CRE People on the Move (Week of May 18, 2026)

Kristin Koch has joined Hudson Valley Property Group as managing director & head of capital raising, while Diana Bellizzi, Matt Doty, Anna Perez, George Dandolos and Max Wofse advanced to new roles at the affordable housing firm. Bellizzi is managing director & head of investor relations, Doty is CFO & chief compliance officer, Perez is director of design and diligence, Dandolos is associate director of construction and Wofse is asset manager. Koch arrives from Jonathan Rose Cos., where she helped raise more than $1.4 billion for affordable housing strategies.

Portman has hired Keith Benator as executive vice president of capital markets. Benator joins from Jamestown, where he served as senior vice president of acquisitions. He has 20 years of commercial real estate experience and has sourced and closed more than $3 billion of capital across residential, mixed-use, retail, hotel, office and industrial assets.

Ashley Celinski and Ian Ouwerkerk have joined JLL Capital Markets as co-heads of agency lending production. Celinski comes from Fannie Mae, where she served as vice president of customer engagement, while Ouwerkerk joins from Freddie Mac, where he was senior vice president of multifamily underwriting and credit. They bring 16 and 18 years of agency experience, respectively, with backgrounds in customer engagement, credit underwriting, multifamily production and risk management.

Woodcliff Realty Advisors LLC has hired Cheri Cook as an ancillary income professional. Cook joins from Elevate CRE Consulting LLC, where she was founder & principal consultant, and specializes in retail revenue strategies beyond traditional leased spaces. Cook’s background includes specialty leasing and common-area initiatives at Taubman Centers, GGP, Kravco Co. and Trammell Crow Co.

James Crowder has joined TruAmerica Multifamily as managing director of affordable housing. Crowder arrives from CCI Inc., where he was executive vice president of acquisitions and asset management, and brings more than 15 years of affordable housing investment, development and operations experience. Crowder has executed more than $2 billion in transactions nationwide and previously held senior roles at LEDG Capital Partners and Hunt Capital Partners.

Kurt Davis has joined Colliers as senior vice president in the company’s Los Angeles office. Davis arrives from The Irvine Co., where he served as in-house leasing director, and specializes in office leasing for landlord and tenant clients. Davis’ background includes institutional leasing, landlord decision-making and asset-level strategy.

Premier Logistics Properties has hired Ryan Devine as vice president of acquisitions. Devine joins from Clarion Partners, where he worked in acquisitions, and has contributed to more than 50 commercial real estate transactions across the U.S. with a combined value of more than $5.5 billion. Devine previously served as a part-time lecturer in UCLA’s Master of Real Estate Development program.

Trey Dove has joined Partners Real Estate as senior vice president in the company’s Atlanta office. Dove arrives from Capital Real Estate Group and specializes in office tenant representation.

Brad Fahlgren has been promoted to managing director of strategic partnerships and capital formation at Bolour Associates Inc. Fahlgren built the company’s investor relations function and developed the infrastructure behind the company’s capital formation platform. The role supports a national investor base across family offices, RIAs and foundations.

Aprio has hired Robert Fraher for the company’s New York City real estate advisory team. Fraher has deep commercial real estate advisory experience, including work across acquisitions, repositioning, dispositions, due diligence, process improvement and audits. The appointment expands the company’s services for clients navigating transactions and regulatory changes.

Neill Kelly and Benjamin Gould have joined SRS Real Estate Partners’ New York City office as senior vice president & managing principal and vice president, respectively. Both arrive from CBRE and specialize in retail real estate advisory work, including dispositions, lease renegotiations, restructuring and valuation strategy.

Stream Realty Partners has hired Chris Oliver, David Guion, Trey Strake and Albert Spiers at the company’s Houston office. Oliver, Guion and Strake joined as vice chairmen, while Spiers joined as vice president. The team arrives from Cushman & Wakefield and brings more than 90 years of combined experience advising major corporate office users on headquarters transactions, build-to-suit developments and other high-impact deals.

Brandon Keesee has joined JLL’s Data Center and Critical Environments practice as managing director of hyperscale and colocation data centers, while Michael Martin has been promoted to managing director of data center operations. Keesee arrives from Apple, where he was a data center operations leader. Both are U.S. Navy veterans with data center leadership backgrounds.

Bluerock has hired Tyler Kimball as managing director & head of real estate credit at the company’s New York City headquarters. Kimball joins from Axonic Capital, where he served as managing director and spent more than a decade on a team that sourced and executed more than $10 billion of real estate transactions. Kimball’s experience spans lending, structured credit and special situations.

Stan Lotridge has joined Edge Realty Partners as principal in the company’s Dallas office. Lotridge arrives from CBRE, where he was senior vice president, and brings 30 years of commercial real estate experience focused on retail. Lotridge’s tenant advisory relationships have included ALDI Inc., Life Time Fitness, Capital One Bank, Target, Eyemasters Eyecare Centers and Bar Louie Restaurants.

Alliance Industrial Co. has promoted Chad Parrish to CIO from managing director. Parrish has overseen more than 10 million square feet of industrial development and helped launch three divisions, expand six markets and raise $1.2 billion in capital investments.

Matthew Pastrano has joined Colliers as senior vice president of multifamily capital markets in the company’s Dallas office. Pastrano arrives from CBRE, where he co-led the Dallas Private Client and Middle Market platform. Since 2023, Pastrano has executed more than $500 million in multifamily transactions throughout Dallas-Fort Worth, spanning recent construction, workforce housing and Low-Income Housing Tax Credit assets.

Patterson Real Estate Advisory Group has promoted Austin Smith to managing director & partner for the company’s Charlotte and North Carolina at large operations. Smith has been directly involved in closing more than 110 transactions encompassing $4.5 billion in project volume and $3 billion in direct capital placement. Before joining Patterson, Smith worked in JP Morgan’s Real Estate Banking group, providing financing solutions to institutional developers, owners and investors.

McDowell Housing Partners has hired Brian Villa as CIO. Villa joins from a Midwest-based affordable housing developer, where Villa held the same title, and brings nearly two decades of real estate investment experience. The affordable housing executive previously served as general counsel for a Low-Income Housing Tax Credit syndicator and practiced in corporate and real estate groups at a large regional law firm.

MRP Realty has promoted Zach Wade to president & COO from principal. Wade has nearly three decades of commercial real estate experience across acquisitions, capital raising and platform development. Wade helped build the company into an owner-investor developer with more than $8 billion in completed transactions across major property types.

GFP Real Estate launched GFP Development, naming Brian Steinwurtzel CEO, as well as Tom Ortinau and Scott Beadle as partners. Steinwurtzel previously served as co-CEO of GFP Real Estate and built the company’s development platform, while Ortinau headed acquisitions and Beadle led development and construction. The platform includes NYC office-to-residential conversions and adaptive reuse projects such as 25 Water St., 222 Broadway, 40 Exchange Place and 1540 Broadway.

Owen Biergans and Jacob Ramont have joined Colliers | West Michigan as brokers. Biergans previously worked at CBRE and coordinated logistics operations at Delta Airlines, while Ramont also joined from CBRE, bringing experience in the self storage sector. Ramont has worked with REITs, institutional funds, private equity groups and high-net-worth individuals.

Ware Malcomb has promoted Braden Blake to principal in the company’s Phoenix office. Blake joined the company as an intern in 2014 and became a project manager in 2018. He helped establish Ware Malcomb’s Advanced Projects Group, supporting semiconductor, electric vehicle and advanced manufacturing clients on multiphase campus build-outs exceeding $10 billion in construction costs.

Keller Williams Realty LLC has appointed Christopher Brodhead as chief revenue officer. He joins from Alesco Advisors, where he was principal & chief growth officer, and brings more than 20 years of leadership, business development, capital formation and investor relations experience. Brodhead previously held positions at Benefit Street Partners and Broadstone Real Estate LLC.

Skanska has promoted John Calvin to vice president & account manager for the company’s Mid-Atlantic building operations. Calvin is a nearly 25-year Skanska veteran who started at the company’s Winston-Salem, N.C., office and later held key roles in Roanoke, Va., and Charlottesville, Va. He has built long-standing partnerships with Carilion Clinic, Virginia Tech, Longwood University, The College of William and Mary and the University of Virginia.

Jon Carrasco has joined Partners Real Estate as senior vice president of research in Houston. He arrives from Avison Young, where he served as global lead of business intelligence, and brings more than 20 years of experience spanning commercial real estate, finance and medicine. Carrasco previously held research leadership roles at CBRE and Madison Marquette.

Jay Curran has been promoted to chairman & CEO at Crescent Communities. He previously served as president of multifamily and has been with the company since 2013. Curran led Crescent Communities’ multifamily and build-to-rent businesses, helping scale the platform into a multibillion-dollar portfolio.

Hillpointe has hired Nyssa Delos Santos as vice president of centralized operations. She joins from Weidner Apartment Homes, where she oversaw customer-experience initiatives for portfolios exceeding 70,000 apartments across the U.S. and Canada. Delos Santos brings more than a decade of multifamily leadership experience and began her career at Equity Residential.

