Sacramento economic development group hires Bay Area real estate expert

Sacramento’s top economic development organization said Monday it has hired a commercial real estate expert from the Bay Area to help recruit businesses.

The Greater Sacramento Area Economic Council said Neal Best, formerly with Cushman & Wakefield in San Francisco, will be the Sacramento organization’s vice president of business development. Among other things, Best will help lead trade missions over the next year to these key U.S. markets: New York, Chicago, Dallas, Seattle, Atlanta, Los Angeles and the Bay Area.

This story was originally published August 8, 2016 at 9:08 AM with the headline "Sacramento economic development group hires Bay Area real estate expert."