by Calculated Risk on 12/26/2007 02:21:00 PM

From "Business of the year" to closed in one year ...

From the AZCentral: Now closed, Re/Max was named 'Business of the Year in '06

The major Valley real estate brokerage that closed its offices days before Christmas had been named Business of the Year last year by the Chandler Chamber of Commerce.

Re/Max 2000, based in Gilbert, has closed its 13 offices around the Valley, including two in Chandler.

Owner Robert Kline began the company in 2000, and in September 2006, he said his projected sales for that year were $1.2 billion. At that time, he had 11 offices and 450 employees.