Lee & Associates of Illinois has hired Marco Federow as senior associate. Federow joins from KWILL Real Estate Advisory, where he served as director & transportation lead, and started his industrial real estate career in 2020. He also held an industrial real estate role at MK Asset Management.

Newmark has appointed Jack Fuchs as president of Global Asset Services and a member of the company’s executive committee. Fuchs was previously CEO of Spring11, a Newmark subsidiary, where he scaled the business to more than 700 employees advising more than 300 clients worldwide. He brings more than 15 years of experience in due diligence, asset management and investing.

BISON Partners LLC has hired Todd Huber as head of asset management. Huber joins from Paragon Commercial Group, where he served as senior vice president of investments. He spent eight years leading retail acquisitions, development and asset management assignments across Southern California.

Newmark has appointed Tom Hundelt as global head of operations and risk and Justin Smith as global head of health, safety and environment for the company’s Occupier Solutions business. Hundelt has been with Newmark for nearly 20 years and previously led program & project management, while Smith joins from Cushman & Wakefield after serving as head of environmental health & safety for the Americas. Smith has also led global safety program development for data center construction operations at Amazon Web Services.

TMG Partners has promoted Ben Kochalski to co-CEO & CIO. Kochalski previously served as president & CIO and is a member of the company’s investment committee. Before joining TMG, he was principal & director of The John Buck Co.’s JBC West division, where he was responsible for more than $2.7 billion in acquisitions and dispositions.

Brandon Levinson has joined Stream Realty Partners as vice president in the company’s Houston office. Levinson arrives from Interra Capital Group, where he was leasing manager, and brings more than 10 years of commercial real estate experience. His background includes leasing and investment activity across the Houston office market.

Colliers | Phoenix has hired Ted Liles as executive vice president, Adrea Pringle as associate vice president & transaction manager and David Perez as senior associate. The trio will focus on industrial occupier advisory work, including lease negotiations, site selection, portfolio strategy, relocations, expansions, acquisitions and dispositions.

Tom Maloney has joined Cushman & Wakefield as chair of occupier advisory services. Maloney comes from JLL, where he was executive vice chairman, and brings more than 35 years of experience.

CBRE has named John Morris group president of leasing for the company’s U.S. and Canada advisory business and Chris Zubel executive managing director of industrial and logistics. Morris previously led CBRE’s Americas Industrial & Logistics business, overseeing $73.6 billion in leasing and sales transactions in 2025. Zubel is a 23-year CBRE veteran who previously served as executive managing director of investor services in industrial and logistics and will now oversee 840 brokers.

Sean Perrier has joined Lincoln Property Co. as vice president of industrial acquisitions for Southern California. Perrier arrives from CT Realty, where he focused on the acquisition, development and disposition of large-scale logistics parks. He brings a decade of commercial real estate experience, specializing in logistics center transactions and development.

Dan Stratis has joined Friedman Real Estate as market lead in the company’s Chicago office. Stratis brings more than 25 years of commercial real estate experience, having previously held leadership positions at Inland Real Estate and Draper & Kramer.

Slate Property Group has hired Cristina Wark as director of leasing for Abode Residential. Wark arrives from HUBBNYC, where she served as vice president of residential leasing, and brings more than a decade of multifamily and affordable housing leasing experience. She previously managed leasing for approximately 1,000 units at Olshan Properties.

Thomas Park Commercial has hired Tim Zulick as president. Zulick brings more than 30 years of commercial real estate experience across the Mid-Atlantic. He previously held leadership roles at CBRE, First Potomac Realty Trust and Trammell Crow Co.

Transwestern has hired Alissa Adler and John Homsher as managing directors in Chicago. Adler and Homsher join from Colliers’ office capital markets team and bring more than 35 years and more than 40 years of commercial real estate experience, respectively, across office, industrial and medical office assets.

Hunter Alexander has joined Colliers | Kansas City as senior vice president. Alexander brings a decade of experience advising on headquarters relocations, portfolio strategy, acquisitions, dispositions and lease restructurings, most recently through tenant-representation leadership roles at Stream Realty Partners and Pace Properties | Avison Young.

LevRose Commercial Real Estate has promoted Hunter Chasse to partner. Chasse previously served as senior advisor and specializes in office and industrial owner/user and investment sales throughout the Scottsdale, Ariz., market after building an earlier foundation in multifamily.

Luke Davis has joined Wood Partners as managing director in Washington, D.C. Davis arrives from Kettler, where he was CIO, and helped lead transactions totaling more than 16,000 units and more than $4 billion in capitalization.

Cushman & Wakefield has hired Ralph DePasquale and Liam Waters for its Chicago multifamily investment sales team as managing director and financial analyst, respectively. Both join from Berkadia and bring multifamily experience spanning investment sales, underwriting, market research and debt and equity restructuring work.

Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer has promoted Jimmy Fitch to senior portfolio manager in Richmond, Va. Fitch, a certified property manager, brings nearly a decade of commercial real estate management experience and previously held roles at Colliers and Wilton Properties.

Emma Jeffries and Michael Fränkle have joined Vantage Data Centers as global chief people officer and COO for EMEA, respectively. Jeffries previously served as chief people officer at ATOMS and earlier led people strategy for Iron Mountain, while Fränkle brings more than 25 years of telecommunications and digital infrastructure experience from senior roles across multiple companies.

Sentral has hired Nitesh Gandhi as chief commercial officer and Jenelle Shapiro as vice president of marketing. Gandhi founded Locale and brings more than a decade of experience across hospitality and technology, while Shapiro joins from Sares Regis Group with more than 15 years of multifamily and hospitality marketing leadership.

Gabriella Garcia, Lexi Keppler, Griffin Palmer and Kevin Reardon have been promoted at Midloch Investment Partners in Chicago. Garcia is now senior investor relations coordinator, Keppler has advanced to senior associate, Palmer became director of investments and Reardon was named director of asset management for the commercial portfolio.

Younger Partners has hired Steven Grant as managing director of retail brokerage in Dallas. Grant founded SLG Commercial and brings more than 20 years of experience spanning retail investment, brokerage, leasing and development.

Alexi Haas has joined INGAGE as chief operating officer of public affairs and governmental relations. Haas previously served as vice president of land acquisitions at Taylor Morrison and earlier held entitlements roles at Lennar, helping lead more than $500 million in land transactions across South Florida.

Stream Realty Partners has hired Ben Landes as director of market intelligence and technology for Florida. Landes joins from JLL and brings nearly a decade of experience at the intersection of commercial real estate, data and technology, with a focus on office and industrial assets.

Lindsay Lechner has joined Middleburg as managing director and head of capital markets. Lechner arrives from Trammell Crow Co. and brings nearly 20 years of finance and real estate experience, including nine years at PGIM Real Estate, structuring capital for large-scale multifamily development platforms.

Rob Russell and Harris O’Connell have joined Regions Bank’s real estate capital markets group as managing director and capital markets real estate transaction manager, respectively. The hires strengthen the bank’s multifamily capital markets platform, pairing Russell’s leadership background in special servicing and large-scale finance with O’Connell’s transaction management role.

Cortland has hired Sam Scherer as director of client relations and capital markets. Scherer joins from Virtus Real Estate Capital and brings capital markets experience and relationships with institutional investors.

Brian Smith has been promoted by Brand Properties to president of the management, leasing and advisory division in Atlanta. Smith previously served as executive vice president of leasing and development and now oversees a team of more than 60 professionals serving retail and office properties.

Andreas Vlahakis has joined Gilbane Development as head of capital markets in the company’s New York City office. Vlahakis arrives from Thor Equities, where he was managing director for capital markets, and brings experience across asset classes with an emphasis on ground-up multifamily and student housing investments.

Newmark has promoted Robert Vodinelic to head of strategy for its U.S. valuation and advisory business. Vodinelic previously served as regional managing director for the Midwest and Northeast and brings more than 25 years of experience across complex valuations, litigation matters and advisory assignments.

Peter Welch has joined SJP Properties as an investment associate. Welch arrives from Cushman & Wakefield’s capital markets team and has supported office, multifamily and mixed-use transactions across the New York City metropolitan area.

Brett Williams has joined Newmark as senior vice president of property management. Williams comes from Cushman & Wakefield, where he was executive managing director & Canada lead for asset services, and brings more than 25 years of experience overseeing office, industrial and retail portfolios totaling more than 200 million square feet.

Lincoln Property Co. has hired Nicole Audette as managing director of Los Angeles property management. Audette joins from Transwestern, where she was senior vice president of asset services. She brings more than 30 years of experience and has overseen more than 6 million square feet of commercial real estate across Los Angeles and Las Vegas.

Meredith Barry has joined Cortland as vice president of business development. Barry comes from The Bozzuto Group, where she most recently served as vice president of client services. She brings more than a decade of multifamily experience and has generated more than $11.5 million in management and advisory fees while representing more than 16,000 units at Bozzuto.

