Al Cissel is based out of the Bethesda, Maryland office of Transwestern. He is Managing Principal of the Transwestern Institutional Multifamily Group (IMG) and provides investment sales services for multi-family properties and multi-family land in the Washington Metropolitan area, as well as nationally.

Al has over 25 years of experience and is widely recognized as a leading multifamily broker in the Mid-Atlantic region. Al Cissel and Scott Melnick have coordinated over $4 billion in transactions over the last three years. In addition, they have been recognized by the Greater Washington Commercial Association of Realtors (GWCAR) as the top-producing multifamily brokers in the Washington, DC metro area from 2004 to 2007. Commercial Property News rated Al as the “Top Performing” multifamily brokers nationally in 2004, and Transwestern has recognized him among the firm’s top producers nationally each of the last five years.

In recent years, he has specialized in multi-family assets, developing strong, long-term relationships with companies including Archstone REIT, Fairfield Residential, JPI and Trammell Crow Residential.

Al has been with Transwestern since 1980. He is a lifetime member of the Washington, D.C. Board of Realtors' Million Dollar Sales Club.

Al Cissel earned his Bachelor's degree from University of Maryland majoring in Business and Finance. He is a licensed Real Estate Broker in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia.