News By Sector: Real Estate

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Jones Lang Lasalle Appoints Thomas O. Fish, Michael J. Melody and Thomas J. Melody

Jones Lang LaSalle hired three long-standing industry experts to lead its Americas real estate investment banking (REIB) business and assume executive leadership roles for the company’s Americas capital markets business.

Thomas O. Fish, Michael J. Melody and Thomas J. Melody will steer the company’s Americas REIB business as executive managing directors. The trio will partner with Americas capital markets president Jay Koster and the capital markets leadership team to help drive the expansion of the company’s overall Americas capital markets business. They will focus on expanding and driving a REIB business that currently has a foothold in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and Washington D.C., with an emphasis on helping create a fully integrated investment sales and REIB business across the Americas. They all will be based in Jones Lang LaSalle’s Houston office.

Recently departed CB Richard Ellis, and with more than 75 years experience between them, the trio has been responsible for the completion of debt and equity transactions over the past decade. The three principals have a long history operating as strategic partners, with the Melodys having formerly helped build L.J. Melody in its pre-CBRE days. Fish joined the team in 1996 upon CB Commercial’s acquisition of L.J. Melody. Collectively, following the acquisition, they helped develop L.J. Melody into one of the nation’s largest real estate investment banking firms. L.J. Melody & Company changed its name to CBRE Melody in 2005. Each served as vice chairmen of CBRE, and individually held various positions during their CBRE tenure including co-CEOs of the debt and equity finance group, president of CBRE Capital and head of the Southwest Region for the debt and equity finance group. -PR Newswire


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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Avalonbay Communities Promotes Sean Breslin, Bill McLaughlin, and Steve Wilson

AvalonBay Communities announced the promotions of three senior vice presidents – Sean Breslin, Bill McLaughlin, and Steve Wilson – to executive vice president positions, effective immediately.

Mr. Breslin, who joined AvalonBay in 2002, oversees redevelopment and asset management nationally, including the market research function. Given his focus on portfolio management, he will also become a member of the management investment committee.

Mr. McLaughlin, has overall responsibility for development and construction for the Northeast.

Mr. Wilson, who has been with AvalonBay for 12 years, has overall responsibility for development and construction for the West Coast and Mid-Atlantic regions.

The three new executive vice presidents will become members of AvalonBay’s executive committee.  -Business Wire


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Monday, March 8, 2010

Jones Lang Lasalle Appoints David Macadam

Jones Lang Lasalle announced the appointment of David Macadam as head of retail division, a newly created business unit in the MENA region. This newly established division will provide development advisory, leasing and management services to all retail clients throughout the region.

Macadam has over 28 years experience in the commercial, residential, mixed-use and retail real estate industry. He has completed projects throughout the Middle East and Canada. As a GCC based senior executive for nearly six years, he has been responsible for leasing, mall design, merchandise mix and viability analysis of iconic retail projects including Dubai Festival City and Dubai Mall. He is a member of the Dubai Real Estate Regulatory Authority and the Middle East Council of Shopping Centres.


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Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Grubb & Ellis Hires Joel Kreider

Grubb & Ellis has hired Joel Kreider as vice president.

Kreider will help lead Grubb & Ellis’ industrial group out of its downtown Pittsburgh office.

Kreider, 52, joins Grubb & Ellis after working the past six years as a general partner for Imperial Business Park. He has served as president and broker of record for Tartan Realty, the exclusive leasing agent for the Park, where he directed its development and leased it to full occupancy. He also has worked for Oxford Development and Langholz Wilson & Associates, the predecessor to what is now known as Langholz Wilson Ellis.


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Thursday, February 25, 2010

Weingarten Realty Investors Promotes Patty Bender, Joe Shafer, Bill Goeke, Frank Rollow, Candy Tillack, Gary Wankum, Chris Byrd, Lee Brody and Miles Sanchez

Weingarten Realty Investors announced the following promotions.

Patty Bender has been promoted to executive vice president and director of leasing.

Bender joined Weingarten in 1982, and was promoted to her recent role of senior vice president/director of leasing in 2004.

Joe Shafer has been promoted to senior vice president and chief accounting officer.

