3/16/12
Cushman & Wakefield has hired Elizabeth Forstneger as director in its Global Business Consulting Group. ?
Forstneger joins C&W from Grubb & Ellis Co., where she most recently served as a director. She bring
s to C&W more than eight years of experience in assisting clients with strategic corporate real estate planning with an emphasis on operations.
Prior to joining Cushman & Wakefield, Forstneger was a director with Grubb & Ellis? Strategic Consulting Group. She led a wide variety of projects in the creation of data-supported business cases for most asset types and focused on decision support for real estate related business issues for Fortune 500 and middle market companies. Prior to Grubb & Ellis, Forstneger was vice president at FPL Associates. She provided management consulting services to clients in the real estate industry to improve business performance through strategic planning, organizational considerations and process improvement.?
Forstneger is a CPA, CCIM, and LEED AP. She holds a bachelor?s degree in accounting from Marquette University and a master?s degree in business administration from DePaul University?s Kellstadt Graduate School of Business in Chicago.?
3/16/12
International commercial real estate services firm Studley has promoted Adam L. Mitchell to corporate managing director of its Chicago office.
Mitchell, 34, has successfully advised commercial space users throughout the Midwest. He joined Studley?s Chicago office as an associate in 2001 and has since completed 3.5 million square feet worth of office real estate transactions with a total value of $550 million.
Mitchell?s background in markets like Chicago, Detroit, Kansas City, St. Louis, Columbus, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Minneapolis and Indianapolis has allowed him to effectively translate the national perspective into local market dynamics. He has worked with a wide array of corporate clients, including ABB, Thompson Hine, American Family Insurance, Quest Software, CFTC and Accenture. Most recently, he represented HeplerBroom in a long-term lease relocation at 30 N. LaSalle in Chicago.
3/16/12
Newmark Knight Frank has hired Terry Alexa as senior managing director.
Alexa will be responsible for serving existing high profile clients and developing new business. Alex
a previously was a partner at Mercury Realty Group in Wheaton, where he was actively involved in all angles of the retail real estate market. He helped retail developers secure tenants in projects in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin, and assisted tenants with finding the ideal location, negotiating lease terms, reviewing lease documents and estimating project improvement costs.?
Before then, Alexa served for 28 years as vice president of leasing at Tri-Land Properties Inc., which is located in Westchester, where he leased retail space to many national and regional?retailers. He helped to develop and redevelop retail properties across 10 states from the Midwest to the Northeast into the South. Additionally, Alexa managed six leasing representatives and oversaw their lease negotiations.
3/9/12
Quantum Real Estate Advisors Inc.has named?Daniel Waszak as vice president.?
Prior to joining Quantum, Waszak was at National Realty Network.?Waszak also spent eight years in corporate finance and accounting.
Waszak has closed multiple transactions within the Chicago area and continues to work with many capital sources from other parts of the U.S. and the world.
3/9/12
Studley has promoted Jonathan A. Azulay, 29, to managing director of its Chicago office.
Azulay provides full-service commercial real estate counsel from strategic planning and portfolio m
anagement to lease negotiation and financial structuring. With a thorough understanding of market trends, Azulay has successfully negotiated office transactions throughout the U.S. for a diverse client base including Middough Inc., NEC Display Solutions of America and Dover Corporation.? He currently manages the international real estate portfolio for Sterigenics International Inc.??
During his career, Azulay has arranged transactions totaling 2.5 million square feet and valued at $400 million. Most recently he represented Lawson Products, an industrial distributor of maintenance, repair and operations supplies, in its long-term, 86,313-square-foot headquarters lease at 8770 Bryn Mawr Ave. in Triangle Plaza in Chicago.
3/9/12
Wight & Company has named Robin Martel as senior project manager in the firm?s transportation engineering group.
In this role, Martel will be responsible for managing environmental and transportation planning project
s for both public and private clients. Martel has extensive experience related to the National Environmental Policy Act documentation for a wide range of federal agencies. Her areas of expertise include environmental documentation for public improvement projects, public involvement, transportation planning, environmental site assessments, and grant preparation for federal and state funded projects.
Prior to rejoining Wight, Martel was a project manager at HDR. Earlier in her career she served as a project manager at URS Corp. and staff scientist at Camp Dresser & McKee Inc. Martel?s credentials include LEED AP Building Design + Construction. She is active with the Women?s Transportation Seminar, where she is the past president of the Greater Chicago Chapter.? She holds a bachelor?s degree in geology from The Ohio State University.
3/1/12
Alexander Olen has joined Principle Construction Corp. as senior estimator.
As senior estimator, Olen will provide estimating and pre-construction services. His responsibilities 
include: cost estimating; preparing the CPM schedule; establishing cost controls; competitive subcontractor bidding; and purchasing and awarding subcontracts. Olen brings more than 25 years experience to the Principle?s team. He was previously employed with UBM, Inc. as the lead estimator where he managed the estimating and pre-construction management of multi-story office/warehouse buildings, multiple interior build-outs and retail projects.? Prior to that, he worked at Morrison Knudsen Corp. and G.D. Searle. Olen also worked one-and-a-half years as an instructor for the Construction management program at Westwood College.?
