O,R&L Commercial has hired Richard S. Guralnick in its Branford office.

Guralnick will join the company as a vice president and senior commercial broker. He has 25 years of experience in Connecticut’s commercial real estate. During the 1980s and 1990s, he worked at BGI Commercial Realty and led a group of investors who acquired, developed and managed multiple asset classes in New York, New England, Florida and Georgia.

Guralnick is active in the Connecticut chapter of CCIM, where he currently serves on the executive committee. Previously, he was chapter president and CCIM Institute’s regional vice president for New England and New York. Guralnick also is active in the Connecticut/Westchester Chapter of CoreNet Global, a national association of corporate real estate executives.