Shafer is responsible for all accounting related functions and cash management.

Shafer joined WRI in 1995 as Controller and was promoted to vice president/CAO in 1999. Prior to joining WRI, he was a partner at Deloitte & Touche.

Bill Goeke has been promoted to senior vice president and property management.

Goeke joined Weingarten in 2004 as vice president and director of property management. For over the past five years, he has assumed responsibility of risk management and JV asset management. Prior to joining WRI, he was senior vice president/director for PM Realty Group where he was responsible for all leasing, property management, construction, engineering and business development for PM Realty Group’s Central Region.

Frank Rollow has been promoted to regional vice president.

Rollow joined Weingarten in 1983 as a property manager. After many promotions throughout his employment, he was promoted to his most recent role of regional director of property management in 2006, where he is responsible for the property management for the Eastern Region.

Candy Tillack has been promoted to regional vice president.

Tillack joined Weingarten in 1982. After many promotions throughout the years, she was promoted to her most recent role of regional director of property management in 2006, where she has been responsible for the administration of property management for the Western Region.

Gary Wankum has been promoted to divisional vice president.

Wankum joined Weingarten in 1988 as a construction coordinator. He was promoted to his most recent role as regional director of Construction in 2007.

Chris Byrd has been promoted to vice president.

In his vice president/regional leasing director role, Byrd will continue to oversee the leasing activity in Arizona and New Mexico.

Byrd joined Weingarten in 2002. In 2007, he was promoted to regional leasing director.

Lee Brody has been promoted to vice president.

As vice president/regional leasing director, Brody will oversee leasing and asset management of Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee and Charlotte, North Carolina.

Brody joined Weingarten as associate director of leasing in 2007 in Atlanta office from Ramco-Gershenson.

Miles Sanchez has been promoted to vice president of the Mountain Region.

Sanchez has a combined tenure with Weingarten of over 10 years. -Business Wire


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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Private National Mortgage Acceptance, PNMAC Capital Management and PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust Appoint Vandad Fartaj

Private National Mortgage Acceptance announced that Vandad Fartaj has been appointed as chief capital markets officer of the company and its PNMAC Capital Management.

Mr. Fartaj has also been appointed as chief investment officer of PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust, where he will be responsible for all capital markets activities, including asset valuation, trading, hedging and research.

Mr. Fartaj has substantial experience in mortgage banking, including whole loan trading and managing interest rate and credit risk. He has served as managing director, capital markets at PNMAC and PCM since April 2008. Prior to joining PNMAC, from November 1999 to April 2008, he held a number of positions at Countrywide Securities. -SEC Form 8k


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Monday, February 22, 2010

Binswanger Appoints Jonathan D. Stern

Binswanger announced the appointment of Jonathan D. Stern as managing director.

Mr. Stern will work to develop new business opportunities with major corporations, and identify opportunities related to distressed assets in the United States. He will operate out of the company’s New York City office.

Mr. Stern’s 20-year career includes involvement in all aspects of the commercial/residential real estate industry, including project management, project design and implementation, law, finance, construction and marketing/sales. In 2007, to further expand internationally, he formed a joint venture with several major U.S. developers in concert with the Chinese Aviation Ministry, based in Beijing, to capitalize on the rapid growth of the real estate industry in China. -Market Wire


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Thursday, February 18, 2010

BioMed Realty Trust Promotes Matthew G. McDevitt

On February 12, 2010, BioMed Realty Trust announced the promotion of Matthew G. McDevitt to executive vice president, real estate.

In this new role, Mr. McDevitt will work closely with other senior management to further refine leasing and acquisition strategies with a focus on maximizing the value of the company’s assets, while continuing to implement and manage the execution of these strategies on a company-wide basis.

Mr. McDevitt, age 44, previously served as the company’s executive vice president, acquisitions and leasing, since February 2008 and served as regional executive vice president from February 2006 to February 2008. He joined the company in 2004 as its vice president, acquisitions. -SEC Form 8k


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Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Jones Lang Lasalle Appoints Thierry Delvaux

Jones Lang Lasalle appointed Thierry Delvaux as a managing director with the firm’s international desk.