Olen is a LEED Green Associate, a Project Management Professional and a Six Sigma Green Belt. He received his master?s degree in construction management and structural engineering. He currently resides in Deerfield.
3/1/12
Banner Apartments LLC has named John Nikolich as executive vice president, capital markets and investor relations.
Prior to joining Banner Apartments, Nikolich was the managing director and founder of Flint Creek Pa
rtners LLC, a boutique real estate investment bank where he provided investment banking and financial advisory services to real estate companies.
Nikolich has more than 20 years of experience in the real estate industry. He began his institutional real estate career in the Investment Management Division of Jones Lang LaSalle in 1992.?Following Jones Lang LaSalle, Nikolich joined the Real Estate Investment Banking group at Wells Fargo Securities where he raised capital for publicly traded real estate investment trusts as well as for leading private real estate operating companies.?He spent the first five years of his career at Accenture, evaluating, recommending and implementing financial solutions for an international clientele.?
Nikolich holds a master?s degree in finance and marketing from the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago and a bachelor?s degree in economics from Northwestern University.?
3/1/12
Adam D. Firsel has joined Next Realty LLC as director of acquisitions.
His responsibilities will include sourcing, underwriting, and executing on the purchase of commerci
al property throughout the United States.?Firsel, 33, brings more than a decade of diverse commercial real estate finance and acquisition experience to his new position at Next Realty. He has been involved all aspects of project acquisition and development.
Most recently, in 2011 Firsel formed and operated Core Equities LLC, also known as Core Property Management, a service-based boutique real estate firm that provided property management, development consulting, investment management and construction oversight. Previously he was a principal at Crossroads Development Partners LLC, where he was responsible for entitlement, finance, construction, design, brokerage, lease negotiation and underwriting on the opportunistic income-producing transactions in which Crossroads invested.
From 2003 to 2009 he was chief financial officer at Mid America Development Partners where he closed $1.25 billion of loans with 30 different lending institutions for more than 50 different development projects, and acted as development manager on more than 10 different specific development transactions, totaling more than $100 million and more than 1 million square feet of properties; from due diligence through completion. In 2001 he began his career in commercial real estate and worked for Newman Financial Services, a real estate investment bank subsidiary of GMAC Commercial Holding Corp.
2/24/12
Gavin Stainthorpe has joined NelsonHill as a senior associate.
Stainthorpe has a marketing background, working in the United States, United Kingdom and South Af
rica. He was hired by The Mack Brooks Exhibitions Group to lead a business unit, designing and executing international sales and marketing strategies for the group. His experience includes negotiations with multinational companies such as Microsoft, Honeywell, GE and Philips.
His experience includes setting up international trade fairs and business to business exhibitions and conferences around the world in the fields of engineering, logistics, metalworking, information technology, textiles, food and beverages, railways, construction, printing, airport management and aviation.
2/24/12
Bradford Allen has promoted Ryan Moen to director of the Chicago-based commercial real estate company.
Moen joined Bradford Allen in 2009 as an associate and is based in Bradford Allen?s west suburban of
fice. Moen focuses on suburban based Chicago companies and represents a broad spectrum of firms. He has worked with many well-known corporations including Lexis Nexis and Walgreens as well as several smaller organizations such as Sunny Ridge Family Center and Cinch Connectors. In his new role, Moen will be responsible for new business development, strategic planning and financial analyses for many of the firm?s clients.
Moen received a bachelor?s degree from the University of Illinois. Prior to joining Bradford Allen, he worked for Tri-land Properties, a nationwide real estate developer dedicated to redeveloping underutilized properties through public/private partnerships.
2/24/12
Sperry Van Ness has hired Matt Scuras as a senior advisor.
Scuras has been involved in the sales, leasing and management of commercial real estate in the Chic
ago area for over 15 years. Specializing in the sale of multi-family properties, Scuras has firsthand knowledge of the acquisition, management and disposition of these properties and has learned from the various market trends over the years.
Scuras grew up in Chicago and had bought, sold and managed several multi-family properties of his own prior to becoming a real estate broker in 2003. Scuras is familiar with building codes, property inspections and repair and maintenance issues that accompany the position.
Scuras has also worked in the hospitality industry as a general manager and in the logistics/trucking business as a director of operations. He attended DePaul University and lives in the Humboldt Park Neighborhood of Chicago with his wife and family.
2/17/12
Tom Baade has joined Mortenson Construction as design phase executive for their Chicago office.
Baade brings more than 16 years of construction, project management and real estate developm
ent experience to Mortenson.
Prior to joining Mortenson, Baade worked at CG Schmidt in Milwaukee for 10 years in various project management and operations roles. During that time he managed more than 20 project managers, engineers and safety professionals. He also served as project executive for the joint venture team of Barton Malow/CG Schmidt on the $400 million Columbia St. Mary?s Hospital expansion project in Milwaukee.
Baade recently completed a master?s degree in design studies at Harvard University. He holds a bachelor?s degree in business administration from the University of Wisconsin and a bachelor?s degree in construction science and management from Clemson University.
