Jeffrey A. Banks has joined the Industrial Properties Division of Cushman & Wakefield of Arizona, Inc. as an Associate.

Banks’ primary responsibilities at C&W will be to focus on tenant and agency leasing for industrial properties.  Banks previously was Vice President of Business Development for Facto Express, a freight shipping and trucking company. Prior to that he was Assistant Vice President of Institutional Fixed Income for DA Davidson and Co., and FTN Financial.

“Jeff is a perfect complement to our industrial division,” said Jackie Orcutt, Market Leader | Investor Services at C&W of Arizona. “He brings great perspective from the occupier side of the business and his background in commercial lending makes him extremely well-rounded.

“He is well-poised to launch a very successful career in industrial brokerage and we are happy to be working with him,” Orcutt said.

Banks was born in Heidelberg, Germany, but was raised in the southern California area. He attended high school in Brea Olinda, Calif.  He received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance, Real Estate and Law from Cal Poly Pomona, in Pomona, Calif.