Delvaux is relocating from Budapest, Hungary, to set up the new international desk hub in D.C., and will target and accelerate the growth of inter-regional business, particularly from current and prospective U.S.-based multinational clients, while also advising on individual transactions.

Prior to this role, Delvaux was the country manager for Jones Lang LaSalle in Hungary and Romania.


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Monday, February 8, 2010

Burroughs & Chapin Appoints Jim Apple

Burroughs & Chapin has named Jim Apple, a real estate developer from Charlotte, NC, as president and CEO.

Apple, 54, founded Trade Street Partners in Charlotte in 2000. He has worked in the real estate industry for almost 25 years after a six-year stint as a corporate banking officer at Bank of America. -The Myrtle Beach Sun-News (South Carolina)


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Thursday, February 4, 2010

SRS Real Estate Partners Adds Jason Samreny

SRS Real Estate Partners is pleased to announce the addition of Jason Samreny as vice president to the South Florida team.

Mr. Samreny specializes in landlord representation and disposition services for clients across South Florida.

Since 2004, Mr. Samreny has acted as principal for Gulfstream Development Group, and was vice president for Forum Development Group. Prior to that he worked in various capacities for Thomas Enterprises, The Gilmcher Group, National Development Group, and was also previously with Staubach Retail Services as a vice president in the Boca Raton office from 2001 through 2004. He has participated in the leasing and development of mixed-use developments and luxury, lifestyle, and power centers.


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Monday, February 1, 2010

Encore Equities Appoints Scot Clevenger

Scot Clevenger has been named vice president of capital markets for Encore Equities, a subsidiary of Dallas based Encore Enterprises.

As vice president, Clevenger joins Encore Equities to raise funds through family offices, registered investment advisors, and high net-worth individuals for limited partnerships, joint ventures and the Encore Opportunity Fund II. With over 20 years experience in real estate, technology, and financial services, he will cultivate investor and partner relationships and identify projects that meet the company’s investment criteria.

Clevenger joins Encore Capital from Rainier Capital Management where, as vice president of sales, he raised investor capital through financial advisors to be deployed in debt and equity offerings including diversified funds, individual transactions and 1031/Tenant-In-Common projects. Prior to Rainier Capital Management, he was the managing principal of a transaction advisory firm that provided services for commercial projects including office, retail, medical, multifamily, development and residential investment programs. -PRNewswire


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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Brandywine Realty Trust Appoints George S. Hasenecz

Brandywine Realty Trust announced that George S. Hasenecz has re-joined the company as its senior vice president, investments.

Hasenecz will report to Thomas E. Wirth, executive vice president, portfolio management. -PR Newswire


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Monday, January 25, 2010

J.E. Robert Companies Promotes Devin Chen, Mike Cocanougher, Andy O’Brien and Clyde Robinson

J.E. Robert Companies announced that Devin Chen, Mike Cocanougher, Andy O’Brien and Clyde Robinson have been promoted to managing directors.

Chen, O’Brien and Robinson are based in the firm’s headquarter office in McLean, Virginia, and Cocanougher is based in JER’s Dallas, Texas office.

Devin Chen oversees JER’s lodging investment strategy and its U.S. hotel investments. Since joining JER in 1999, he has been involved in a variety of real estate investments in the United States and Europe across all major property types. He joined JER as an analyst in the firm’s London office focusing on European real estate investments. Since 2002, he has been based in McLean focusing on investments for JER’s U.S. funds.

Mike Cocanougher has been responsible for JER’s special servicing operation, a highly rated commercial mortgage servicer, since rejoining JER in 2005. He currently oversees a portfolio. He previously worked at JER for eight years from 1992 to 2000, during which time he also directed JER’s special servicing business.

Andy O’Brien oversees all of JER’s administrative matters including facilities, technology and human resources. He has also been appointed to JER’s management committee.

Prior to joining JER in 2008, O’Brien was an attorney in New York with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, where his practice focused on executive compensation issues arising in the context of complex private equity transactions.