2/17/12
Jonathan Seeley has joined UGL Services in the Chicago office as a vice president in brokerage operations.
Prior to joining UGL Services, Seeley was a managing director at Studley in Chicago. Prior to
?that, he was a founding member and investor in several technology start-ups including 10 years at United Asset Coverage, and a new venture within GE Capital?s Real Estate Services group.
Seeley was also a founding member and investor in Compliance Depot, which along with
United Asset Coverage was successfully sold to strategic buyers within their respective industries.
He serves clients across several markets, including financial services, legal, technology and telecommunications and also has previous experience in the investment real estate market representing institutional owners and investors in the acquisition and disposition of investment properties. He began his career in various leasing positions with Miglin-Beitler, Stein & Co. and Orix.
Seeley received his master?s degree in marketing and finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his A.B. from Washington University in St. Louis.
2/17/12
NAI Hiffman has named Adam D. Roth, CCIM, SIOR, to executive vice president and shareholder from senior vice president.?
Roth has been with the company?s industrial services group for more than seven years, and serves as a 
member of NAI Global Corporate Solutions and as a director with the NAI Global Logistics Group, specializing in providing real estate and supply chain solutions to distribution and warehouse companies throughout the world.
Roth?s areas of expertise include land assemblage and development, corporate relocation and site search analysis. He has assisted clients such as Walmart, Devicor Medical, USAA Realty, Mirvac Industrial Trust, Liberty Property Trust, Prologis, Northern Builders, TA Associates Realty, TIAA-CREF and CenterPoint Properties.
Prior to joining the firm, Roth worked in the logistics industry for nearly 10 years.?Roth has served as a board member of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, the Warehouse Education and Research Council and is actively involved locally in Chicago with the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors and the Will County Center for Economic Development.
Roth has been published in multiple real estate periodicals concerning logistics topics and has served as keynote speaker and expert witness for several organizations including the Will County Center for Economic Development, DePaul University, the University of St. Francis and the State of Illinois.
2/10/12
L3 Corp. has hired Alex Apter, who specializes in retail landlord and seller representation as w
ell as tenant and buyer representation.
Licensed in Missouri Apter began his career at Cassidy Turley where he did transaction and facility management for several national retail accounts. His diligence and efficiency resulted in leading his team in savings for his clients.
Apter graduated from the University of Missouri in May 2010 with a dual degree in finance and real estate. He was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.?
2/10/12
John Iglar has joined Colliers International | Chicago as an associate in the company?s Office Advisory Group.
Iglar, 51, will join the tenant representation team of company principal and industry veteran Bob Cho
dos, SIOR, and executive vice president Stephen Levitas.
Iglar?s career includes more than 18 years of executive business experience, most recently as a director at ProTen Realty Group where he specialized in tenant representation. His expertise includes structuring and negotiating commercial leases, developing comprehensive and strategic real estate plans and assisting with the acquisition and dispositions of owned or leased properties. His diverse professional background includes experience with consumer products, advertising, publishing and financial services.
Iglar earned his bachelor?s degree and master?s degree in business administration from The University of Notre Dame. He is a former member of the Executive Club of Chicago?s Finance Committee and is actively involved with the St. Vincent DePaul Society, University of Notre Dame Alumni and Monogram Clubs and the Canadian Club of Chicago.
2/10/12
Cushman & Wakefield of Illinois Inc. has hired Eric Sorensen as senior director in its Office Tenant Representation Group.
Sorensen joins C&W from the John Buck Co., where he most recently served as a vice president. He
brings to C&W more than 20 years of experience in assisting clients with strategic planning, site selection for office uses and technology centers, feasibility studies and executing corporate and professional relocations.
Prior to joining the John Buck Co., Sorensen managed the Midwest office of CoStar. He also worked as a managing director with The Dow Jones Company in New York City, as a financial analyst with JMB Institutional Realty in Chicago and worked in property management with Rubloff Inc. in Chicago. Sorensen is also a frequent guest lecturer at several universities regarding commercial real estate markets.
Sorensen holds a bachelor?s degree in finance from Millikin University in Decatur. He also participated in executive training at the University of Virginia?s Darden School of Business. He is a board member at the Hephzibah Children?s Association and also involved with the Amate House and Catholic Charities.
2/3/12
The Habitat Company LLC has appointed Matthew Fiascone as its senior vice president of finance and investment.
Fiascone will direct the creation and implementation of its investment and financing strategies for its ac
quisition and development activities.? In December, The Habitat Company concluded development and acquisition transactions having a total value of close to one-quarter of a billion dollars.
Prior to joining The Habitat Company, Fiascone served as senior vice president for Inland Real Estate Development Corp. where he was principally involved in more than 150 real estate transactions involving properties valued at more than $750 million, and where he also negotiated and managed more than $350 million in joint ventures.? In addition, Fiascone was named to Real Estate Chicago?s inaugural ?40 under 40? list of the most influential people in the real estate community under the age of 40.
Fiascone has a bachelor?s degree in business and economics from Bradley University. He is a member of Lambda Alpha (a land economics honorary society), the Urban Land Institute and the Chicago Association of Realtors. Fiascone has been a frequent speaker and panelist for industry events.
