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CHATTANOOGA, TENN. — Commercial real estate services firm Berkadia has opened a new office in Chattanooga. Berkadia has hired Marcus Lyons, former president and CEO of The Lyons Group Inc., to head the new office and serve as director. Lyons will collaborate with partner David Oakley of Berkadia’s Birmingham, Ala., office to generate investment sales opportunities, work directly with new and existing clients and expand the company’s economic, investment and apartment market reporting/research in the Chattanooga area. Lyons has bachelor’s degrees in Finance and Accounting from The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.