Hignell has named Phil Larios as chief executive officer and chairman of the board. He succeeds Doug Hignell, who will still be actively involved in the company.
Larios will continue to be responsible for day-to-day operations, as well as the overall strategic direction of the company.
Grubb & Ellis New Mexico announces John Ranson and Marti Patridge will replace and assume the duties of CEO Will Steadman.
Ransom, who has been with the firm 14 years, has been also been promoted to managing director of brokerage operations, a hybrid position in which he’ll continue to be involved in deals in the field while representing the firm in the community.
Patridge, who joined the company in 1992 and was promoted to president in 2002, will run day-to-day operations.
CBRE Group announced that Aidan Grimes and Brian Cleary are to join and lead the Dublin CBRE property and asset management team (PAM).
Grimes will join as executive director and head of PAM. He has over 25 years of experience in the property industry and was formerly a director and head of property and asset management at Bannon Commercial, having previously held senior positions with Land Securities in the UK and Green Property in Ireland.
Cleary joins as director, heading up PAM operations. He has been director of property management with Colliers. -Irish Independent
Carrington Holding Company announced that Bill King has joined the company as its chief investment officer and head of asset and risk management.
In this newly-created position, King will assume responsibility for its two investment-focused business units, Carrington Capital Management, an alternative asset management firm focused on control-based investing in the US real estate, mortgage and fixed income markets, and Carrington Investment Services, a registered broker-dealer with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
Immediately prior to joining Carrington, King was head of securitized products at Citadel. -Market Wire
Dexus Property Group announced an organisational restructure as part of the strategic review currently underway and as a consequence of the sale of the US central portfolio and the transfer of the AXA mandate.
Bruce McDonald, currently managing director, asset management & development will assume the role of managing director, US investments, effective immediately. -Australian Stock Exchange
Cushman & Wakefield announced that Hanns-Joachim Fredrich has been appointed as a partner and head of the Berlin office, focusing specifically on the capital markets business.
Fredrich joins on June 1, 2012 after 15 years with DTZ Germany.
Separately, Richard Davies has been appointed as a partner and head of retail property and asset management for the EMEA region.
Davies joins from Jones Lang LaSalle, where he was most recently lead director of property and asset management in the UK.
Brookfield Properties Corporation announced a series of changes and promotions to its executive management team which will become effective on July 1, 2012.
Dennis Friedrich will become chief executive officer of Brookfield Office Properties.
Tom Farley will become sole president of Brookfield Office Properties and continue in his role as global chief operating officer, overseeing asset management, leasing, and property operating initiatives.
Mark Brown will assume Friedrich’s role as global chief investment officer of Brookfield Office Properties. In this role, Brown will be responsible for global growth strategy and overseeing acquisition and financing activities throughout the company’s operating and target markets. -Market Wire
Lianne Aukai has joined Coldwell Banker Pacific Properties REO department as asset manager.
Aukai has more than 23 years of real estate experience, and brings a wealth of knowledge and skills from both the sales and operational side. Prior to joining CBP in February 2012, she served as a transaction manager at Prudential Locations. She began her real estate career as an administrative assistant/accounting for Cayce & Gain/Prudential Northwest Realty Associates in Seattle. She transitioned to the sales side in 1999 and worked as an agent with such companies as Prudential Northwest Realty Associates, Windermere Real Estate/Northwest and Coldwell Banker Danforth and Associates before returning to Hawaii in 2008.
Jones Lang LaSalle announced it has appointed Brett Miller as the new president of its Canada operations, effective May 14.
Based in Toronto, Miller would oversee the firm’s business across Canada.
Miller joins from CBRE, where, as regional managing director, he ran the firm’s Eastern Canada division for over a decade and grew the firm’s presence significantly. -RTTNews
Crescent Resources has named Andrew Carmody as president of the firm’s residential division, effective May 7, 2012.
In addition to managing Crescent’s existing residential portfolio, Carmody will oversee new residential acquisitions for the firm.
Carmody has previously held leadership positions with Kitson & Partners, Centex Homes and McKinsey & Company. -Charlotte Business Journal (North Carolina)
Jones Lang LaSalle has appointed Gabriel Matar as its new head of hotels for the Middle East and Africa.