2/3/12
Jim Cunningham has joined Marquette Companies as executive vice president.???
Cunningham comes to Marquette Companies from Casto in Columbus, Ohio, where he was executive v
ice president and risk manager for nine years. With Casto, he oversaw all facets of management for 131 commercial/retail properties and a residential multifamily division with 270 employees and a portfolio of 5,200 apartments.
Prior to working at Casto, Cunningham was senior vice president of Triangle Real Estate Services in Columbus from 1993 to 2002, where he oversaw commercial, apartment and condominium property management. He also previously worked in the hospitality industry for Hyatt and Marriott Corporations, where he cultivated a focus on customer service.
Cunningham is a new board member of the Chicagoland Apartment Association, and is also a member of the National Association of Realtors, National Apartment Association and the National Multi Housing Council. He formerly served on the Columbus Apartment Association board. He holds a bachelor?s degree in business administration from the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio, and is a licensed real estate broker.
2/3/12
Ryan C. Green has joined national real estate law firm Pircher, Nichols & Meeks as an associate in its Chicago office. 
In his new position, he will focus on commercial real estate transactions.
Prior to joining Pircher, Green was a real estate associate at Mayer Brown LLP.? Green?s experience in commercial real estate includes representation of developers, real estate investment trusts and investors in acquiring, leasing and financing, as well as disposing of, commercial, industrial, medical office and retail buildings, including large, multi-asset portfolios. His work also includes representation of lenders in construction, conventional and credit tenant lease financings of office and retail projects and representation of property owners in connection with property tax appeals.
Green received his J.D. in 2005 from the University of Chicago Law School. He received a bachelor?s degree with highest honors in economics and political science from Emory University in 2002.
1/27/12
SmithGroupJJR has promoted Carolina Lopez, AIA, LEED AP, to principal.??
As director of operations for SmithGroupJJR?s Chicago office, Lopez maintains an active role in project management with numerous clients, including Argonne National Laboratory, Loyola University Medical Center, and the University of Illinois. She relocated to Chicago from SmithGroupJJR?s Detroit office in 2008, after initially starting at the firm?s Ann Arbor office in 2000. In her current role, she excels in using administrative tools and processes for project performance and earnings evaluation.
Lopez graduated from the University of Detroit Mercy with a master?s degree in architecture. She is a registered architect in Michigan and is a member of the American Institute of Architects.
1/27/12
Lance Beeler has joined Englewood Construction as manager of pre-construction services.
Beeler will organize and lead all estimating efforts for the company.
Beeler brings more than 15 years of experience in pre-construction estimating and project management to his new position. From 2003 to 2011 he served as a pre-construction manager at Hoffman Estates-based Leopardo Companies where his main responsibilities were leading estimating efforts across the market spectrum on hard/competitive bids and negotiated work.
Prior to that, Beeler was with Chicago-based Walsh Construction Co. where he worked from 1996 to 2003.
During his tenure at those two companies, Beeler worked on hundreds of projects, including Cellular One Regional Office Building in Harrisburg, Penn.; Chrysler Mopar Parts Distribution Facilities (three across the U.S.); Target Regional Distribution Centers (five across the U.S.); and DuPage Medical Group in Downers Grove. He has also worked on pre-construction services for five class A office buildings throughout the country.
Beeler holds a bachelor?s degree in construction management from Western Illinois University in Macomb.?
1/27/12
Mid-America Real Estate Corp. has named Andy Bulson as a new partner.
Bulson, 43, of Inverness, is responsible for the management of Mid-America?s Suburban Tenant Representation Team, representing numerous national retailers throughout the Chicago area.
He has been with Mid-America since 1998, and is the author of the firm?s annual Shopping Center Report that tracks retail development trends in Chicago?s suburbs.
1/20/12
Stan Johnson Co. has hired Andy Gatchell as associate director in its Chicago office.
Gatchell is the second lead broker and fifth broker overall to join the Chicago office of Stan Johnson Co.
since the office launched in March of 2010.
Gatchell is responsible for developing relationships with developers, investors and owners of net leased retail properties throughout Chicago and the upper Midwest and assisting them in the sale or disposition of those properties.
Prior to joining SJC, Gatchell was part of a retail brokerage group in Kansas City with CBRE where he was selected as one of the company?s 25 most promising Junior Retail Brokers? and chosen to participate in their Retail Mentorship Program in 2010. He began his career in 2006 as an associate with Grubb &Ellis|TheWinbury Group, also in Kansas City. Throughout his career, Gatchell has been involved in more than $125 million in retail transactions.
1/20/12
HSA PrimeCare has hired Suzy Cobin as a senior vice president.
In her new role at HSA PrimeCare, Cobin will have the primary responsibility of creating and expanding
HSA?s business relationships with hospital systems and physician practice groups to provide real estate advisory services and real estate capital solutions. She also will work with the firm?s existing health care clients to find opportunities to address their real estate needs.
