Kensington Vanguard National Land Services (“KV”) announced that Roger Saylor, Esq., has joined the company as vice president of national commercial business development and will lead the firm’s Michigan operations based in Detroit. Saylor has experience in the commercial title insurance industry, working closely with developers, lawyers, lenders and brokers.
Additionally, Zack Marco has joined the office as national senior commercial underwriting counsel.
“I am excited to join the Kensington Vanguard National Land Services team to build the Michigan presence,” Saylor said in a release. “We will focus on delivering the highest title and escrow services to the entire Michigan commercial real estate marketplace. With our robust resources and national reach, I also look forward to servicing Michigan-based clientele across the country.”
Brian Cooper, KV co-CEO, added, “We’ve had tremendous growth in the Midwest over the last couple of years. This expansion, with Roger in a leadership role, is highly complementary with our existing presence in the region.”
In recent years, KV’s Midwest division has expanded to include Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana and now Michigan.
KV operates three divisions:
- The commercial division services a diversified clientele consisting of property owners, developers, REITs, private equity groups, law firms, private investors and institutional lenders.
- The residential division provides title insurance and settlement services on residential purchases and refinances referred by realtors, attorneys and both regional and national mortgage originators.
- The 1031 Exchange services division, through wholly owned subsidiary Legal 1031 Exchange Services, employs a team of experts, attorneys and certified exchange specialists providing clients and their advisors with IRC §1031 qualified intermediary services enabling them to defer capital gains tax they would otherwise realize upon the sale of investment properties.