Area agent among tops nationwide

Sperry Van Ness Commercial Advisory Group agent Gail Bowden is solidifying her place in the upper echelon of the nationwide brokerage firm.

Through August, Bowden ranks fifth among all advisors at the commercial brokerage franchisor, which operates in 35 states and has more than 1,200 agents, according to the company's website.

Even more impressive, the four agents who ranked higher through the first eight months of 2015 come from much larger cities: San Francisco, Minneapolis, Dallas and Cincinnati, according to an internal company ranking.

Bowden, a senior investment advisor, is no stranger to being among the brokerage's top agents. In 2014, she was named “Advisor of the Year” and to the company's prestigious “Partners Circle.” The year before, Bowden was named a “Top Producer” after selling more than $25 million in commercial property.

She has specialized in both medical office building and industrial property sales, ranging from $500,000 to $60 million, and in all has closed more than $200 million worth of deals. Bowden, who has been in commercial real estate for more than three decades, has been with Sperry Van Ness since January 2009.