Costas Hrousis

Costantinos! "Costas"! Hrousis! is! a! co"founder! of! Veraxia!
Commercial! Real! Estate! Solutions! and! serves! as! a! Principal,!
specializing! in! the! sale! and! leasing! of! retail,! land! and! office!
properties! in! the! Lehigh!Valley! region!of!Pennsylvania.! !With!
19!years!of!commercial!and!industrial!real!estate!experience!in!
both!Pennsylvania!and!New! Jersey,!Hrousis!has!secured!over!
60! sale! and/or! lease! transactions! with! a! career! transaction!
volume!in!excess!of!$250!million.!!
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Prior! to! founding! Veraxia! Commercial! Real! Estate! Solutions,!
Hrousis! served! as! a! Senior! Advisor! for! a! Sperry! Van! Ness,! a!
national! commercial! real! estate! brokerage! firm.! ! During! his!
tenure!with!Sperry!Van!Ness,!he! ranked!15th
!out!of!over!900!
advisors!nationally!and!was!awarded!the!prestigious!Partner’s!
Circle! award! in! 2007;!was! awarded! the! Achiever’s! Award! in!
2008;! and! was! ranked! 84th
! nationally! in! 2009.! Hrousis! also!
served!on!the!company’s!initial!Board!of!Advisors,!having!been!
selected!for!achieving!success!and!consistently!demonstrating!
his! ability! to! deploy! creativity! and! innovation! in! growing! his!
business.!
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Prior!to!joining!Sperry!Van!Ness,!Hrousis!served!in!a!corporate!
real! estate! capacity! as! the!director!of! real! estate! for!Perkins!
Restaurant!&!Bakeries.!His! territory! included!a!portion!of! the!
eastern!United!States!where!he!oversaw!development!of!new!
stores!for!corporate!locations!and!franchisees.!!Hrousis!started!
his! real! estate! career! with! a! diversified! Lehigh! Valley"based!
commercial!real!estate!firm,!where!he!managed!over!300,000!
square! feet! of! office! space! and! assisted! in! several! notable!
retail!development!projects.!
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Career! highlights! include:! the! development! and! sale! of! the!
45,000!SF!Fireman’s!Fund!building! in!Bethlehem,!PA;! the!site!
selection/transaction!management! for! the! relocation! of! Fast!
Net’s! corporate! headquarters;! the! redevelopment! of! the!
Durkee!spice!plant!in!Bethlehem,!PA;!and!the!sale!of!500!acres!
to! St.! Luke’s! Hospital! &! Health! Network! for! its! St.! Luke’s!
Riverside!campus.!!!!
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As! an! active! member! of! the! commercial! real! estate!
community,! Hrousis’! professional! memberships! include:!
International! Council! of! Shopping! Centers;! Certified!
Commercial! Investment! Member! Institute;! National!
Association!of!Realtors;!Pennsylvania!Association!of!Realtors;!
and! the! American! Hellenic! Educational! Progressive!
Association.!Additionally,!Hrousis!earned!a!Bachelor!of!Science!
in! Business! Administration! from! Moravian! College! in!
Bethlehem,!PA.!