Ella Berckmans and Allison Buck have joined JLL‘s Nonprofit, Education & Government Practice in the New York City Tri-State Area as senior associate and managing director, respectively. Both joined from Savills, where they worked together for the past three years. They will advise mission-driven organizations across the region.

Basin Street Properties has promoted Stephen Biehle to CFO, Jacob Chaparian to vice president of leasing and Elaine Nelson to vice president of operations. Biehle joined the company 18 months ago and will oversee financial strategy, planning and reporting. Chaparian began as an intern eight years ago, while Nelson has spent 10 years with the firm and most recently served as director of property management.

Mason Bodie and Leslie Brown have joined Avison Young‘s Denver office as senior associate of investment sales and senior vice president of investment sales, respectively. Bodie arrives from Walker & Dunlop Investment Partners, where he managed real estate portfolios exceeding $1 billion, while Brown founded Colorado Craft Brokers and has closed more than $250 million in commercial real estate transactions. Their experience spans investment sales, structured capital, land and development assignments.

Newmark has appointed Eric Brown as the Americas head of project management. Brown joins from Turner & Townsend, where he led project management advisory services in New York City and New Jersey.

Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc. has promoted Kevin Collins to CEO and David Lyle to president. Collins previously served as president, while Lyle had been COO. Both are longtime company leaders, having been involved with the firm since 2009.

Russell Cooper, Nicole Diggs and Parker Larson have joined TMG Partners as partner, managing director of asset management and partner, respectively. Cooper comes from Spear Street Capital, Diggs previously managed more than 5 million square feet valued at more than $2.5 billion at PGIM and Larson has helped source, capitalize, develop and lease more than $1 billion of industrial, multifamily and office projects.

Transwestern has promoted Brooks Creech to managing director of its Dallas health-care services platform. Creech has spent nearly a decade in health-care real estate and has closed more than $800 million in capital markets transactions. He also serves health systems, physician groups and investors across medical office and other health-care assignments.

Tommy Crowe and Luke Zabinski have joined Lee & Associates‘ Atlanta office as directors. Crowe brings more than 20 years of commercial real estate experience, while Zabinski adds more than a decade in brokerage, transactions and finance. They will focus on landlord and tenant representation across the Atlanta market.

EAH Housing has hired Jed D’Abravanel as general counsel. D’Abravanel joins from Klein Hornig LLP, where he was a partner. He brings more than a decade of experience in affordable housing law, community economic development and complex real estate transactions.

Sean Daly, Adam Jaworski and Jack Rahner have joined Kite Realty Group as senior vice president of asset & property management, senior vice president & chief accounting officer and senior vice president & chief technology & innovation officer, respectively. Daly arrives from American Realty Advisors, Jaworski from Brookfield Properties Retail and Rahner from Welltower. The trio brings experience across asset management, accounting, retail operations and enterprise technology.

Alex Diaz has joined JLL as president of enterprise portfolio solutions. Diaz comes from Cushman & Wakefield, where he was global head of integrated portfolio management, growth and strategy. He brings more than 20 years of corporate real estate experience focused on outsourcing and integrated portfolio services.

Russell Ginise and Kyle Winning have joined LaSalle Investment Management as executive portfolio managing director and senior portfolio managing director, respectively. The pair most recently led Walker & Dunlop Affordable Preservation as president and CIO. Their background centers on affordable and multifamily housing, with Ginise tied to more than 100,000 apartment units across the U.S. and Puerto Rico and Winning responsible for or invested in more than 50,000 units.

Lument has hired Frank Hornung as senior director in its Seattle office. Hornung founded IPM Investments and brings more than 25 years of multifamily finance experience. Over his career, he has originated more than $3 billion in loans.

Natan Jacobs has joined ABI Multifamily‘s Phoenix headquarters team as vice president. Jacobs is a 20-year veteran of the Arizona multifamily market. He has closed more than 10,000 units totaling more than $750 million in sales volume and has also bought, renovated and developed more than 50 properties.

Austin Kay has been promoted by NAI Hallmark to first vice president & director of retail brokerage in Jacksonville, Fla. Kay has more than 12 years of commercial real estate experience in retail brokerage, tenant representation and landlord advisory work. He will continue to serve retail clients across the market.

Tyler Mouchet has been promoted to partner at Colliers Savannah. Mouchet’s expertise spans retail, office, multifamily, land and investment sales. He previously served as president of the Realtors Commercial Alliance.

Justin Schultz has been promoted to vice chair at CBRE in Los Angeles. Schultz has more than 25 years of commercial real estate experience across retail, industrial and office assignments. He advises some of CBRE’s largest clients on customized real estate strategies.

CBRE Investment Management has named Paul White to lead its flagship Europe, Middle East and Africa value-add fund series. White joins from Hines, where he managed the Hines European Real Estate Partners value-add series. He brings more than 20 years of experience across major real estate sectors in Europe and will be based in London when he joins in October 2026.

Jack Wood has been promoted to director at JLL Capital Markets in San Diego. Wood joined JLL as an analyst and has spent five years with the company. During that time, he participated in transactions totaling more than $1.3 billion in the manufactured housing sector.

Michael Billingsley has joined Bayview PACE as vice president of transaction management, while Ian Wilkin has come aboard as senior associate of marketing. Billingsley brings 16 years of finance experience and prior roles at Nuveen, Freddie Mac Multifamily, Greystone and NorthMarq, while Wilkin adds 12 years of marketing experience across the public and private sectors, including prior work tied to C-PACE financing at Nuveen Green Capital.

GID Residential Partners has hired Josh Boling as senior managing director to expand its multifamily development platform. Boling joins from Audubon Communities, where he was chief development officer, and brings 22 years of real estate experience, including 13 years developing communities across Georgia.

Douglas Emmett Inc. has elected Andy Cohen as a director on its board. Cohen spent 43 years at Gensler, most recently as global co-chair after nearly two decades as co-CEO, and helped lead the firm to more than $2 billion in revenue.

Crow Holdings Development has hired Travis Conley as senior associate of construction management for its New Jersey team. Conley has more than 15 years of experience in executing ground-up developments, redevelopments and capital improvement programs across commercial and industrial assets.

Mishelle Conti has joined Carolina Commercial as director of leasing. Conti most recently served as senior director of leasing and managing broker at Regency Properties, where she oversaw a 61-property retail portfolio totaling more than 6 million square feet across 19 states.

Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer has hired Julie Dewey as vice president of brokerage operations. Dewey previously was a director of market operations at Cushman & Wakefield and brings more than 15 years of experience in brokerage support, facilities management, financial oversight and multistate business operations.

Dusty Eddy has joined MCR Cos. as partner & head of multifamily. Eddy founded Eddy Capital and previously led 29th Street Capital’s Southwest multifamily platform, where he contributed to the acquisition of 22 properties totaling more than 3,500 units.

CBRE has added Brooke Howard as vice president of capital markets and Shay Kenney as vice president of office leasing in its Greater Boston team. Howard previously handled investment sales in Boston at JLL after earlier capital markets work at Colliers, while Kenney joins from JLL’s Cambridge leasing team after having previously worked at CBRE in New York City.

Rohit Kinra has joined CRG as senior vice president & partner. Kinra arrives from Iron Mountain, where he led hyperscale and global marketing work, and brings more than two decades of real estate and technology experience in the data center sector.

Progressive Real Estate Partners has promoted Roxanne Klein to senior vice president and Lance Mordachini to vice president. Klein works in retail leasing and sales across the Western Inland Empire, Eastern San Gabriel Valley and Northern Orange County, while Mordachini focuses on retail acquisitions and dispositions across the Inland Empire and San Gabriel Valley.

Mark Kreisman has been promoted to global president of the financial services division at JLL. A company veteran of more than 18 years, Kreisman previously served as global head of corporate real estate and helped oversee a roughly 1 billion-square-foot portfolio.

Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer has hired Michael Mayhew as senior vice president. Mayhew joins from Commonwealth Commercial Partners and has completed more than $100 million in industrial transactions, primarily involving middle-market properties under 100,000 square feet.

Drew McWilliams has joined Greysteel as a director at the firm’s national affordable housing practice. McWilliams arrives from Ariel Property Advisors and his deal experience ranges from Section 8 and HAP contract properties, HPD regulatory deals and mixed-income regulatory agreements to LIHTC communities.

The Michaels Organization has named Mark Morgan president and John O’Donnell CEO. Morgan had been serving as interim CEO, while O’Donnell has returned from a voluntary leave that began in June 2024.

James O’Neill has joined Divaris Real Estate as managing principal broker at the firm’s Washington, D.C., office. O’Neill most recently led JT O’Neill Co. as president & principal broker and brings more than 35 years of Mid-Atlantic retail real estate experience, including earlier leadership roles at Lincoln Property Co., KLNB and Trammell Crow.

Greer Oxford has joined Kurv Industrial as Dallas market officer. Oxford was previously with Nuveen Real Estate and brings more than 16 years of experience sourcing, underwriting and executing industrial acquisitions and development projects.

