SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Dec 21, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) –
Grosvenor Americas has appointed Sommer Johnson to the position of
Investment Manager in the company’s San Francisco, CA headquarters
office. He will be responsible for Grosvenor Americas’ real estate
acquisitions in the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles/Orange
County markets, focusing on value-add office, retail, and apartment
assets.

Mr. Johnson joins Grosvenor from AIG Global Real Estate Investment
Corp. in San Francisco, where he served as a manager. His 15 years of
industry experience also has included positions with Shorenstein
Properties, and Tishman Speyer Properties. He holds a B.A. degree in
economics from the University of Virginia and an MBA from the Haas
School of Business at the University of California-Berkeley.

Grosvenor is a privately owned property group with offices in 17 of
the world’s most dynamic cities. It has four regional investment and
development businesses in Britain Ireland, the Americas, Australia
and Asia Pacific; an international fund management business, which
operates across these markets and in continental Europe; and a
portfolio of indirect investments. As of December 31, 2010, these six
businesses had total assets under management of US$17.1bn. Unusual
for a private company, Grosvenor publishes a full Annual Report
Accounts, available at
www.grosvenor.com .

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