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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Portland, Maine) The Maine Center for Enterprise Development (MCED) is pleased to announce that its newest Program Sponsor is CBRE | The Boulos Company.
“MCED plays an important Economic Development role in our State by providing guidance during crucial phases of growth for small businesses and entrepreneurs and their mentoring programs have been instrumental for dozens of local companies. As a long time supporter of the entrepreneurial spirit that creates opportunity in the State of Maine, CBRE | The Boulos Company is proud to be a part of MCED’s efforts,” says Morris Fisher, President and Managing Director.
The Boulos Company, founded by Joseph Boulos, has been serving the commercial real estate brokerage, management, and development needs of clients throughout Southern Maine since 1975.
In 2001, The Boulos Company entered into an affiliation with CB Richard Ellis and CBRE | The Boulos Company is now Northern New England’s largest full-service commercial real estate compan, with over 100 employees and brokers. CBRE | The Boulos Company manages more than 7,00,000 square feet of commercial real estate, and brokerage activity volume in 2009 totaled in excess of $175 million.
Headquartered in Los Angeles, CA, CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBG), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company is the world’s premier, full-service real estate services company. Operating globally, the firm holds a leadership position in virtually all of the world’s key business centers. CB Richard Ellis was named a BusinessWeek 50 “best in class” company three years in a row and a Fortune 100 fastest growing company two years in a row.
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ABOUT MCED MCED is a private, not-for-profit 501-c-3 organization created to establish an environment where small companies, start-ups and first-time entrepreneurs can grow, prosper and successfully commercialize their technology in southern Maine. As Maine’s first business incubator, MCED was created out of the Portland Regional Chamber in 1997 to be a model of excellence for nurturing entrepreneurs, launching successful start-up companies and implementing innovation as an economic development tool for Maine. For additional information about MCED, please visit http://www.mced.biz
CONTACT:
Steven Bazinet, President
228-8525