Avison Young has hired Leeanne Rizzo as principal & New England market leader. Rizzo joins from Hunneman and has more than 20 years of office real estate experience advising tenants and landlords on leasing, sales and development across Greater Boston and the broader New England market.

Chartwell Capital Partners has hired Bryce Tabb as chief operating officer. Tabb joins from Inspire Development; his multifamily experience across underwriting, entitlement, capitalization and asset-level decision-making spans more than a decade.

Vinh Thai has been promoted to head of investments at Zenith IOS. With the company since 2022, Thai previously served as senior vice president of investments. He had also worked at LCOR, Carmel Partners and Wells Fargo.

Grace Altamura has joined Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer as an associate. Altamura focuses on office sales, leasing and tenant representation.

Shutts & Bowen LLP has added Christine Anchía Crousillat as a partner. Anchía Crousillat brings more than 25 years of commercial real estate law experience spanning office, retail and industrial matters.

Laurie Baker, Benjamin Fraker and Alexander Jessett have taken on new leadership roles at Camden Property Trust. Baker is now president & COO, Fraker has become executive vice president, CFO & treasurer and Jessett has been promoted to CEO. All three are longtime leaders within Camden’s multifamily platform, with Baker and Jessett joining the company in 1999 and Fraker in 2000.

Cushman & Wakefield has hired Nick Hilton as executive managing director, Brendan McBride as executive director, Adriana Balidemaj as brokerage specialist and Ryan Haggerty and Brody Strickland as transaction managers. The additions bolster the firm’s Global Portfolio Solutions business across office, industrial, retail and data center work. Hilton joins from CBRE with more than two decades of experience and more than $2 billion in completed transactions, while McBride arrives from JLL after more than 20 years advising on office headquarters and portfolio strategy.

Brixton Capital has added Matthew Bateman to its internal board of advisors. Bateman’s most recent position is COO of Westcore, and he brings more than 20 years of commercial real estate experience spanning multifamily, office and industrial properties. He also teaches at the University of San Diego Knauss School of Business.

Mike Bell has been promoted to executive vice president at Hunt Midwest. Bell holds more than 30 years of construction and development experience and has been with the company for more than 15 years, where he works in industrial development.

Grant Butler, Lauren Dodds, Chandler Messer, Moody Mishal, Joanna Switzer, Gina Toney, Kat Waddell and Jordie White have all been promoted within Colliers | South Carolina. Butler and Toney are now senior property managers, Messer has become property manager, Dodds and White have advanced to assistant property managers, Mishal is senior property accountant, Switzer is operations coordinator for South Carolina and Waddell is operations specialist for South Carolina. The group works across office, retail and industrial properties. Their new roles span property operations, accounting, tenant and vendor coordination, team leadership and process support.

ACTS Retirement-Life Communities Inc. has promoted Karen Christiansen to CEO. Christiansen was previously president and, before that, executive vice president & CFO.

Andrew Chung has joined Extell Development Co. as president & co-CEO. Chung arrives from Innovo Property Group, where he was founder, after earlier senior roles at The Carlyle Group.

DC Partners has promoted Roberto Contreras IV to CEO. Contreras has played a hands-on role in every development the firm has completed to date, with the company’s portfolio exceeding $1 billion and 4 million square feet across 22 projects.

GID Residential Partners has hired Omar Del Rio as senior managing director as it expands its multifamily development platform in Florida. Del Rio brings more than 30 years of real estate development experience and joins from Eastwind Development after earlier leadership roles at Related Cos. and Fairfield Residential.

Scott Dixon has joined ExchangeRight as senior vice president of the Pacific Northwest. Dixon brings more than 20 years of financial services experience and will support the company’s retail real estate work in the region.

Franklin Group has expanded its leadership team with Jason Drane as senior vice president of growth and innovation, Erin Ruane as vice president of marketing and Katherine Vance as vice president of compliance. The appointments strengthen the company’s multifamily and affordable housing platform. Drane brings operations and client relations experience, Ruane adds marketing and demand-generation expertise and Vance specializes in affordable housing compliance and regulatory oversight.

Andrea Drasites has joined MetLife Investment Management as global head of real estate and agricultural finance. Drasites arrives from Blackstone, where she was a senior managing director in the real estate group, after 13 years with the firm and earlier senior roles at Equity One Inc. and Woolbright Development.

JLL has appointed Louise Dunne as executive director of account management in its technology division. Dunne joins from Intel, where she was vice president of product operations and transformation, and brings more than 20 years of Fortune 100 leadership experience. Her background includes operation and transformation work supporting large office and data center portfolios of more than 5 million square feet.

Jeff Ecton, Frank Hartmann and Kelley Sigl have joined Savills as associate director, managing director and senior managing director, respectively. The trio focuses on office assignments. Hartmann brings more than 20 years of experience spanning advisory, site selection and economic development. Sigl joins from JLL after more than two decades in commercial real estate.

Madison Commercial has named Joshua Hamby executive managing director. Hamby brings more than a decade of retail real estate development experience and previously held leadership roles at Hutton and Woodhaven Development Group.

CBRE has promoted Steffen Kammerer to executive managing director of advisory services in Northern California and Reno, Nev. A company veteran who previously led its Silicon Valley, Palo Alto, Calif., and Burlingame, Calif., offices, Kammerer has worked in brokerage and leadership roles for more than a decade, including earlier positions at Colliers and JLL.

Mark Lawson has joined Gilbane Development as director for business development. Lawson comes from the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, where he was portfolio director, and brings extensive experience working within and alongside universities on student housing and related projects.

CBRE has hired Michael Lirtzman as managing director of office investor leasing. Lirtzman joins from Colliers, where he led U.S. office agency leasing and served as a principal in Chicago, after earlier executive roles at Sterling Bay and Transwestern. He has completed more than 4 million square feet of lease transactions and contributed to more than $3 billion in property sales.

Debbi Papel has joined Ware Malcomb as director of project accounting. Papel brings more than 10 years of project accounting and financial operations leadership experience and most recently served as a global financial partner.

Megan Adamic, Lee Larcher and Makenna Wesely have joined Western Retail Advisors in Arizona. Adamic and Larcher will serve as senior associates, while Wesely is set to take the mantle of associate vice president. Adamic will work with tenants, property owners, investors and developers across Arizona. Larcher brings more than a decade of advisory experience across multiple asset classes and Wesely focuses on portfolio strategy and emerging-brand expansion.

S2 Capital has hired Danny Bernstein as vice president of acquisitions for the Southeast in its industrial division. Based in Atlanta, he joins from Link Logistics and brings local market expertise, as well as broker and owner relationships built over a career spent largely in the market.

Jamie Butler and Jason McFadden have joined Northmarq‘s Washington, D.C., debt and equity team as managing director and senior vice president, respectively. Butler previously led capital markets teams at Walker & Dunlop and CBRE and has arranged more than $15 billion in financing, while McFadden closed more than $4.9 billion in debt and equity deals during a more than 12-year tenure at Walker & Dunlop.

Gladstone Commercial Corp. has promoted Arthur Cooper to CEO & president, John Sateri to CIO, Gary Gerson to CFO, assistant treasurer & executive vice president and Ryan Carter to executive vice president. Cooper has been with Gladstone since its 2001 inception. Sateri is a 20-year veteran of the company, Gerson has served as CFO and assistant treasurer since 2021 and Carter has been managing director since 2021.

Nikki Chavez has joined Interstate Equities Corp. as director of capital formation. She arrives from BKM Capital Partners, where she led investor relations and capital raising, after earlier roles at Berkadia, PIMCO and Healthpeak Properties Inc.

Vista Residential Partners has hired Alex Eyssen as senior managing director. He joins from Mill Creek Residential and brings more than 20 years of experience in multifamily development, including student housing work on projects with more than $1.5 billion in capitalization.

Carl Fiebig has joined Newmark as executive managing director. He previously worked at JLL Capital Markets after it acquired HFF and has handled more than $15 billion in multifamily transactions involving more than 50,000 units over the past decade.

MacKenzie Commercial Real Estate Services LLC has hired Phil Gould as a real estate adviser in its Annapolis, Md., regional office. He joins from Cushman & Wakefield after earlier work at CBRE and specializes in industrial warehouse and land assets.

Lisa Hurd has been promoted at The RADCO Cos. to president, CIO & CEO of RADCO Living. A company veteran since 2012, she has helped reposition more than 100 multifamily assets across multiple markets and secure several billion dollars of debt and equity capital.

Julio Lewis has been promoted at Logistics Property Co. to executive vice president & head of asset management. Based in Chicago, he has more than 15 years of commercial real estate experience and has worked on more than 50 million square feet of leasing, dispositions and operations across industrial and commercial assets.

The NRP Group has hired Taylor Lindsley as vice president of development for Florida. She joins from Milhaus and brings experience across multifamily, industrial and retail projects, following earlier work at Wadsworth Development Group and construction work at JE Dunn Construction.

