Costantinos! "Costas"! Hrousis! is! a! co"founder! of! Veraxia! Commercial! Real! Estate! Solutions! and! serves! as! a! Principal,! specializing! in! the! sale! and! leasing! of! retail,! land! and! office! properties! in! the! Lehigh!Valley! region!of!Pennsylvania.! !With! 19!years!of!commercial!and!industrial!real!estate!experience!in! both!Pennsylvania!and!New! Jersey,!Hrousis!has!secured!over! 60! sale! and/or! lease! transactions! with! a! career! transaction! volume!in!excess!of!$250!million.!! ! Prior! to! founding! Veraxia! Commercial! Real! Estate! Solutions,! Hrousis! served! as! a! Senior! Advisor! for! a! Sperry! Van! Ness,! a! national! commercial! real! estate! brokerage! firm.! ! During! his! tenure!with!Sperry!Van!Ness,!he! ranked!15th !out!of!over!900! advisors!nationally!and!was!awarded!the!prestigious!Partner’s! Circle! award! in! 2007;!was! awarded! the! Achiever’s! Award! in! 2008;! and! was! ranked! 84th ! nationally! in! 2009.! Hrousis! also! served!on!the!company’s!initial!Board!of!Advisors,!having!been! selected!for!achieving!success!and!consistently!demonstrating! his! ability! to! deploy! creativity! and! innovation! in! growing! his! business.! ! Prior!to!joining!Sperry!Van!Ness,!Hrousis!served!in!a!corporate! real! estate! capacity! as! the!director!of! real! estate! for!Perkins! Restaurant!&!Bakeries.!His! territory! included!a!portion!of! the! eastern!United!States!where!he!oversaw!development!of!new! stores!for!corporate!locations!and!franchisees.!!Hrousis!started! his! real! estate! career! with! a! diversified! Lehigh! Valley"based! commercial!real!estate!firm,!where!he!managed!over!300,000! square! feet! of! office! space! and! assisted! in! several! notable! retail!development!projects.! ! Career! highlights! include:! the! development! and! sale! of! the! 45,000!SF!Fireman’s!Fund!building! in!Bethlehem,!PA;! the!site! selection/transaction!management! for! the! relocation! of! Fast! Net’s! corporate! headquarters;! the! redevelopment! of! the! Durkee!spice!plant!in!Bethlehem,!PA;!and!the!sale!of!500!acres! to! St.! Luke’s! Hospital! &! Health! Network! for! its! St.! Luke’s! Riverside!campus.!!!! ! As! an! active! member! of! the! commercial! real! estate! community,! Hrousis’! professional! memberships! include:! International! Council! of! Shopping! Centers;! Certified! Commercial! Investment! Member! Institute;! National! Association!of!Realtors;!Pennsylvania!Association!of!Realtors;! and! the! American! Hellenic! Educational! Progressive! Association.!Additionally,!Hrousis!earned!a!Bachelor!of!Science! in! Business! Administration! from! Moravian! College! in! Bethlehem,!PA.!