Previously, Matar was leading Jones Lang LaSalle hotels team in Paris since 2006. He was also managing the hospitality and tourism division at KPMG for France.
Voit Real Estate Services has added five top-producing brokers to its San Diego office, including specialists in industrial, office, multifamily and healthcare properties.
Brandon Keith joins Voit as a senior vice president, specializing in industrial and office markets. Keith brings more than 18 years of experience in the commercial real estate industry to Voit. Prior to joining Voit, he founded SD Commercial Reality Advisers where he served as president and managing broker. He grew the company to one of San Diego’s top ten commercial brokerages, which later merged with Grubb & Ellis in March 2010.
Robert Vallera joins Voit as a senior vice president specializing in multifamily properties. Vallera was a founding principal of SD Commercial Reality Advisers, where he helped to build a brokerage team that later became a core team at Grubb & Ellis. In 2011, he was named a top producing broker at Grubb & Ellis, and was ranked as the company’s second-best apartment broker nationwide.
Jeffrey Chasan joins Voit as a senior vice president in Voit’s San Diego office. Prior to joining Voit, Chasan served as a senior vice president at Grubb & Ellis, where he was recognized as a top producer in both 2010 and 2011, and is widely recognized as one of the top tenant representation brokers in San Diego. He served as a principal at SD Commercial Reality Advisers. and was recognized as a top producer for that firm from 2007 to 2010. He has specialized in tenant representation in the office market for both sales and leasing throughout Southern California since 1987.
Stephen Dok joins Voit’s San Diego team as a vice president, specializing in healthcare and office properties. Dok also joins Voit from Grubb & Ellis after the SD Commercial Reality Advisers’s team was absorbed into the Grubb & Ellis company. During his time with SD Commercial Reality Advisers, he specialized in the medical office market and was a top producer from 2007 to 2009.
Mathew Kennedy joins Voit as an associate, partnering with Vallera, and specializing in multifamily properties. Prior to joining Voit, Kennedy served as an apartment research associate at Grubb & Ellis, where he was responsible for managing the company’s owner outreach program and producing quarterly multi-housing trend reports.
Voit Real Estate Services also announced the addition of a top-producing retail team to its Inland Empire office. Tom Swieca, Tony Archer and Sandie Smith will join Voit as senior vice presidents. Each of these real estate professionals has more than a decade of expertise in tenant representation and shopping center leasing and sales in both Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
Swieca and Archer have been partners in the commercial real estate industry for over 15 years, and have successfully represented both landlords and tenants in significant retail centers throughout the Inland Empire, including major retailers such as Home Depot, Stater Bros., and O’Reilly Auto Parts.
Swieca has more than 32 years of commercial real estate experience. Prior to joining Voit, he served as a senior vice president in the retail group at Grubb & Ellis. He began his career at CB Richard Ellis in 1979.
Archer brings two decades of commercial real estate expertise to Voit. He most recently served in the retail group at Grubb & Ellis. He began his career in 1992 with CBRE.
Smith served as a senior vice president at Grubb & Ellis for the past two years, and was previously with CBRE for over 20 years. She successfully assists many national retailers in securing sites, including AT&T, Baja Fresh, Chipotle, McDonald’s, Panera Bread and Panda Express, among others. She continues to handle the leasing for many shopping centers, and she aids major retailers in property disposition, such as Wal-Mart and Rite Aid.
Cushman & Wakefield has appointed Sharon French as a partner within its London markets group.
French has spent the majority of her career at CBRE, where she was a senior director in its central London team. Her clients include Heron, Deka, St Martins and D2.
Cassidy Turley announced that it has added Raymond Trevisan as managing principal to head the firm’s New Jersey office. With 23 years of commercial real estate experience, Trevisan’s previous work includes his role as principal at Normandy Real Estate Partners as well as first vice president at CBRE.
William O’Keefe also joined Cassidy Turley as senior vice president and will work closely with Trevisan in New Jersey. O’Keefe most recently held the role of senior vice president at Normandy Real Estate Partners. Prior to this, he worked as a leasing broker for CBRE. His expertise includes site selection, financial analysis and the acquisition and disposition of office space.