Steven Loffman has joined Houlihan Lokey Inc. as managing director & lead of the U.S. real estate capital advisory practice. He spent 18 years at Raymond James, where he managed more than 200 transactions and raised more than $75 billion across public and private capital markets.

Gildred Cos. has promoted Brook Logan to CEO. She previously served as COO and CFO at the company, and her background also includes senior leadership roles at Emerald Textiles, Eli Lilly and Ernst & Young.

Skanska New England has promoted Mark Lootz to vice president & account manager. A 13-year company veteran with more than 40 years in construction, he has led projects including Watermark, Two Drydock, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Emergency Department and the Simmons University Living Learning Center.

Ryan McCue has been promoted to vice president at Colliers‘ Columbia, S.C., office. A longtime member of the South Carolina team, he received the Top Producers Award in 2024 and the Rising Star Award in 2020 and earned the Accredited Land Consultant designation in 2021.

Affinius Capital has hired John Parsons as managing director & head of U.S. data center development. He has overseen the entitlement, acquisition, leasing and development of more than 15 gigawatts of data center capacity across the Americas.

Alex Porter has joined Phelps‘ Nashville, Tenn., office as a real estate partner. He handles acquisitions, dispositions, financing and leasing involving multifamily, medical office, office and industrial assets and has guided more than 40 transactions each year for more than five years.

Blackstone has hired Courtney Reagan as senior editor of Blackstone Insights. She spent 20 years at CNBC, where she covered business news, global economies, retail and consumer trends and equity and commodity markets.

Mike Shaffer has joined Katten as a partner in its structured finance practice. He comes from Churchill Real Estate and advises clients on CMBS, CRE CLOs and repurchase facilities, as well as securitizations involving single-family rentals, residential mortgage-backed securities and auto loans.

Portman has hired Ian Slavin as vice president of residential development. He joins from MIVO Development Group after earlier work at Encore Capital Management and brings 15 years of multifamily development experience spanning more than 5,000 units.

Cubby Sporrong has joined Lincoln Property Co. as managing director of its investment management platform. She arrives from TPG Angelo Gordon, where she co-led West Coast acquisitions and asset management initiatives, after earlier work in real estate investment sales at Eastdil Secured.

Continental Realty Corp. has promoted Rachel Young to director of multifamily asset management. A 13-year industry veteran, she previously served as senior asset manager at the company and earlier held asset management roles at Hudson Capital Properties, CAHEC Management and JP Morgan.

Barker Pacific Group has added Mory Barak as executive chairman and Jeff Weller as a board member. Both joined from Lion Real Estate Group, where they were co-CEOs and co-founders. They bring more than 50 years of combined experience in real estate investment, capital raising and asset management.

Kim Beamish has been promoted to executive vice president of investor relations at Madison Capital Group. She founded the firm’s investor relations department, and she helped expand the team from one person to seven. Beamish oversaw the growth in equity under management from about $1.2 billion to $4 billion.

Newmark has hired Michael Bennett and Jim Bob Taylor as vice chairmen, Kaleigh Schlosser and Matt Skole as senior managing directors and Tony LaScola as transaction manager in Atlanta. The five additions expand the firm’s industrial advisory capabilities in Atlanta.

Marcus & Millichap has promoted John Horowitz to executive managing director, Jason Moskowitz to managing director, Luca Cobucci to senior director and Thomas Shihadeh to senior managing director of its Northeast operations. The moves expand leadership across the division, including its New York City and New England markets.

Jeffrey Erxleben has been promoted to president of capital markets at Northmarq. A 23-year veteran of the company, he previously led its debt and equity platform and advises clients on joint venture equity, structured finance and core debt strategies.

Kite Realty Group has promoted Heath Fear to president & CFO. He previously served as executive vice president & CFO. Fear will oversee the company’s financial initiatives and investment strategy, while also maintaining joint venture relationships, to name a few responsibilities.

Cole Haverty, Max MacArthur-Ricciuti, Lauren Gausden and Charles Sheaffer have joined Stockdale Capital Partners. Haverty will serve as vice president of acquisitions, MacArthur-Ricciuti as senior vice president of capital formation, Gausden as senior vice president of retail leasing and Sheaffer as head of engineering, property management.

Cortland has hired Jennifer Glasgow as vice president of brand strategy and experience. Glasgow joined from The MODIV Group after leading brand and experience strategy there, and she brings more than 15 years of experience across hospitality and lifestyle sectors.

Kyle Knox has been promoted to partner at Partners Real Estate’s Dallas office. He previously was managing director of financial institution valuation and has underwritten, appraised and financed more than $4 billion of bridge and permanent real estate loans.

CBRE has promoted Mike Taquino and Kyle Kovac to co-heads of office capital markets in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Taquino/Kovac team has advised on more than $30 billion in commercial real estate transactions over nearly two decades.

Kim Kretowicz has joined NAI James E. Hanson as senior vice president & member of the NAI Global Healthcare Advisory Group. She arrived from Colliers’ National Healthcare Services Group and specializes in medical outpatient investment sales, physician sale-leasebacks and medical office leasing.

Cushman & Wakefield has hired Victoria Lake as CFO of APAC and EMEA. She spent 20 years at Accenture, most recently as deputy CFO for the EMEA business, and also held leadership roles in corporate development.

Catherine Lynch has been promoted to chief of staff at The Inland Real Estate Group LLC. A 36-year Inland veteran, she previously served in leadership roles at Inland Private Capital Corp., Inland Securities Corp. and The Inland Group LLC.

Brennan Investment Group has promoted Bobby Martin to vice president of net lease. Martin joined the firm in 2017 and has helped its single-tenant net-lease platform complete more than $1.7 billion of transactions totaling 23 million square feet across 23 states.

IPA Capital Markets, a division of Marcus & Millichap, has hired Andrew Nesbitt as a director. He specializes in arranging structured-finance solutions for multifamily, hospitality, retail, industrial, office and land transactions in Middle Tennessee.

Justin Parlato, Ian Stroud and Jocque Sheldon have joined Verti Commercial Real Estate’s newly formed Indiana-based multifamily advisory team. The hires mark the firm’s expansion into Indiana.

The CRE Finance Council has announced the retirement of Lisa Pendergast, who led the company for a decade. During her tenure as chief, the organization expanded its membership by more than 30 percent.

Justin Rossi has joined Jon M. Hall Co. as CEO. He previously was senior vice president of construction operations at Rudolph Libbe Inc. and has held senior leadership roles at construction firms generating more than $1 billion in annual revenue.

First Industrial Realty Trust Inc. has appointed Frank Schmitz to its board. Schmitz previously was a senior advisor at PJT Partners and before that, he co-founded Park Hill Real Estate Group, bringing nearly four decades of experience in lending, development, capital markets and cross-border investment.

Blaine Sinclair has joined Lee & Associates in Houston as a director. Blaine will expand the firm’s leasing platform and boost the Houston office’s portfolio across the region’s major submarkets. He will represent landlords and investors across lease deals.

Raven Property Advisors has hired Jared Sobel as a principal in its capital markets division. Sobel joined from Walker & Dunlop after closing more than $5 billion in loans across about 1,000 transactions.

Sam Soller has been promoted to director of operations support at PeakMade Real Estate. He has more than 15 years of student housing experience and was named associate of the year in 2024.

Merchants Capital has promoted Jillian Standish to executive vice president & chief credit officer. She has managed underwriting and credit risk for nearly 200 partnerships representing more than $2.7 billion in equity under management at the company.

Mark Thompson has joined Cresset as executive managing director of institutional consulting. He spent the last eight years building institutional consulting businesses, including Morgan Stanley’s Fiduciary Consulting Group, a platform that grew to $200 billion in assets.

Century Housing has hired Jacqueline Waggoner as president & CEO. She joined from Enterprise Community Partners after helping mobilize more than $1 billion in impact investments and grants during a more than 25-year career in affordable housing.

James Wilber has joined Newmark’s Atlanta office as a senior managing director. He has completed more than 250 transactions totaling about $10 billion across his career.

George Bonvillain, Michael Fasano, Greg Kelly, Bill Nguyen, Taylor Sekanovich, Tyler Smith and Jesse Whalen have joined Avison Young in a Southeast expansion spanning Miami, Atlanta, Tampa, Fla., Orlando, Fla., and Charleston, S.C. Fasano comes from RIPCO Real Estate, Whalen from Bull Realty, Bonvillain from ELIFIN, Kelly from Kidder Mathews, Nguyen from Saunders Real Estate, Smith from JLL and Sekanovich from Harbor Commercial Partners. The group will cover capital markets, office, industrial, industrial outdoor storage and retail assignments.

Wenzhen Cai has joined Monday Properties as vice president of accounting. She previously served at Brookfield Properties and brings more than 15 years of real estate accounting experience across office and multifamily assets.

Mark Cathemer has been promoted to vice president of construction for St. John Properties Inc. in Utah. He previously served as assistant vice president of construction and oversees flex/R&D, warehouse, retail and office development, with more than 1.2 million square feet delivered since the company entered the state in 2014.