Cobin previously served as a principal for The Advisory Board Co., a Washington, D.C.-based research, consulting and technology firm helping more than 3,000 hospital and health systems improve health care through best practice research, implementation support and business intelligence services. Through her 15 years of relationship management experience at The Advisory Board Co., she has developed a reputation as a trusted and knowledgeable advisor for health care executives.
1/20/12
Zifkin Real Estate Group?has hired Pamela Bordner-Riney as Director of Development, SVP.
Bordner-Riney?s career in commercial real estate began with the leasing and sale of shopping centers for C
oldwell Banker in Oklahoma (now CBRE) and Cushman & Wakefield of Florida.?While at the Resolution Trust Corp., she worked with management companies and brokerage firms to manage, market and sell properties.?She was instrumental in liquidating more than $2 billion worth of commercial assets.?During her tenure at General Growth Properties, she specialized in the leasing of properties owned by third parties.?She was responsible for leasing more than 3 million square feet of retail space.
?Bordner-Riney?s also worked for 12 years at Urban Retail Properties where she initially leased properties for third party clients.? She moved from leasing centers into a consulting position for the development and leasing of a major retail project in Taipei, Taiwan.? After 18 months abroad, Pamela returned to the United States to assume the role of director of business development and senior vice president.?In this role she pursued third party management, leasing and development opportunities.?She continued her career in leasing and business development with the Zaremba Group.?Most recently, she served as the director of business development for Cotter Consulting prior to joining ZREG.
?Bordner-Riney received a bachelor of arts degree in marketing from North Central College in Naperville.? She is a licensed sales person in Illinois as well as a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers, Commercial Real Estate Women and Women in Retail Leasing.
1/13/12
NelsonHill has hired Doug Hayes as managing director.
For more than 25 years,?Hayes has participated in commercial real estate marketing, development, sales 
and leasing throughout the Chicago metropolitan area on behalf of institutional owners, private equity firms, industrial and office tenants and office and industrial developer clients. Hayes also has completed more than $1 billion in transaction value in his career, predominantly in the industrial sector,?for some of the region?s largest space users.
For?the past?eight years, Hayes served as?vice president with Ridge Property Trust and worked for 17 years as a director with Cushman Wakefield in Chicago.
Hayes?will direct the operations?for?NelsonHill as well as continue his brokerage career?in the Chicago market. ?
1/12/12
Greg Terwilliger has joined McShane Construction Co. as a vice president for the Rosemont office.
Terwilliger brings nearly 25 years of experience to McShane Construction and is recognized within the ind
ustry for his professionalism, market expertise and ability to deliver noteworthy transactions. He has demonstrated proficiency for meeting client expectations while simultaneously developing new business opportunities.
At McShane Construction, Terwilliger will utilize his skills in developing long-term business relationships for existing and new clients of the company. Terwilliger?s responsibilities also will include participating and contributing to the overall strategic direction and growth of the company?s Midwest operations.?
Prior to joining McShane Construction, Terwilliger was the real estate director for Opus Development Corp., where he developed and constructed multiple business parks within the Chicago market. Terwilliger also served as vice president at Paine/Wetzel Associates Inc. where he generated and closed numerous transactions with a particular focus on the I-55 and I-80 corridors.?
Terwilliger earned a bachelor?s degree in civil engineering from the University of Michigan and holds a master?s of business administration from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. He is an active member of the real estate and construction community with memberships in the Commercial Real Estate Development Association, the Association of Industrial Real Estate Brokers and the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors, among others.?
1/12/12
Leopardo has hired Michael Tenuta, LEED AP, as senior project manager.
Tenuta brings to Leopardo nearly 30 years of experience in construction and architecture with a focus on m
ulti-floor tenant interior construction management.
Prior to joining Leopardo, Tenuta was vice president and project executive at Reed Construction. Previously, he spent 16 years at Clune Construction where he was senior vice president and managed several of the firm?s most prestigious projects. Earlier in his career, Tenuta worked at Pepper Construction.
Tenuta is a LEED accredited professional and serves as membership chair of the Rotary Club of Naperville Sunrise. He graduated from the Illinois Institute of Technology with a degree in architecture.
1/12/12
Greg Dietz?has joined Baum Realty Group as vice president of investment sales where he will partner wi
th Danny Spitz to expand the division.
Dietz has eight years combined commercial real estate experience working on debt and equity transactions at Cohen Financial, and acquisitions and asset management for Tishman Speyer Properties.
He earned a bachelor?s of science degree in finance and real estate from Indiana University?s Kelley School of Business.?
1/6/12
Paul Lundstedt has joined CBRE as Executive Vice President, Capital Markets
Based in the Rosemont office, Lundstedt will specialize in office investment sales throughout the Chicago area and the Midwest region.
Lundstedt joins CBRE from Grubb & Ellis, where he served as Executive Vice President and Director since 2009. Prior to Grubb & Ellis, he was Executive Director at Cushman & Wakefield since 1991. A recognized industry expert, he was the recipient of NAIOP?s Financial Intermediary of the Year in 1999; and NAIOP?s Investment Transaction of the Year in 2001.
Throughout his career, Lundstedt has arranged the sale of more than $10 billion of investment real estate totaling 70 million square feet, focusing primarily on office assets; of that, $7.1 billion is Chicago suburban and CBD and comprised of 46 million square feet.