David Simon will assume the role of executive managing director, continuing to help build the New Jersey office. -PR Newswire
Cal-Bay International announced that the company appointed Larson Coleman as chief executive officer.
Coleman was formerly the company’s Interim CEO. -Market News Publishing
Stream Realty Partners announced that Patrick Blasdell will lead the new Denver office as managing partner.
As managing partner, Blasdell will oversee the growth of the company’s service lines in Denver, and will recruit top talent to expand the office.
A key contributor in growing the firm’s national portfolio, Blasdell began his commercial real estate career in Denver. -PR Newswire
Jones Lang LaSalle announced it has added Paul Berkman, Craig Slosberg, Davie Berke and Justin Haber in New York. The market-leading retail brokers will head the expansion of the firm’s retail tenant representation services in Manhattan.
Berkman joins Jones Lang LaSalle as an executive vice president. Previously, he served as a senior managing director at Newmark Knight Frank Retail, specializing in securing high-profile locations for retailers that are new to Manhattan. Prior to joining Newmark Knight Frank, he was the owner and operator of a 20-store clothing chain.
Slosberg joins Jones Lang LaSalle as an executive vice president. Previously, he served as a senior managing director at Newmark Knight Frank Retail. He focuses on tenant representation, both on a national and local level, and landlord representation, ground-up development, existing residential, office and retail properties. With more than 23 years of experience in retail real estate, he has represented a wide array of retailers and landlords in the tri-state area. Prior to joining Newmark Knight Frank Retail, he was vice president of commercial brokerage and management for Grenadier Realty Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Starrett Corp.
Berke joins Jones Lang LaSalle as a vice president. He previously served as a director with Newmark Knight Frank Retail, executing numerous transactions on including the rollout of several national and local chains. He has provided tenant representation services to a diverse array of clients ranging from the food industry to clothing and apparel to associations.
Haber joins Jones Lang LaSalle as an Associate. Previously, he served as an associate with Newmark Knight Frank Retail. Haber specialized in tenant representation and landlord leasing services. -PR Newswire
Jones Lang LaSalle announced the appointment of Paul Betts as EMEA head of logistics and industrial, effective immediately.
Betts will continue to be based in Paris, reporting to Jones Lang LaSalle’s EMEA management board through international director, Richard Batten.
DMB executive Charley Freericks has been named president of DMB Associates.
Freericks formerly served as a senior vice president and general manager of DMB Commercial. He joined DMB Associates in 1997 and has served as the general manager for Verrado and DC Ranch, and as the senior executive in charge of Marley Park and One Scottsdale. Prior to joining DMB, he served as president of Talley Realty Group after starting his career with Grubb & Ellis. -Business Wire
DCT Industrial Trust announced the addition of Neil Doyle as managing director, central region.
Doyle is responsible for operating and growing DCT Industrial’s business in the central U.S. He is based in Chicago and reports to president and chief executive officer, Phil Hawkins. He also sits on the company’s executive committee.
Doyle joins DCT Industrial with more than 18 years of real estate experience. Before joining DCT Industrial, he served as executive vice president of infrastructure and transportation at CenterPoint Properties Trust where he was responsible for the sourcing and execution of logistics-based industrial parks in key U.S. intermodal and port markets. -Business Wire
On January 13, 2012, Orpheum Property named Morris Kahn, the company’s chief executive officer, as president. He replaces Michael Bowers.
On January 13, 2012, Whitney O. Cluff was named as a director of the company. Cluff has over thirty years of experience in commercial real estate and financing. Most recently, he is a vice president in the retail, land, and investment department of Coldwell Banker Commercial (Utah) since 2004. -SEC Form 8k
Jones Lang LaSalle announced that on April 02, 2012, John Lambert will assume oversight of the firm’s retail business throughout Florida. He is based in Orlando.
Lambert reports directly to Steve Yenser, national director of retail markets. -PR Newswire
The Opus Group named Richard Figueroa to the newly created position of director of capital markets.