Clyde Robinson has been responsible for capital markets, client relations and communications activities, since joining JER in 2000. He has also been appointed to JER’s management committee. During his tenure, hehas significantly expanded existing investor relationships and developed new capital sources for JER’s private equity funds for North America, Europe and Russia. -PR Newswire


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Thursday, January 21, 2010

Pete Bolton Joins Grubb & Ellis

Grubb & Ellis announced that Pete Bolton has rejoined the company as executive vice president, managing director.

Bolton brings extensive leadership experience to his new role, having spent nine years at CB Richard Ellis as senior managing director of the company’s Phoenix office during which time he significantly increased productivity and tripled the office’s revenue. Prior to joining CB Richard Ellis in 1999, he spent three years at Grubb & Ellis as senior vice president, district manager.

Bolton began his real estate career in 1980 at Grubb & Ellis as an industrial broker. -PR Newswire


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Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Grubb & Ellis Appoints Maria Ollinger

Grubb & Ellis named Maria “Esthie” Ollinger vice president, business operations manager.

In this role, Ms. Ollinger will oversee the day-to-day operations of the company’s four Washington-area offices.

Ollinger brings more than 20 years of experience in operations management in the professional services industry. She joins Grubb & Ellis from Newmark Knight Frank, where she served as regional operations manager. Previously, she held positions in Washington, D.C., as director of operations with CB Richard Ellis, and as the office manager/human resources liaison for Jones Lang LaSalle. She also has served in similar roles at several major corporations, including Matsushita Electric of America and Blue Cross Blue Shield Association.


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Thursday, January 14, 2010

Jon Farris and Graham Horton Join Stream Realty Partners

Stream Realty Partners announced that Jon Farris and Graham Horton collectively joined its team as vice presidents to lead the industrial tenant representation business unit.

Farris and Horton leave Cushman & Wakefield where they were consistently top producers for their industrial tenant representation group. Their cumulative real estate experience exceeds 30 years. -PR Newswire


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Younan Properties Appoints Sandra Sajuan

Younan Properties announced that it has appointed Sandra Sajuan to the newly-created post of director of financial planning and analysis.

In this role, Sajuan will utilize her 12 years of commercial real estate experience in accounting and analysis to compile, maintain and provide management with financial performance measures of the portfolio, and monitor the performance of the company overall.

Sajuan joins Younan from Brentwood Capital Partners, Los Angeles, where she served as controller of the real estate investment management firm. Before that, she served in a variety of roles of increasing responsibility at Arden Realty. -Business Wire


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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Equity One Hires Michael J. Berfield

Equity One announced that it has hired Michael J. Berfield as vice president, development.

Mr. Berfield will lead the development of the company’s recently-acquired Westbury Plaza properties in addition to evaluating and executing redevelopment opportunities throughout Equity One’s portfolio.

Prior to joining Equity One, Mr. Berfield operated a joint venture with The Pinnacle Group. -Business Wire


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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Kennedy Wilson Appoints Tim Philosophos and Joel Lapinta

Kennedy Wilson Auction Group announced that Tim Philosophos and Joel LaPinta have each been named vice president, business development. Both are joining the group’s business development team nationwide.

Philosophos will be focusing on bank owned properties and the disposition of scattered portfolios in the Midwest.

With 26 years of experience as a broker and advisor, LaPinta will be focusing on business development for the Kennedy Wilson Auction Group in Hawaii. He has expertise in land use law, title issues, practices and principles of Hawaiian real estate, local cultural practices, permitting and entitlement processes, site analysis, financing and capital structures for both development and investment projects. -Business Wire


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Monday, January 11, 2010

Plum Creek Timber Appoints Bob Jirsa, John Hobbs and Dan Tucker

Plum Creek Timber announced that Bob Jirsa has been named vice president, government relations. He will also continue to oversee the company’s government relations program.

Jirsa joined Plum Creek in 1994 as director, corporate affairs. Prior to that, he was with Alaska Airlines, serving as vice president of public affairs, and with ARCO as director of government affairs.

John Hobbs has been named vice president, investor relations. He will also continue to lead the company’s investor relations function.

Hobbs joined Plum Creek in 2001 as director of investor relations. He previously was the director of investor relations with Georgia Pacific in Atlanta.

Dan Tucker has been named vice president, tax. He will also continue to lead the company’s tax department.

