Robert McKean has joined Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage’s Beverly office as a sales associate.

McKean, a Hamilton resident, will provide residential real estate services in Beverly as well as the surrounding communities on the North Shore. Educated in architecture at The Rhode Island School of Design and trained as an attorney assistant at UCLA, McKean began buying and selling properties in the Los Angeles area. He worked for several real estate companies before obtaining his master of business administration from UCLA and founding his own company: The Real Estate Connection which was based in Waltham. He moved his office to Hamilton in 1999.

"The Internet has dramatically changed the way real estate is transacted. Working with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, I can offer my clients the top, most effective combination of real estate skills, technologies and resources," said McKean.

"We are very pleased to welcome Robert to our team. His skills and knowledge of real estate sales and marketing make him a valuable asset to this office and to his clients and customers," said Katharine Pickering, sales manager of the Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage office in Beverly. "I look forward to helping him grow her career in the coming years."