CB Richard Ellis Hawaii, Inc. (808-524-6441) announced that Roger B. Lyons has been promoted to senior vice president from the position of vice president. Lyons is a director of CBRE Hawaii and is a member of CBRE Hawaii Retail Team. Lyons works exclusively in tenant and landlord representation. During his 15 years with the company, Lyons has been responsible for pre-leasing development projects, re-configuring tenant mixes within existing centers, negotiating multiple market requirements by tenants, land sales and ground leases on behalf of developers and retailers as well as shopping center investment sales.

BRE Commercial/NAI (858-546-5469) announced that Eli Gilbert has joined the firm’s San Diego, CA/University Town Center office as market research director. He will be responsible for the development and delivery of market information to BRE brokers and clients. In this position, Gilbert will head the company’s market research department and will focus on in-house broker training on research-related applications and software programs. Gilbert formerly worked for Insignia/ESG’s San Diego, CA office where he was research manager. During that time, he was responsible for overseeing all aspects of brokerage operations, including statistics, marketing, public relations, mapping and some corporate service duties.