Tucker joined Plum Creek in 1998 as director of tax. Prior to that, he was a senior tax manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers and Ernst & Young. -Business Wire


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Friday, January 8, 2010

Russell J. Wiltgen Joins FBL Financial

FBL Financial announced that Russell J. Wiltgen will join the company as chief actuary.

In this new role, Wiltgen will be a member of the organization’s management team and have overall responsibility for actuarial matters and enterprise risk management. He will report directly to chief executive officer James E. Hohmann.

Wiltgen comes to the company with nearly 30 years of experience in the financial services industry. Over the past 11 years, he has held product management positions at UNIFI Companies, most recently serving as vice president-individual annuity product management. -Business Wire


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Younan Properties Appoints Brian Hennessey

Younan Properties announced that it has appointed Brian Hennessey to the new post of vice president of leasing.

Hennessey will leverage his 25 years of commercial real estate experience in leasing to support Younan’s national portfolio of office space.

Since 2006, Hennessey has served as president of Westridge Realty Partners in southern California. -Business Wire


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Thursday, January 7, 2010

Lori Healey Joins the John Buck Company

The John Buck Company announced that Lori Healey has joined as a principal.

Healey will lead the integrated real estate services firm’s efforts to explore and expand opportunities in institutional, public sector and infrastructure related projects.

Healey most recently served as president of Chicago 2016, the City’s Olympic bid organization, a position she assumed in January 2009 after serving as Mayor Richard M. Daley’s chief of staff. Prior to that role, she served as commissioner of the city’s department of planning and development. She was a principal at commercial building architecture firm Perkins+Will before joining city government in October 2005. -Business Wire


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Wednesday, January 6, 2010

The St. Joe Company Promotes Reece Alford, Ken Borick, David Childers and Janna Connolly

The St. Joe Company announced that, effective January 1, 2010, the following individuals have been promoted: Reece Alford as senior vice president, corporate counsel and secretary; Ken Borick as senior vice president, real estate counsel; David Childers as vice president, finance and corporate treasurer; and Janna Connolly as senior vice president and chief accounting officer.

Mr. Alford came to the company in 2005 from the Birmingham law firm of Maynard, Cooper & Gale, where he was a partner with a practice in corporate law.

As senior vice president, corporate counsel and secretary, Mr. Alford will be responsible for corporate level legal matters including securities, compliance, corporate governance, intellectual property and strategic transactions for the company.

Mr. Borick has more than twenty years experience in real estate law and joined the company in September, 2000.

Mr. Borick is currently focused on real estate transactions including brokerage agreements, ground leases, joint ventures and the establishment and maintenance of HOA and CDD entities. As senior vice president, real estate counsel, he will assume additional responsibilities related to the company’s residential and commercial real estate transactions.

Mr. Childers has more than seventeen years of experience in treasury, investments, corporate finance, capital markets and investor relations. He joined the company in 1995 as investment manager and subsequently became responsible for the treasury and investor relations functions. Most recently, he held the position of vice president of finance and assistant treasurer, developing and executing company’s investor relations program and building the company’s relationships with the banking community.

As vice president, finance and corporate treasurer, Mr. Childers will be responsible for the management of the company’s capital structure, credit profile and investor relations strategies.

Ms. Connolly has held progressively senior accounting positions at the company for over 13 years.

As senior vice president and chief accounting officer, Ms. Connolly will continue to oversee all accounting, tax and financial reporting for the company, and will now assume responsibility for the budgeting, forecasting and planning functions as well. -Business Wire


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Tuesday, January 5, 2010

GVA Kidder Mathews Appoints Mike Flanagan, Bruce Kried, Paul Bialkowsky and Tom Shay

GVA Kidder Mathews has added a team of 4 commercial real estate brokers and 2 associates to its Olympia office to form the firm’s new forestland specialty group.

The brokerage team has an average of 30 years of expertise in the timber industry and will be headed up by Mike Flanagan, a former top producer at Colliers,  as vice president.

Flanagan is joined by brokers Bruce Krieg, Paul Bialkowsky, and Tom Shay along with their support team.