1/5/12
Walker & Dunlop LLC has hired Michael Liefer as Assistant Vice President of the multifamily finance group.
Liefer will work at the company?s Chicago office. He also will work directly with Vice President Joel Ka
plan, focusing on conventional multifamily and affordable housing mortgages through Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and HUD/FHA executions.
Prior to joining Walker & Dunlop, Liefer was Vice President of Acquisitions for Banner Apartments, a privately owned real estate investment firm in Northbrook. During his six-year tenure, Liefer was responsible for the sourcing, underwriting and financing of multifamily properties nationwide. He also specialized in affordable housing, acquiring HUD Section 8 properties with tax-exempt bonds and 4 percent LIHTC.
Liefer began his career as a Series 7/63 licensed equity broker at Friedman, Billings, Ramsey, an Arlington, Va., investment bank. Liefer earned his CCIM designation in 2007 and is a licensed real estate salesperson in Illinois. He graduated from Michigan State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in marketing and supply chain management.
1/5/12
Cushman & Wakefield has hired Barb Schenberg as Senior Director, Agency Leasing.
Schenberg brings more than 25 years of commercial real estate experience assisting private and institution
al owners with leasing their properties. She will be a key part and one of the leaders of the Agency Leasing Group at Cushman & Wakefield?s Chicago office.
Schenberg joins Cushman & Wakefield from Capital Properties where she served as Senior Vice President and Director of the Midwest Region. While at Capital Properties, Schenberg was responsible for the leasing and re-positioning of the Inland Steel Building during the property?s multi-million dollar renovation. Prior to that, she was a Senior Vice President with the The John Buck Co., where she was responsible for leasing a portfolio of more than 5.2 million square feet in downtown Chicago.
Schenberg was a finalist for the Commercial Real Estate Awards for Property Representative of the Year in 2006.? In 2001, she was the recipient of the Commercial Real Estate Awards Outstanding Achievement of the Year Award for her efforts in landing the transaction for Boeing?s corporate headquarters at 100 N. Riverside Plaza.
Schenberg holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and pre-law from Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind.
1/5/12
Jack Gerber has joined Studley as an associate director.
Gerber will provide strategic planning and advisory, as well as transaction management services, to corpo
rate clients.? He will be based in the firm?s Chicago office.
Gerber joins Studley after founding G2 Urban School Real Estate Consulting Group, a non-profit organization aimed at improving charter schools nationwide by increasing building and organizational efficiencies. Before that, he served as a faculty member at the Romano-Butler Campus, one of five member schools in the LEARN Charter School Network in Chicago. As teacher and committee chair, he developed a middle school curriculum that was implemented across the organization.
Active in charitable endeavors, Gerber is a member of the Big Shoulders Auxilary Board and sits on the ?VIVA! Committee for Cristo Rey High School in Pilsen. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder and holds teaching certifications for secondary education in Illinois and Colorado. He is a licensed real estate salesperson in the state of Illinois.
?12/29/11
BARBERMurphy Group has recently added Scott Reichmann as a broker associate.
Reichmann has more than 30 years of experience in the design/build industrial/commercial construction industry in 
southern Illinois and eastern Missouri. He has helped owners and developers select appropriate sites, locate incentives and alternative financing, worked on behalf of owners with design professionals in conceptual design, and successfully estimated, managed and constructed millions of square feet of industrial and commercial facilities of all kinds. He has also participated in the development of four industrial parks.
Reichmann is a southern Illinois native and resides in Carlinville, Illinois. His focus is commercial, industrial, and land development.
12/15/11
Dermody Properties, parent company of DP Partners, has hired Vera Harder as the company?s marketing specialist.
Harder is responsible for the company?s investor and client presentations, real estate broker materials, proposals and 
investment packages and marketing collaterals. She will assist in producing materials that are designed to best suit all stakeholders? needs and ensure brand consistency for the national industrial development company.
Harder joins Dermody Properties after 13 years in the industrial real estate industry with ProLogis. In her most recent position as Midwest region financial asset manager, she was responsible for the financial data for an 85 million square foot portfolio of industrial properties in nine markets, including Chicago, Cincinnati, Columbus, Indianapolis, Louisville, Memphis, Nashville, St. Louis, and Toronto.
Harder will be located in the Chicago regional office.
12/12/11
Gina Galante has been named vice president of property and asset management for the Skokie, Ill.-based The Missner Group.
Galante is a 20-year industry veteran who brings substantial property management and leasing experience to her new 
position. She will coordinate the leasing efforts for the firm?s more than two million square feet of properties with third party brokerage firms.
Prior to joining The Missner Group, Galante was a sole practitioner offering strategic and analytical consulting services for clients in the institutional and corporate real estate industries. Her client roster included InSite Real Estate Services, US Cellular Corporation and Colliers Bennett & Kahnweiler.
Galante also served as a property manager for Colliers, Bennett & Kahnweiler where she managed the Walton Street Capital portfolio totaling 2.8 million square feet in suburban Chicago and Tampa, Florida, and for AMLI Commercial Property Trust where she managed over 2,000,000 square feet of premier industrial parks. Prior to her career in commercial real estate, Ms. Galante oversaw 100 branches of TCF Bank in Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana.