Figueroa will remain based in Chicago and will report to Tim Murnane, president and chief executive officer, Opus Holding.
Figueroa joins The Opus Group from Mansur & Company, a Chicago-based real estate investment firm, where, as director of acquisitions, he was responsible for sourcing, underwriting and negotiating equity investments in commercial real estate projects ranging from office buildings and hotels to multifamily and retail complexes. Prior to joining Mansur & Company, he served as vice president, acquisitions, at Orix Real Estate Capital. He has served in capital markets roles at Cohen Financial and Jones Lang LaSalle. He also worked in investment banking for Prudential Securities and as a debt analyst at William Blair & Company. -PR Newswire
On March 16, 2012, SungHwan Cho, 37, was appointed chief financial officer of Icahn Enterprises, the general partner of Icahn Enterprises Holdings and Icahn Enterprises, effective immediately. He replaces Dominick Ragone. He will also hold officer and/or director positions at certain of the company’s subsidiaries.
Cho has been senior vice president and previously portfolio company associate at the company since October 2006. From 2004 to 2006, he served as director of finance for Atari, a publisher of interactive entertainment products. From 1999 to 2002, he served as director of corporate development and director of product development at Talk America. -SEC Form 8
The Sembler Company reported that chief operating officer Ronald P. Wheeler has been promoted to chief executive officer.
Sean Davis, vice president of investments, has been named chief investment officer.
The new titles are effective immediately.
Trigild, a full service real estate services company specializing in receivership, property management and consulting services, has named Mark E. Oemcke as chief financial officer.
A seasoned financial industry executive, Oemcke will oversee all accounting functions and take charge of leading and managing the financial structure of Trigild, which works with commercial, hospitality, retail, multifamily, industrial and petroleum properties nationwide.
Oemcke spent the last three years as CFO of Equastone, a privately held commercial real estate landlord and fund manager. During his tenure there, he was primarily responsible for liquidation of the company, which included dealing with both investors and lenders. Prior to that, he was chief operating officer and CFO of Pacific Corporate Group, a private equity investment advisor, with assets under management. He spent 11 years with Price Waterhouse in San Diego and Zurich, and then with Scripps Bank as CFO. He also served as CEO of a start-up technology development and service company.
Deepa Krishnamurthy was recently named partner at Linear Retail Properties.
Krishnamurthy’s responsibilities include overseeing the finance, accounting and human-resource functions of the company, as well as other corporate activities.
Krishnamurthy joined Linear Retail in 2004 as controller and was promoted to vice president/finance in 2007, and to chief financial officer in 2010. She has 20 years of finance and accounting experience.
Jones Lang LaSalle has promoted Nigel Freshwater from investment sales to WA head of sales and investments.
Ben Widdowson has been promoted to WA head of industrial.
Stuart Parry and David Ivey have been promoted to joint heads of valuations and advisory in WA. -WA Business News (Australia)
Whitestone REIT announced that it has appointed Richard D. Rollnick as director of real estate development.
In his new role, Rollnick will oversee new development and value-add opportunities to create new leasable space within its current portfolio of 44 community centered properties, as well as for future acquisitions with a development component.
Prior to joining Whitestone, Rollnick had been founding principal of Allegiant Properties, and Crown West Realty. -Business Wire
Richard B. Putnam, a veteran acquisitions and transactions executive in Southern California, has joined Colliers International as managing director, capital markets group I West Coast.
Based in Irvine, Putnam will manage institutional client relationships for Colliers, and originate and execute assignments in collaboration with existing Colliers team members throughout the region. He is also tasked with growing Colliers investment sales business in the western region, working primarily on institutional office and industrial sales assignments.
Previously, Putnam was a managing director at RREEF/DB Real Estate, where he was responsible for acquisitions in Southern California and Denver, in addition to other client-oriented roles. After a stint with JP Morgan in New York, he joined Trammel1 Crow Company in 1988 in Los Angeles, where he established the capital markets group in 1996. He left that firm in February 2007 when it was acquired, and joined RREEF later that year.
PMB Real Estate Services has promoted Stephen King to president, where he will be responsible for leading the real estate services team.