The team, all formerly with Colliers International, specializes in timberland sales, development and investment consulting, including forest management plans, timber cruising, investment acquisition, property management, feasibility/planning, advocacy with governing jurisdictions, and entitlement.


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Monday, January 4, 2010

CB Richard Ellis Appoints Jeff Kaiser

CCB Richard Ellis GroupB Richard Ellis Group announced that Jeff Kaiser has been named a senior vice president in the St. Louis office.

Kaiser was named a vice president in 2007 and a first vice president in 2008.

Kaiser serves on the board of directors for the Clayton Chamber of Commerce and the Young Leaders Board of the Wyman Center. -St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri)


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Jan Sternin Joins Situs

The Situs Companies today announced the appointment of Jan Sternin as global managing director of business development.

In her new role, Jan will be responsible for developing and implementing Situs’ global strategic business initiatives, and will take a leading role in solidifying client relations as Situs expands its real estate advisory services platform. She will report to Steve Powel, principal and chief operating officer, and Ralph Howard, principal and chief executive officer. She will also work closely with Situs’ affiliate, Oasis Real Estate Partners, a capital markets and loan advisory business.

Jan previously served as the senior vice president of the MBA where she was responsible for all aspects of the commercial/multifamily membership base, as well as chief executive officer of MISMO, the MBA technology initiative for creating uniform data standards for the real estate finance community. Prior to joining the MBA, Jan held the position of senior vice president of Midland Loan Services, where her responsibilities included overseeing the marketing and sales activities for Midland’s commercial loan servicing, asset management and advisory services to institutional and private investors in both the United States and abroad.

Jan has worked with the administration, as well as numerous governmental agencies including Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB), and Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC) Additionally, in her capacity at Midland, she has been a member of MBA’s commercial/multifamily board of governors (COMBOG) for the last two years and a member of CMSA’s Canadian Board of Governors for the last year. -PRNewswire


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Thursday, December 31, 2009

Jon Fels Leaves Avatar Properties

Avatar Holdings announced that Jonathan Fels has stepped down, as of December 31, 2009, as president of its community development subsidiary, Avatar Properties. Mr. Fels, who has served as president of Avatar Properties since December 1997, will pursue other opportunities consistent with his experience and expertise in the custom and semi-custom homebuilding industry. During calendar year 2010, Mr. Fels will provide consulting services to Avatar. -PR Newswire


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Wednesday, December 30, 2009

CapitalSource Announces Executive Appointments

CapitalSource announced that Laird Boulden will be joining the company, effective February 1, 2010, as president of corporate asset finance. He will lead an asset finance group, which will enhance the company’s historically strong asset-based lending business by focusing on equipment secured loans. Boulden has been in the business for nearly 30 years and will join the company from Tygris Asset Finance where he recently served as president. Stephen J. O’Connor and Robert S. Wille will be among the group he is bringing to the company. Both have worked with Boulden for many years and share his extensive equipment-based lending experience. -PR Newswire


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Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Clear Capital Holdings Appoints Mike Ousley

Clear Capital Holdings announced the appointment of Mike Ousley as the company’s executive vice president, appraisal group, reporting to Duane Andrews, Clear Capital CEO, and Kevin Marshall, Clear Capital president.

Working from company headquarters in Truckee, Calif., Ousley will oversee the direction and continued growth of Clear Capital’s appraisal team responsible for providing appraisal-based and value reconciliation products nationwide to mortgage and lending industry customers.

Ousley’s professional background spans more than 30 years of real estate collateral assessment and mortgage banking. Prior to joining Clear Capital, he founded Foster Ousley Conley in 1989 and Appraisal Enhancement Services (AES) in 1994. Before that, he served as vice president at California Federal Savings Bank. -Market Wire


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Thursday, December 17, 2009

The John Buck Company Hires Blake Johnson, Appoints John A. Buck III

The John Buck Company announced Blake Johnson has agreed to join the company as a principal overseeing the fund division.

Most recently, Blake was an executive vice president in the Chicago office of CB Richard Ellis’ Chicago capital markets-investment properties group.

