Bob Lazenby Bio	Ken Lazenby Bio	Fran Piegari Bio	Andrew Long Bio

 

 

 

 

 

 

Principal / Owner - BOB LAZENBY

Bob Lazenby has more than 20 years experience in the Commercial Real Estate industry.  Six years with Henry S. Miller/Grubb & Ellis, and eighteen years as founder, owner, and entrepreneur of his own firm, Legacy Realty Group. 

He has several additional years experience in sales, marketing, product development, dealer development, and corporate management with four Fortune 500 companies: Litton Industries, Philips, Xerox, and Sony. 

During his tenure with Litton Industries, Bob held positions as Branch Manager in Grand Rapids, and Kansas City; National Sales Training Instructor, Manager of the National Training Department, and National Training Director, responsible for writing and implementing the training strategy to close all branch offices, setting up a Dealer and Distributor Operation, selling the branches, and implementing a National Dealer Manager Program. 

At Xerox Corporation's Office Systems Division, Bob assisted the Midwest region in launching Xerox's new word processing product, the 800 series, in the Chicago area; launched and managed the branch office in Indianapolis; managed the National Accounts program in the Southern Region; and worked on a Headquarters special assignment team presenting Xerox's Totally Automated and Integrated Office of the Future program to several Fortune 500 companies.

Philips Corporation's Micom subsidiary, a word processing company, recruited Bob from Xerox to assist in starting a Dealer Operations program in the U.S.  Bob was successful in setting up the Dealer Operations program within the Southern Region and successfully managed its operations at 140% of plan.

Sony Corporation recruited Bob from Philips to assist in launching their U.S. operations in the Microcomputer business.  Bob began the Southern Region by setting up Districts reporting to him in Dallas and Atlanta and successfully launched the region at 125% of plan.   He was promoted to National Sales Manager, Vertical Markets, where he was responsible for starting up Sony's national efforts to sell their color monitors and other peripherals to the entire personal computer marketplace.  

Bob has a B.S. degree in Business Management from Virginia Commonwealth University.

 

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Senior Associate - KEN LAZENBY

Ken Lazenby joined Legacy Realty Group in July 2002 as a Senior Associate.  He has a total of eleven years business experience with a diverse background, including sales, training, sales management, market analysis, and has served as a Director of Operations for an independent franchisee owning eighteen locations.  Ken has extensive experience in managing controllables, expenses, and quality of operations. 

Ken is a high energy, goal oriented, over achiever that has consistently exceeded goals in each company he has worked.   His attention to detail is impeccable.  

Ken graduated from Lamar High School and has an Associates degree from Brookhaven Community College.

Ken and his wife and their children live in The Colony.  He is very active in Children’s activities and in his church.

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Vice-President - FRAN PIEGARI

Fran Piegari has been in the Commercial Real Estate business for more than 20 years and has been a licensed Texas real estate broker since 1989. 

She has leased and managed office space as director of leasing; served as assistant vice-president, promoting and managing the advertising/marketing of income-producing assets for Sunbelt Savings; served as vice president of the Marketing Department of Sunbelt National Mortgage, growing their branch offices from 18 to 41.  

Fran sold advertising as associate publisher for two different developer/realtor publications before joining Black's Guide as its publisher of the Dallas/Fort Worth region, managing the office of five employees, and selling advertising to the commercial real estate community. 

While at Black's Guide Fran increased sales per office book from $245,000 to $397,000, added two industrial books with sells per book at $120,000 and added five area maps with sells averaging $155,000 per map.  Fran's office was recognized as the first regional office to accomplish a sales revenue over $1 million, and successfully continued that trend. Denver profiles and the profiles for nine Florida books were later added under her management. Today, the Dallas office publishes two office and two industrial guides, profiles for seventeen books, and six area maps.

Fran is active in all real estate related organizations including, Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) in Dallas and Fort Worth since 1986, North Texas Commercial Association of Realtors (NTCAR), NAIOP, Real Estate Council, CCIM, DREM, and BOMA.  She has been very active in CREW, serving as Co-Chair of the Programs Committee for four years, on the Programs Committee for six years and the CREW Classic Committee, and the CREW Leadership Development/Meeting Committee. 

Fran Piegari holds a Cum Laude Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management and Marketing from the University of Texas at Dallas. 

Fran and her family reside in Plano and are very active in their church and participate on several committees/activities of the church.

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ANDREW LONG - Corporate Leasing Specialist    

Andrew Long first joined Legacy Realty Group in 1993 as a Lead Generation specialist and did an excellent job. 

Having a desire to broaden his business experience, especially in the financial area, in 1994, Andrew joined the Investment firm of Fidelity Investments.  Andrew spent six years at Fidelity Investments having the responsibility for individual retirement accounts and direct rollovers of employer sponsored accounts such as 401K’s and 403B’s.

In 2000, Andrew joined The Herman Group where he was responsible for working with private investors on limited partnerships.  He was additionally responsible for educating investors concerning current market trends, property values, and other industry trends. 

Andrew rejoined Legacy Realty Group in 2002 as a Senior Market Analyst where he was responsible for staying on top of market conditions, knowing where the vacancies were, constantly talking with the owners and their agents to determine the concessions they were willing to give to get their properties leased. 

In June 2003 Andrew was promoted to a Commercial Sales Associate in the Corporate Services area, specializing in Tenant Representation for Office and Industrial clients.

Andrew is a high energy, goal oriented, over achiever that has consistently exceeded goals in each company he has worked.   His attention to detail is impeccable.  

Andrew is a graduate from SMU with a B.A. degree in History. 

 

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