King has an extensive real estate background and is a successful team builder. His areas of expertise include real estate operations, development, construction, leasing, asset management, property management, reporting, and financial administration. Throughout his 30 year career, he has worked with such firms as PS Business Parks. -Business Wire
Roger Waesche Jr. will take over April 1, 2012 as CEO of Corporate Office Properties Trust. He succeeds Randall Griffin.
Waesche has held various executive positions at COPT, including chief financial officer and chief operating officer. He currently has the title of president.
The St. Joe Company announced that Thomas Hoyer will join the company as chief financial officer effective March 19, 2012. He will replace Janna Connolly.
Hoyer joins St. Joe with more than 25 years of financial-management experience, most recently from eDiets.com, where he served as senior vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer since March 2008. He began his career at Fluor Corporation, serving in various financial-management positions. Following his 15-year tenure with Fluor, he held the positions of CFO with GlobEquip, and vice president of corporate finance with MWH Global. He has also served as executive vice president and chief financial officer with NationsRent and vice president, treasurer, and chief financial officer with Digital Angel. -Business Wire
Norway Holding announced that it has appointed Michael d’Hemecourt as partner and president of its retail real estate division.
D’Hemecourt joins the Boston Realty Advisors’ executive team, leveraging extensive retail brokerage experience to advance the growth of the company’s retail division. Prior to joining Boston Realty Advisors, he was an associate director within Cushman & Wakefield’s capital markets group. -Business Wire
Dynex Capital announced the promotion of Byron L. Boston to president and his appointment to the board of directors, effective March 1, 2012. He will retain his chief investment officer duties.
Boston brings over 28 years of experience in the financial services industry, including four years at Dynex as executive vice president, chief investment officer. He has extensive experience in investing in, and managing, fixed income securities. Between 1981 and 1997 he worked as a banker and mortgage-backed securities trader with Chemical Bank, Credit Suisse First Boston and Lehman Brothers. -Business Wire
American Realty Capital announced that Edward M. Weil, Jr. has been appointed as president, chief operating officer, treasurer and a member of the board of directors of American Realty Capital Properties, and president, chief executive officer, treasurer and a member of the board of directors of American Realty Capital Daily Net Asset Value Trust, effective immediately.
Weil succeeds William M. Kahane, who has been appointed as president and chief executive officer of American Realty Capital Trust.
Prior to his new appointments, Weil was the executive vice president and secretary of the company since its formation in December 2010. -SEC Form 8k
Cushman & Wakefield has announced the appointment of Nina Jansen and Andreas Gast who are leaving Jones Lang LaSalle to jointly lead Cushman & Wakefield’s property & asset management business in Germany.
Jansen joins as a partner and will be based in Cushman & Wakefield’s Dusseldorf office from the third quarter of 2012. She has been with JLL since 2004, latterly as associate director in the role of team leader property & asset management NRW responsible for a 25-strong team.
Gast also joins as a partner, based in Cushman & Wakefield’s Frankfurt office as of the second quarter. He joined JLL in 2006 and was latterly associate director in the role of team leader property & asset management Frankfurt and Stuttgart also responsible for a 25-strong team. -TendersInfo
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance has appointed Stuart A. Rothstein as chief executive officer and president of the company and as a director, each effective March 15, 2012.
Rothstein succeeds Joseph F. Azrack, who is slated to become chairman of the board of directors. -Market Wire; Transcript Collection
Potlatch Corporation announced that Eric J. Cremers, 48, has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective March 1, 2012.
In addition to his current role as chief financial officer, Cremers will assume responsibility for management of the company’s timberlands in Idaho as well as responsibilities for harvest scheduling, science and technology support company-wide.
Cremers joined Potlatch in 2007 as vice president finance and chief financial officer after working for Albertsons as senior vice president, corporate strategy and business development. -PrimeNewswire
Inland Real Estate Investment Corporation announced that Brian M. Conlon has been named to the position of chief executive officer.
Conlon will continue to serve as a director of Inland Real Estate Investment Corporation, and as president and a director of Inland Securities Corporation. In that capacity, he oversees all capital raising activities through a national team of internal and external wholesalers. -Business Wire
