United Properties of Bloomington Assigned to Carlson Building
Finance & Commerce Staff Report
Minneapolis, MN—September 6, 2007—Two senior brokers from United Properties of Bloomington have been assigned to handle leasing for an office property owned by Carlson Real Estate Co. in downtown Minneapolis.

Sonja Breyfogle and Jim Montez, senior associates at United Properties, were assigned to Plaza VII, located on Seventh Street between Nicollet Mall and Hennepin Avenue.

Plaza VII, a 315,000-square-foot office building that has 19 floors of Class A office space, is about 90 percent leased, according to Carlson marketing manager Brett Talbott.

Breyfogle has spent most of her commercial real estate career in downtown Minneapolis. Montez has experience in the industry dating back to 1988.

Carlson also announced that Larry Olimb, listing broker for the company's industrial portfolio in the western Minneapolis suburbs, has been promoted from general manager to director.

In addition, Carlson said in a press release that Ben Lieser, general manager of Plaza VII, has completed the coursework to achieve his Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) designation.

Carlson Real Estate Company is an affiliate of Carlson Companies, parent company of Radisson Hotels, T.G.I.Friday’s Restaurants, and other national and global businesses, and one of America’s largest privately held companies. Carlson Real Estate Company is dedicated to developing long-term client relationships by operating with caring and integrity and providing innovative and accommodating solutions. Its portfolio of office and flex/industrial space concentrated in Minnesota, Arizona, and North Carolina exceeds 6 million combined square feet. For more information about Carlson Real Estate Company, visit www.carlsonrealestate.biz

United Properties is a diversified commercial real estate company with more than 500 employees and 30 million square feet of office, industrial, retail and multi-family properties under management. The company specializes in a full complement of real estate services, including property leasing and sales, investment sales and land brokerage, property management, corporate real estate services, and construction services. The company has been recognized as one of the Twin Cities “Great Places to Work” by the Business Journal each year since 2003.Based in the Twin Cities, United Properties serves other markets through its affiliations with ONCOR International, an organization of commercial real estate companies serving more than 200 markets throughout the world, and ChainLinks Professional Resource Network, the largest retailonly full-service real estate provider in North America. United Properties is located on the Web at www.uproperties.com

Media Contact:
Brett Talbott
Marketing Manager
952-404-5016
btalbott@carlson.com