12/12/11
Reed Construction has hired Brian Courtney as senior project manager. Courtney joins Reed?s project management team which has been added several new members recently and completed nearly a million square feet of projects this year.
Courtney brings more than 15 years of project and construction management to Reed Construction. He was previously employed as a senior project manager for Barton Malow Company where he managed a multi-project construction management portfolio. In his new role with Reed Construction, Courtney will be responsible for the company?s pre-construction activities and project oversight. Duties also include working with building owners to develop strategic architectural plans for projects; overseeing estimating; securing permits; soliciting and negotiating subcontractor bids; and working to ensure successful and timely completion of the firm?s projects.
Courtney is a graduate Purdue University with a Bachelor of Science in Construction Management.
12/9/11
Jim Carris
Jim Carris has joined CBRE as senior managing director. Carris joins the firm from Jones Lang LaSalle, where he served as senior vice president in their Corporate Solutions Group for the last four and a half years.
He brings a diverse background and skill set to his new role, having held leadership positions with Homart and BP/Amoco as well as managing account relationships for HSBC and Shell Oil, among others. Carris is also an attorney by training and holds an MBA from Notre Dame as well as the CCIM designation.
Carris will lead the Occupier Practice in Chicago, partnering with?Jamie Georgas, who was recently promoted to managing director. Carris and Georgas will be responsible for focusing on the Tenant Representation and Global Corporate Services Transaction Management lines of business for the Chicago Region consisting of 65 professionals and over one third of the region?s
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revenue.
Georgas has served as an integral part of CBRE?s Chicago business for the last six and a half years, and part of the CBRE Chicago leadership team for the last three years, most recently as the Director of Managed Brokerage focusing on pursuit and business management for the tenant representation group.
James Otto has been promoted to first vice president at CBRE. Based in the firm?s Bannockburn office, James specializes in suburban office tenant representation.
Since joining CBRE in 2004, James has successfully procured new business and established relationships with some of the world?s leading companies, including Nestle, Magnetar Capital, Robert R. McCormick Foundation, Hoogwegt, IDEO, SurePayroll and Marketing Analytics.
?James has demonstrated drive and determintaion throughout his career as evidenced by his accelerated rise within the ranks at CBRE? said Chris Connelly, Executive Managing Director, CBRE. ?This is an extraordinary accomplishment, and we are honored to have individuals like James at our firm.?
Throughout his over seven year tenure with the firm, James has been responsible for closing nearly 1.3 million square feet of transactions with total consideration of more than $108 million.
12/8/11
Thomas Gray has joined Stewart National Title Services as vice president, national business development. Gray will be responsible for expanding Stewart?s national and multinational commercial business both in the greater Chicago area and across the U.S.
An accomplished 28 year veteran of the commercial title industry, Gray?s previous experience includes serving in senior sales positions for the national commercial divisions of major national underwriters. He was recognized by these organizations as a top-producing salesman on several occasions. In addition to his sales duties, Gray was most recently responsible for commercial branch management.
?We are pleased to have such a highly regarded industry veteran like Tom joining our team. His attention to providing outstanding customer service coupled with his knowledge of the market will make him a key contributor to Stewart?s focus on expanding commercial market share?, noted Jeff Dahlen, vice president, underwriter and manager for the Stewart National Title Services Chicago office.
Gray holds a bachelor?s degree from Northern Illinois University and previously served in the U.S. Air Force.
12/8/11
Anthony Niles has joined Cushman & Wakefield of Illinois, Inc.? as Associate in their Industrial Tenant Representation Group. In his new role, he will work closely with Sally Macoicz.
Niles previously worked as an industrial broker at Jameson Realty. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Legal Studies from Franciscan University in Steubenville, OH.
Mr. Niles is involved with a number of charities and currently sits on the board of the Midtown Educational Foundation and Catholic Charities.
Cushman & Wakefield is the world?s largest privately-held commercial real estate services firm. Founded in 1917, it has 235 offices in 60 countries and more than 13,000 employees.
12/8/11
Mike Sullivan, Jr., president of Peak Construction Corporation, has announced that Kevin Micheli and Jay Mumm have joined the firm.
Micheli has been named Project Engineer. In this position, he oversees field operations and site improvements as well as interior office expansion for Dr. Pepper/Snapple in Harvey, Ill. With over 13 years experience in real estate in residential/commercial design and development, Kevin has acquired over $52 million in assets over the past five years. Kevin, a licensed engineer, graduated with a Bachelor?s degree in Civil Engineering from Marquette University.
Jay Mumm joined Peak in September serving as Project Superintendent. He is currently overseeing expansion work being done for MGL Trucking in Franklin Park, Ill. as well as tenant improvement for Aerotek?s Schaumburg location. Jay has over ten years experience as a Project Superintendent.
12/1/11
Jeremy Oremland has joined Magellan Development Group in the newly created position of financial analyst.
In this position Oremland will be responsible for evaluating residential, retail, and mixed-use development opportunities 
nationwide.
