commercial transactions by utilizing an extensive network of professional affiliations. NAI Summit provides comprehensive services in acquisitions and disposition, leasing, representation of owners and tenants, investment sales, development, asset management, property management, facilities management, residential management, corporate services, build-to-suit leaseback management, consultation, advisory services and research. To learn more, visit www.naisummit.com.
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