Garrett Derderian has joined Cushman & Wakefield as vice president of Americas corporate communications. He previously led external communications at Greystar and brings more than 10 years of experience building and scaling public relations and corporate communication functions.

Lincoln Property Co. has added George Phelps as vice president of project management, Chad DeRossett as senior vice president and Matthew Siedow as senior transaction manager to expand its health-care advisory platform. Phelps, DeRossett and Siedow all joined from Holladay Properties, where they worked on health-care real estate assignments, including millions of square feet of managed and brokered space.

Brad Fox has joined Colliers as senior vice president in Southern California. He specializes in industrial sales, leasing, land assemblage and site selection, and has completed more than $380 million in transactions across a career spanning more than 12 years.

Rosewood Property Co. has hired Patrick Hart as vice president of investments. Hart joins from Public Storage and will focus on nationwide self-storage and industrial acquisitions and development after more than 10 years of underwriting and executing complex projects.

Mike Hieshima and Caden Westwick have joined SRS Real Estate Partners in Santa Barbara, Calif., where Hieshima is senior vice president & principal and Westwick is associate. Hieshima arrives from Lockehouse Retail Group with more than 38 years of retail experience and nearly 2,000 transactions, while Westwick also comes from Lockehouse and represents landlords and retailers, including The Kroenke Group, Brixton Capital and Regency Centers.

JLL has reshaped its San Antonio leadership team by naming Jeff Miller market lead and Brian Kates office tenant representation lead, while moving Chuck King and Mark Krenger into advisory roles. Miller, King and Krenger all held prior leadership roles in the office before the change, and Kates brings 13 years of office tenant representation experience and more than 300 completed transactions.

Charles Laginestra, Josh Krantz and Nick Savage have joined Binswanger‘s Northern New Jersey office, where Laginestra and Krantz are senior vice presidents and Savage is vice president. Laginestra brings more than 30 years of office leasing experience, Krantz brings 40 years spanning industrial and retail investment sales and owner representation, and Savage brings more than 20 years advising corporate occupiers on office strategy in New Jersey and the New York area.

Partners Real Estate has added Chris Wong as an equity partner and JJ Leonard as partner & managing director in Dallas. Wong’s track record includes Bradford Commercial Real Estate and Austin Industries, with industrial and land experience that includes some 1.8 million square feet and 590 acres of transactions valued at $375 million. Leonard was brought in to lead the Dallas office.

Rashmi Madan and Simona Maellare are taking on expanded roles at Blackstone‘s private wealth business. Madan, a 15-year veteran of the firm, was promoted to the newly created role of global head of portfolio solutions, while Maellare joined from UBS as head of EMEA for private wealth.

MacKenzie Commercial Real Estate Services has promoted Nick Maggio, Graham Sevy and Patrick Smith to senior real estate advisors. Maggio works across retail and flex/industrial assets in Greater Baltimore, Sevy focuses on industrial and flex properties, and Smith represents tenants, landlords and investors across office, retail and industrial assignments.

Robert Mansell has joined Savills as managing director of industrial services in Philadelphia. He previously managed global tenant accounts at EQT Real Estate and has executed more than 5 million square feet of lease transactions for corporate occupiers.

Provident Industrial has hired Eric Moser as market officer for Northeast industrial development and acquisitions. Moser joins from Logistics Property Co. after helping develop more than 6 million square feet of industrial projects and overseeing more than $1 billion of commercial real estate development over his career.

Chance Nelson has been promoted to senior vice president of operations at Go Store It Self Storage. He previously served as director of remote solutions and brings more than 15 years of self storage experience, including work with public REITs and private operators.

CarePartners Senior Living has promoted Shawn Tacey to CEO and hired Shilpa Patel as COO. Tacey has served as the company’s lead business counsel and will guide growth across Washington and Arizona, while Patel brings extensive senior living operations experience.

JR Plyler has joined Thompson Thrift as CIO. He previously served as senior managing director & head of investments at another national development and management platform, where the business grew to more than $12 billion in assets under management and raised more than $5 billion in external equity.

Mark Sabatino has joined Transwestern Services as managing senior vice president of asset services for National Healthcare Advisory Services. He most recently served at Healthpeak Properties and brings more than 25 years of health-care real estate experience, including management of portfolios valued at more than $3 billion and lease negotiations topping $500 million.

The Roxborough Group has hired Christine Schadlich as director of investor relations. Schadlich joins from Carmel Partners, where she helped raise more than $3 billion in equity. She also served at Prologis, Alecta and Stockbridge.

John Neal Scott has joined Cushman & Wakefield as senior director of office agency leasing in Atlanta. He previously served as a senior vice president at Foundry Commercial and brings 16 years of experience spanning office leasing, acquisitions, asset management and construction strategy.

Daniel Sprague has joined McShane Construction Co. as director of business development. He most recently was senior business development manager at Wieland and managed a pipeline of 25 assignments totaling $400 million.

Brian Velo has joined ISS North America as senior vice president of sales for North America. He previously served as senior managing director of enterprise solutions at CBRE Global Workplace Solutions and brings about 20 years of commercial real estate, facilities management and project management experience.

Brennan Investment Group has promoted Harrison Wright to vice president of corporate real estate solutions. Wright has spent more than 2.5 years with the company and will continue to originate and execute industrial corporate real estate assignments, including surplus asset sales and sale-leasebacks.

Cate Agnew has joined Newmark as managing director in its valuation and advisory practice of data centers and life science properties. Agnew previously was chief review appraiser at Natixis and U.S. Bank and has held senior risk and advisory roles at TIAA and Cornerstone.

Lincoln Property Co. has formed an integrated leadership team for its Florida platform, promoting Diego Juncadella to market partner for Florida, Ed Price to head of operations, Tyler Reece to senior vice president & head of acquisitions and development and Monique Bardino to director of property management. The team will oversee operations, acquisitions, development and property management across the state.

John Bates has joined Prime Data Centers as executive vice president of development and power. Bates previously founded Radial Power, scaling it to 300 MW of late-stage and operating assets and raising more than $500 million in equity and debt financing.

Perform Properties has hired Brad Bazley as senior vice president & chief technology officer at its Santa Monica, Calif., headquarters. Bazley previously served as vice president & CIO for enterprise and legal technology at Internet Brands and brings more than 20 years of experience in enterprise technology and operational transformation.

Cushman & Wakefield has hired Chris Collins and Evan Miller as senior directors in Minneapolis, joining its multifamily investment sales platform. The pair comes from Marcus & Millichap, where they spent 13 years and collaborated on more than 200 multifamily property sales across five states and nearly 80 cities.

Michael Collins has joined Inland Securities Corp. as head of global wealth. Collins previously was managing director on Hunter Point Capital’s capital formation team and has held roles at Easterly Asset Management, Kennedy Wilson and Blackstone.

Hillpointe has promoted Levi Cortez to senior vice president of multifamily operations and advanced Margaux Cutler and Kenson Dera to regional vice presidents. Cortez brings more than 20 years of property management and operations experience, Cutler has more than a decade in multifamily and student housing, and Dera has led five new-construction lease-ups.

Eric Crutchfield has joined Savills as vice chairman in its Dallas office, focusing on industrial brokerage. Crutchfield previously was executive vice president in Stream Realty Partners’ industrial division and has completed more than 40 million square feet of transactions valued at nearly $1 billion.

JLL Value & Risk Advisory has hired Becci Curry as global head of strategy, quality management & institutional lead and added Eric Durden as U.S. head of value & risk advisory. Curry and Durden both join from CBRE, where Curry led quality management for the Americas and Durden led valuation and advisory services for the South division.

Jeff Edelstein has been promoted to president at Roadside Development in Washington, D.C. Edelstein has been with Roadside since 2007 and previously was a partner, helping expand a portfolio that includes City Ridge and City Market at O.

Savills has promoted Kim Esposito to executive vice president & global head of lease administration and audit within the firm’s global occupier services group in Tampa, Fla. Esposito has more than 20 years of industry experience and will oversee delivery hubs and service teams across Florida, Texas, the Philippines, Poland and the U.K.

NAI James E. Hanson has hired Brian Godau as vice president in its Parsippany, N.J., office. Godau was previously first vice president at CBRE and brings more than 30 years of experience in brokerage and corporate real estate management, including 25 years with CBRE in Northern New Jersey.

Larry Grantham has joined G4 Capital Partners as senior managing director, leading capital formation and West Coast expansion in Los Angeles. Grantham co-founded Calmwater Capital and oversaw $4 billion in commercial real estate credit investments at the company for more than 15 years.

Monday Properties has hired Ted Hallinan as senior vice president of construction in its Washington, D.C.-area office. Hallinan brings 30 years of project management and development experience.