While Magellan?s extensive portfolio of real estate developments has been centered in and around Chicago?s central business district, President David Carlins explains that ?our horizons go well beyond Chicago and with his experience Jeremy Oremland will be instrumental in expanding our scope of operations.?
The scope of Oremland?s responsibilities includes financial structuring, design, entitlement, construction, marketing, and sales of all Magellan projects, including building development efforts related to Lakeshore East.
Prior to joining Magellan Oremland held the position of senior analyst at the Community Development Trust, a private New York City-based and public mission-driven real estate investment trust focused on preserving and expanding the nation?s affordable housing stock.
Oremland holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Rochester and a Master of Science in Real Estate Development from Columbia University.
12/1/11
Heather Elizabeth Thornton has joined Meridian Design Build in the position of Marketing Coordinator.
Ms. Thornton is a 2003 graduate of The Ohio State University where she received her Bachelor of Science degree in Architecture. Following that, she pursued additional coursework in the areas of business and marketing while working as an Intermediate Architect at Van Tilburg, Banvard, and Soderbergh, AIA in Los Angeles.
Having recently earned her LEED AP credential, she is now in the process of finishing her final exams to become a licensed Architect in the state of Illinois.
11/21/11
Kevin Rocio has joined @properties Commercial Division as a multi-family specialist. Prior to joining @properties, 
Rocio was an associate specializing in multi-family investment sales with the Chicago office of Marcus & Millichap.
Rocio?s multi-family brokerage experience includes market-rate apartments, affordable housing, tax-credit properties and special-asset services including REO sales, loan modifications, note sales and bulk condominium sales.
Previously, Rocio spent 17 years as a mortgage broker, most recently as managing director of National City Mortgage Corp. He also spent almost six years as executive vice president of Karry L. Young Development LLC., where he developed award-winning affordable housing on Chicago?s South Side.
Rocio grew up in Chicago and attended Elmhurst College.
11/16/11
Newcastle Limited, the Chicago-based real estate advisory and investment firm, has announced that Kent Swanson has joined Newcastle Limited as the firm?s Chief Financial Officer, effective this month. In this new role at Newcastle, Swanson will be responsible for investor and lender relationships, overseeing the firm?s debt and equity capital and 
driving growth and expansion of Newcastle?s investment portfolio.
Previously, Swanson was principal and Chief Financial Officer at The John Buck Company, a corporate real estate services and advisory company. As the CFO for the Buck Company, he oversaw all equity and debt financing sourced for acquisition and development projects, and managed the deployment of the JBC Funds, third-party capital and corporate resources.
Swanson earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Duke University and a Master of Business Administration from the J.L. Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He is the President of Evanston Inventure, an Associate Board Member of the Youth Organization Umbrella, Inc., and serves on the Executive Committee of the Civic Federation of Chicago.
11/14/11
Shannon Arseneau has joined Cushman & Wakefield of Illinois, Inc. as a senior property manager in the firm?s industrial group. She comes to C&W from AMB Property Corporation/Prologis where she served as Property Manager. 
Arseneau brings 10 years of real estate experience to C&W and will work closely with Victoria Knudson to continue to strengthen the company?s Midwest industrial platform. She is an accomplished manager responsible for the property management of industrial properties in Chicago and the surrounding submarkets. Her current portfolio includes approximately 2.5 million square feet.
In her new role, Arseneau is responsible for implementation and review of operating and capital budgets, assists in negotiations and execution of leases with the leasing team and supervises the planning and construction projects for building and tenant improvements.
11/10/11
Skender Construction, a general contractor in the Chicago region, has hired Alli Chapman as vice president, 
business development.
Chapman brings years of industry experience to Skender Construction and is responsible for cultivating business relationships and providing strategic evaluation for the firm?s long-term growth.
Chapman earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Interior Design from Illinois State University. She was formerly Vice President, Director of Resources & Educational Development/ Senior Project Interior Designer at VOA Associates.
11/10/11
Clayco, Inc. has announced that Thomas Weeks has joined Clayco?s Chicago office as Principal. Weeks brings nearly 20 years of real estate experience to Clayco where he will have leadership responsibilities, including assembling and developing land and pursuing turnkey, build-to-suit projects primarily for Corporate and Industrial clients nationwide.
Prior to joining Clayco, Weeks was a Principal at WeeksWeldon Development Company which specialized in Caribbean resort developments and Chicago-based real estate opportunities. He also served as President of Related Midwest, a prominent Chicago residential development firm which was acquired by a New York-based development firm. At Related Midwest, Weeks oversaw the firm?s operations including planning, acquisition, financing, construction and marketing. He worked on high-profile projects such as 840 N. Lake Shore Drive and 340 E. Randolph Street. A licensed attorney, Weeks practiced real estate law for three years.
Weeks earned a B.A. in Mathematics and Economics from Amherst College and a law degree with honors from the University of Chicago.
11/8/2011
Transwestern has named Marc Imrem and Andrew Watsonmanaging directors in the Chicago office?s Investment Services Group.
Source: http://www.rejournals.com/2012/03/16/people-on-the-move/
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