Also, effective immediately, John A. ‘Jack’ Buck III, a senior vice president, will assume responsibility for all JBC services divisions, including property management and leasing, strategic advisory, accounting, IT, HR and marketing. In addition, Buck will be responsible for all fee-based development projects. -Business Wire


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Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Taylor Chess Joins Peterson Companies and Circle Management

Peterson Companies and Circle Management announced that, in December 2009, Taylor Chess joined as senior vice president of retail.

Prior to rejoining Peterson, Chess served as senior vice president of investments at Regency Centers where he managed the D.C., Boston and Philadelphia investments teams and oversaw Regency’s new developments in the Northeast.

In addition to these duties, he was responsible for the asset management of their retail portfolio as well as the redevelopment of Westview Mall.


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Monday, December 14, 2009

St. James Place Promotes Denette Morvant

Denette Morvant has been promoted to director of human resources at St. James Place.

Morvant was human resources manager. -The Advocate


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Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services Appoints Brandon Rex

Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services has named Brandon Rex as vice president of investments. -The Miami Herald


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Friday, December 4, 2009

Education Realty Trust Appoints Randall L. Churchey

Education Realty Trust announced the hiring of Randall L. (Randy) Churchey, 49, as president and chief executive officer, succeeding Paul O. Bower, effective January 1, 2010.

Prior to accepting the chief executive officer position with Education Realty Trust, Mr. Churchey served as interim chief executive officer of Great Wolf Resorts. He will continue as an independent director of Great Wolf, where he has served as a member of the Board since 2004.

Mr. Churchey also served from 2006 to 2007 as the president and chief executive officer of Golden Gate National Senior Care. He also served as an independent director on Education Realty Trust’s Board from 2005 through 2006.

Mr. Churchey served as president and chief operating officer of RFS Hotel Investors and as a director from 1999 through 2003. From 1997 to 1999 he was chief financial officer of FelCor Lodging Trust -PrimeNewswire


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Thursday, December 3, 2009

Bell Partners Appoints Dhrubo Sircar

Bell Partners named Dhrubo Sircar as chief information officer.

Sicar’s primary responsibility will be to develop technology solutions to ensure the company’s leadership in the delivery of e-business innovation.

Sircar comes to Bell Partners from UDR, where he was chief information officer and a senior vice president. Prior to his three years with UDR, Sircar held a similar post with Wachovia, where he oversaw technology strategy associated with 26 mergers, along with many other similar business initiatives. He is widely regarded as an innovative leader in the technology and e-business arenas. -PR Newswire


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Edward Senenman and Lee Anne Klemyk Join Federal Realty Investment Trust

Federal Realty Investment Trust announced that Edward Senenman has joined the Trust to source investment opportunities in the Northeast Region.

Mr. Senenman will be based in Manhattan and be responsible for acquiring high-quality retail properties that meet Federal Realty’s investment criteria in the Trust’s Northeast region, which extends from Boston to Philadelphia.

Prior to joining the Trust, Mr. Senenman served as vice president of acquisitions for Kimco Realty where he was involved in the acquisition of high-end shopping centers.

Federal Realty Investment Trust also announced that Lee Anne Klemyk has joined the Trust to oversee the leasing of the Trust’s New England portfolio.

Ms. Klemyk will be based out of Federal Realty’s Boston office in Somerville, Massachusetts.

Before joining the Trust, Ms. Klemyk served as vice president of leasing for New England Development, where she specialized in leasing space for large-format retail tenants. -PR Newswire


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Monday, November 30, 2009

Robert F. Black Joins Grubb & Ellis

Grubb & EllisGrubb & Ellis announced that Robert F. Black has joined the Edison office as vice president, office group.

Black is a 35-year industry veteran with experience in office leasing and owner representation. Prior to joining Grubb & Ellis, he was principal and chief operating officer of Black & Company, a commercial real estate brokerage firm he founded in 1996. Previously, Black was a vice president with CB Richard Ellis from 1981 to 1996, where he was recognized as the company’s top producer in the Central Jersey office in 1989 and 1991.


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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Richard Wieneke Joins Grubb & Ellis

grubb-ellis.jpgRichard Wieneke joined Grubb & Ellis as senior vice president, investment group. -The Seattle Times


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