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Zar named a managing director at Murray Hill Properties

Esther Zar has been appointed managing director of Murray Hill Properties LLC. Zar joined Murray Hill Properties as a director in 2009. Since joining, Zar has completed over 125,000 s/f of office and retail leasing transactions. Zar is the leasing agent at 485 Seventh Ave., 125 East 63rd St. and 101 Fifth Ave. She has represented noteworthy clients such as DSquared, Escada, Richard Chai, RGE Monitor, Corbel Communications, Ooyala, Blossom and Dots. Prior to joining Murray Hill Properties, Zar served as VP at Metro Spire. In that capacity, she was responsible for overseeing, training and managing the brokerage team, as well as tenant representation of major office and retail tenants. Zar is a member of the Real Estate Board of New York and speaks fluent Farsi and Hebrew.
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