Ace Richardson has joined MRP Industrial as senior vice president, supporting Southeast expansion from a new Charlotte, N.C., regional office. Tim Hudson has been promoted to the same role. Richardson comes from Red Rock Developments, where he was senior vice president of development and worked on industrial projects in the Carolinas. Hudson joined MRP in 2020 and has overseen 11 buildings totaling 5.7 million square feet for clients including Walmart and Maersk.

Madison Capital Group has hired Archie Hughes as executive vice president. Hughes joins from Stockbridge and brings 25 years of financial services experience focused on alternative investments including DSTs, REITs, private equity, interval funds and BDCs.

Patrick Mullen has joined Marcus & Millichap in New York City, while Dan Karp has joined the firm in Boston as associate director. Mullen comes from Catalyst Investment Partners, focusing on industrial outdoor storage, and previously served on JLL’s investment sales team. Karp brings more than a decade of experience in capital markets and asset management after holding senior roles at KEW Management Group and Northmarq.

Zachary Pasanen and Tyler Swann have been promoted to co-heads of North American investments at W. P. Carey. They will co-lead sourcing, underwriting and structuring for sale-leaseback and build-to-suit deals on long-term net leases. Pasanen joined the company in 2011 and Swann in 2013.

Jim Pruitt has joined Saunders Real Estate to lead the firm’s valuation division. Pruitt previously was chief appraiser at AgAmerica Lending and brings more than 33 years of experience valuing commercial, agricultural and special-use properties.

Peter Sibilia has joined LaSalle Investment Management as head of U.S. transactions. Sibilia previously led the Adoor Residential division at Rithm Capital and executed more than $10 billion in transactions during more than 15 years at J.P. Morgan Asset Management.

SL Green Realty Corp. has promoted Harrison Sitomer to president & CIO. Sitomer was already CIO, landing that role in 2022. He helped launch the company’s $1.3 billion debt fund.

Walker & Dunlop has hired Mark Washington as managing director of capital markets and multifamily investment sales in Seattle. Washington joins from CBRE’s capital markets group in the Pacific Northwest.

Jeffery Allman Jr., Jamie Carl, Casey Combs, Cristen Crosby, Stuart Duffin, Thomas Johnson, Douglas Legler, James McKinney, Nicholas Nightingale, Erik Odegard, JJ Sanguily, Nikolaus Schroth and Nicole Sirois have joined Cushman & Wakefield in Stuart, Fla., as brokers, valuation & advisory professionals and marketing/administrative staff. The hires will support office, industrial and retail clients across Florida’s Treasure Coast.

The Michaels Organization has placed Gen Bauer in charge of the firm’s property management platform and moved Kimberlee Schreiber into a business development role focused on fee management. Bauer previously was executive vice president, overseeing more than 75,000 apartment units, while Schreiber most recently served as president.

Jack Doheny has joined Cross Street as principal broker & managing broker for the firm’s Cleveland-area operation. Doheny spent more than 16 years at The Krueger Group, most recently as a partner & vice president.

Newmark has added Lauren Esquivel, Weston King and Dalton Knipe as directors to its Dallas agency leasing division. Esquivel will focus on office assignments, while King and Knipe will work in industrial agency leasing.

Lightstone Capital has hired Elias Haddad to lead debt originations for its Central region. Haddad joins from Cedar Ridge Capital Partners, where he served as a managing partner specializing in distressed credit, bridge lending and structured finance.

Amanda Hansen has moved up to managing senior vice president at Transwestern in Dallas, leading property management. She previously served as vice president & general manager at CityLine and brings more than 17 years of experience in managing office, industrial and medical office assets.

Reef Capital Partners has promoted Harry Hirsch to chief hospitality officer. Hirsch has more than 20 years of luxury hospitality experience and will help guide the firm’s hotel platform.

Diana Jeffrey has joined HED in Boston as architect in the firm’s health-care practice. Jeffrey brings nearly two decades of experience leading complex medical projects and is an AIA member.

Marcus & Millichap has added Alexander Kidani as associate director of investments and Trent Thoms as managing director of investments in Honolulu. Kidani completed Marcus & Millichap’s William A. Millichap Fellowship Program, while Thoms has leased more than 2 million square feet of industrial property in Hawaii.

Courtney Knightstep-Buckout has joined Lee & Associates in Houston as a director focused on office landlord representation. A professional with more than 20 years of commercial real estate experience, Knightstep-Buckout previously held roles at Avison Young and Madison Marquette.

Federal Realty Investment Trust has promoted Jeffrey Kreshek to executive vice president, Western Region president & COO. Kreshek joined the REIT in 2011 and most recently served as West Coast president, overseeing retail assets across the region.

Michael Laurencelle and Tom Laurencelle have joined Concord Summit Capital in Dallas-Fort Worth as senior managing director and managing director, respectively. Both came from JLL’s capital markets group, Michael’s professional experience spanning more than 30 years and Tom’s 10 years.

Institutional Property Advisors has hired Philip Levy as executive managing director in Dallas. Levy brings 22 years of experience advising clients on retail investment sales.

George Magnatta has joined Stradley Ronon in Philadelphia as a partner. Magnatta previously chaired Saul Ewing’s public finance practice and brings decades of experience structuring tax-exempt financing for housing and real estate.

Grey McCarthy has joined Cushman & Wakefield in Atlanta as a director of the office tenant advisory group. McCarthy previously worked at CBRE and focuses on office tenant representation.

JLL has hired Marsha McVicker as a solutions development principal in its Chicago health-care division. McVicker founded LYLA and brings about 25 years of experience serving health-care clients.

Andrew Nerney has joined Madison Capital Group as executive vice president of the markets division. Nerney has more than 30 years of capital markets experience in real estate investments.

EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants has hired Miranda Rodriguez as program development leader within its national real estate group. Rodriguez joins from Willis Towers Watson and brings more than 15 years of experience in real estate risk management, including work with Brookfield Asset Management.

Drake Scott has been promoted to senior brokerage associate at Colliers | South Carolina in Spartanburg, S.C. Scott was recognized with the firm’s Rising Star Award and works within the industrial sector.

REAL New York has hired Joseph Segal as director of new development leasing in New York City. Segal joins from Corcoran, where he served as new development research manager, and will lead leasing and marketing for rental and condominium projects.

American Landmark Apartments has hired Adam Smolyar as chief innovation and technology officer. Smolyar brings three decades of experience in enterprise strategy and technology.

JRW Realty has promoted Chris Thompson to vice president. Thompson sources grocery-anchored centers and single-tenant net-lease properties for institutional clients and has helped oversee acquisitions totaling more than $339 million and 1.5 million square feet.

David Arwady has joined Lincoln Property Co.’s corporate advisory and solutions group as national head of project management, while Emily Moghadam has been promoted to head of lease administration & compliance. The roles span office, industrial and medical office portfolios, with Arwady bringing more than 30 years of experience and Moghadam overseeing Stark and Anti-Kickback compliance tied to health-care real estate, among others.

Michael Bennett and Addison Williams have joined Savills‘ Detroit office as corporate managing director and managing director of capital markets, respectively. Bennett brings more than 40 years of experience advising office and industrial occupiers, while Williams previously worked at CBRE.

Steve Cumnigham, Harry Zuker and Sam Zuker have joined SVN Commercial Partners‘ Gulf Coast and Treasure Coast teams in Florida. They will support sales, leasing and property management assignments for commercial properties.

Jeff Deitrick has been named executive vice president of occupier services at Colliers in Pittsburgh, Pa. Deitrick previously served as executive vice president of landlord and tenant representation for the same office and has closed more than 1,200 transactions totaling more than $1 billion during his career.

City Line Capital has promoted Brandy Erbelding to associate general counsel, Sarah Howton to senior real estate analyst and Mike Shore to vice president of acquisitions. Erbelding joined the firm in 2022, Howton in 2023 and Shore in 2019, supporting investments in self-storage, multifamily and flex industrial properties.

Aria Fleming has joined Fausto Commercial‘s Jacksonville, Fla., office as a commercial real estate adviser working on retail, industrial, multifamily and development assignments. Fleming brings more than 10 years of experience and began her career in Miami before relocating to Jacksonville.

Sands Investment Group has hired Mike Gallegos as executive managing director for the West region. Gallegos brings more than 20 years of experience in commercial real estate investment sales and will oversee the firm’s brokerage operations across the western U.S.

Harrison Street Asset Management has hired Mark Heavey as vice president of development and investments within its digital team. Heavey joined from GC Infra, where he was director, and brings more than 10 years of experience in data center and digital infrastructure development.

Megan Kranichfeld has been promoted to market leader in Denver for Trammell Crow Co. Kranichfeld previously served as senior vice president of industrial development and has helped grow the office’s speculative pipeline to more than 2 million square feet.

Brennan Investment Group has promoted Bobby Krueger to vice president for the Florida region. Krueger joined the firm five years ago as a senior associate and has helped expand its industrial platform in the state.

Stream Realty Partners has hired Derek Lewis as managing director of tenant representation in Austin, Texas. Lewis joined from Lincoln Property Co., where he was senior vice president, and will advise office and industrial occupiers.

