Launch Workplaces, a network of collaborative workspaces owned by The Brick Companies, today announced that John Myers has joined the organization as business development leader.

In this role, Myers is responsible for leading corporate sales of Launch Workplaces (Launch) concepts and franchises and managing all aspects of Launch’s growing sales team development. A LEED AP candidate, Myers joins Launch from Avison Young where he was principal real estate broker and represented landlord’s and tenant’s in all aspects of commercial real estate including site selection, marketing, budgeting, acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation and disposition from leasing to sales. Myers has also worked as managing director of Cassidy Turley’s Maryland office, and a senior vice president at Jones Lang LaSalle, Jones Lang Wootton, and Barnes Morris Pardoe & Foster.

“John comes to us with over 30 years of commercial real estate brokerage experience,” said Mike Kriel, chief executive officer of Launch Workplaces. “His experience and extensive knowledge of the commercial real estate industry will helpLaunch Workplaces transform the ways building owners operate by replacing the traditional model of long-term commitments to essentially unknown future space needs with flexible financial and physical space commitments. Our work enhances the success of building owners, managers, and tenants alike and John will play a significant role in helping these professionals succeed.”

Myers is a member of the Greater Washington Commercial Association of Realtors (GWCAR) and the Commercial Real Estate Development Association (NAIOP). He volunteers with the National Down Syndrome Society’s Buddy Walk Program and the Brave Dave Foundation’s Brave Dave Open, an annual golf tournament that supports the foundation’s effort to cure all auto-immune diseases. A resident of Chevy Chase, Myers earned his bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Maryland, College Park.

About Launch Workplaces

As the coworking division of The Brick Companies, Launch Workplaces are hybrid workspace centers for individuals, startups, and small companies to grow through an entrepreneurial community, collaboration, and educational programming environment.Launch Workplaces’ existing five centers are home to small businesses, entrepreneurs, and innovation-focused teams from the Inc. 5000 and are designed for companies looking for simple workplace solutions to get serious work done. The company’s management services division helps commercial real estate building owners enhance their buildings by opening a coworking center in an existing space with Launch Workplaces managing the process and space once it opens. For more information visit www.launchworkplaces.com.