Rizzi joins HFF as a managing director

Robert Rizzi has joined the HFF as a managing director in its New York office. Rizzi will focus on equity and joint venture capital as well as investment sales transactions in the New York metro area. Prior to joining HFF, Rizzi was a managing partner at Broad Street Advisors where he closed more than $4 billion in transactions since co-founding the firm in 2000. Rizzi has closed a broad array of product and transaction types, with both private and institutional clients such as American Realty Capital Partners, AREA Property Partners, Buchanan Street Partners, Clarion Partners, Deutsche Bank, GE Capital, Invesco Real Estate, Investcorp, Montecito Medical, Morgan Stanley, Orion Residential, PM Realty, RREEF Funds, Starwood Capital, and USAA Real Estate, among others. He began his career at Harbert Realty Services in Tampa as a regional markets manager in the firm's Investment Services Group. Rizzi has a Master of Business Administration degree and a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from The University of South Florida. "Rob has a diverse background executing a wide range of investment sales, debt and equity transactions not only in the New York metropolitan area but on a nationwide basis and we are looking forward to having him as a member of our team," said Michael Tepedino, senior managing director in HFF's New York office. Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, LP ("HFF") and HFF Securities LP ("HFFS") are owned by HFF, Inc. (NYSE: HF). HFF operates out of 20 offices nationwide and is a leading provider of commercial real estate and capital markets services to the U.S. commercial real estate industry. HFF together with its affiliate HFFS offer clients a fully integrated national capital markets platform including debt placement, investment sales, advisory services, structured finance, private equity, loan sales, and commercial loan servicing. www.hfflp.com.