Saluda Grade has hired Patrick Lo as co-chief investment officer. Lo joined from Waterfall Asset Management and brings more than 20 years of experience in alternative credit and asset-based investing spanning residential and commercial real estate.

David Lockwood III will take the role of CEO at the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors. Lockwood has been a member since 1990, served as the organization’s 2024 global president and most recently was executive vice president & chief operating officer at Colliers | South Carolina.

Transwestern Services in Minneapolis has promoted Jim Montez to senior vice president of agency leasing and Kevin Salmen to senior vice president of tenant advisory and workplace solutions. Montez has worked in commercial real estate since 1988, while Salmen previously served as board president of the Minnesota Commercial Association of Realtors.

Mike Ogasapian has joined Lincoln Property Co.‘s New England brokerage group as senior vice president. Ogasapian has completed more than 2 million square feet in leasing transactions and more than $40 million in property sales during his career.

Johnny Rocco has joined JLL as vice president of project and development services in Nashville, Tenn. Rocco joined from BELL, where he was a senior project manager, and brings more than 15 years of experience delivering large-scale, mission-critical projects.

Workbar has hired Jeremy Roy as senior leasing manager. Roy brings more than 25 years of experience in office tenant representation, most recently as senior vice president at Perry CRE.

Cushman & Wakefield has hired Hayley Shoener as executive managing director in its New York office leasing group. Shoener joined from Brookfield Properties, where she was vice president of leasing, and will focus on office leasing assignments.

Emily Sircy has been promoted to managing senior vice president of asset services at Transwestern in Atlanta. Sircy provides strategic leadership for teams overseeing a 17 million-square-foot portfolio of office, industrial and health-care properties.

Elizabeth Spalding and Wilson Springs have been promoted within Colliers‘ South Carolina real estate management services group in Charleston, S.C. Both started with the company as interns and now manage office, retail and industrial properties. Spalding stepped into the role of property management coordinator and Springs advanced to property manager.

Ackerman Retail has hired Craig Taylor as senior vice president. Taylor joined from CBRE and has closed nearly 200 retail transactions totaling more than $1.3 billion in sales volume.

Dennis Bodley has joined Thomas Park Commercial as vice president in the brokerage division. Bodley previously led real estate strategy for LifeBridge Health, overseeing site selection, acquisitions, leasing and dispositions for health-care properties. He has more than 25 years of commercial real estate experience.

Stream Realty Partners has hired Jordan Brainard as managing director & vice chairman, Lou Christopher as executive vice chairman & partner and Asher Inman as vice president in its Washington, D.C., office. They will focus on office tenant representation and advisory work, joining from CBRE.

Transwestern Real Estate Services has promoted Katie Hopp to vice president in brokerage and hired Joe Buckingham as an associate in brokerage in Minneapolis. Hopp previously managed the 1 million-square-foot Baker Center. Buckingham will support business development, market analysis and deal execution.

Brendan Callahan and Gabrielle Harvey have joined Cushman & Wakefield as executive vice chairs in the firm’s Boston office. Callahan and Harvey were previously with JLL and have closed more than $2 billion in deals.

KDC has hired Robert Child as executive vice president for data center development. Child joins from CyrusOne and brings more than 15 years of experience delivering build-to-suit data center projects for hyperscale and enterprise clients.

VanTrust Real Estate has promoted Jen Conyers to real estate manager in Dallas. Conyers has managed more than 2 million square feet of Class A office space in the market and has more than 13 years of commercial real estate experience.

Kyle Kennan and Andrew Laycock have been promoted to partner at Partners Real Estate, while Wyatt Huff, Hunter Stockard and Connor Watson advanced to senior vice president and Langston Sutcliffe to vice president. The firm also elevated Audrey Parsons, Braedon Emde, Cobo Fajardo, Colten Courtney, David Oldham, Graham Dressel, Ryan Osborn and William McCairns to the position of senior associate across its Houston, Dallas, Austin and San Antonio offices in Texas.

Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has promoted Dylan Mallory to executive vice president and Brad Dessy and Sean Cox to the title of senior vice president. The brokers work in retail investment sales.

Jonathan Morgan and Jason Morgan have been promoted to co-CEOs at Morgan Properties, while Greg Curci has been appointed COO, Rimas Petrulis as CIO and Marina Dikos as CFO. Morgan Properties owns and manages more than 110,000 apartment units across 22 states and since 2017 has deployed $2.5 billion in equity across credit strategies.

Partners Real Estate has hired Marla Diliberto as chief marketing officer. Diliberto previously led marketing transformation at CBRE, where she has spent more than 15 years.

Richie Dinets has joined Stockdale Capital Partners as managing director & general counsel. Dinets previously held the same title at Tishman Speyer, having overseen legal strategy for West Coast transactions totaling about $9 billion in assets under management.

Cushman & Wakefield has hired Kevin Donner as vice chair and Katie Gavin as an associate in its Los Angeles office. Donner joins from Newmark and focuses on institutional capital markets involving office, multifamily and retail assets.

Bryan Doyle has joined Cushman & Wakefield as COO of its Americas capital markets platform. Doyle previously worked at CBRE as managing director of capital markets and head of the private client program, and he founded the firm’s Capital Markets Lead Center.

Drawbridge Realty has promoted Mike Embree to chief portfolio officer, overseeing a collection of more than 7 million square feet in San Francisco. Nicole Kaneshiro has also advanced to senior vice president and Mike Hartford to vice president.

NewMark Merrill Companies Inc. has promoted Josh Ginsborg to vice president of capital markets in Calabasas, Calif. Ginsborg joined the company in 2022 and oversees investor reporting, underwriting for developments and acquisitions, portfolio analytics and capital markets functions. He previously worked at RSF Partners and Goldman Sachs.

Fin Langston has joined Colliers as a brokerage team member in Nampa, Idaho. Langston previously worked at Langston and Associates as an associate appraiser and is pursuing the CCIM designation.

Acadia Realty Trust has promoted A.J. Levine to executive vice president of leasing & development and Erica Pipitone to vice president of financial reporting. Levine joined Acadia in 2019 and now also oversees property management and marketing, while Pipitone joined in 2020 and leads financial reporting and disclosures.

Mark Lewis has joined Dermody as senior vice president of development for Southern California. Lewis previously was senior development manager at Panattoni Development Co., overseeing about 10.7 million square feet of industrial development across the Inland Empire, Orange County and Los Angeles County.

Colliers has hired Nate Mack as a member of its brokerage team in its Canyon County, Idaho, office. Mack previously worked in construction-industry sales and brings a background in business development and client relations.

Michael Meyer has been promoted to president of Hugo Neu Realty Management. Meyer previously served as director of development, leading the redevelopment of the 130-acre former shipyard into an industrial campus with warehouses and flexible office space. He also previously served as director of housing & real estate for the city of Newark, advancing a development pipeline topping $2 billion.

Chris Penland has joined Native Realty as a senior broker. Penland brings more than 20 years of brokerage, development and franchising experience, including work on retail and car wash properties.

Newmark has hired Steve Purpura as an executive vice chairman in Boston. Purpura comes from Beacon Capital Partners, where he was president of the life science platform, and brings more than 30 years of office and life science leasing experience.

Sean Retzloff and Shawn Smith have joined Colliers as senior vice president and executive vice president, respectively, in the firm’s Reno, Nev., office. The duo joins from Kidder Mathews and specializes in landlord and tenant representation, shopping center acquisitions and dispositions, development and investment sales. They bring more than 40 years of combined industry experience.

SRS Real Estate Partners has hired Louie Tijerina as vice president of retail in its Brownsville, Texas, office. Tijerina joins from CBRE, but also served at Hopkings Commercial Real Estate, engaging in landlord leasing and project marketing.

St. John Properties Inc. has promoted Cindy Wills to accounts receivable supervisor in its property management division. Wills has more than 20 years of property management experience and oversees accounts receivable at the Baltimore headquarters, supporting 15 satellite offices nationwide.

Scott Ziegler has joined Portman in Atlanta as senior vice president of mixed-use development. Ziegler previously was a managing director at Hines and has been involved in more than $8.5 billion of real estate investments across major property types.

Ray Anderson has been named CEO of Cresa. He previously was a senior partner in EY-Parthenon’s value creation group and led Huron Consulting’s business performance improvement group.

St. John Properties has promoted DJ Andrew to senior vice president of property management. Andrew is a certified public accountant and earned degrees from the University of Delaware and Johns Hopkins Carey Business School.

Jeanne Ayivorh, William Jordan, Daniel Killinger and Kevin Verdi have been promoted at National Real Estate Advisors. Ayivorh became chief technology officer; Jordan, the current CFO, joined the management team; Killinger was promoted to executive vice president & COO; and Verdi added executive vice president to his role as CIO. Jordan joined the firm in 2023 from Wells Fargo Commercial Real Estate, and Verdi has been with National more than 20 years.

JLL has promoted Mencía Barreiros to head of communications. Barreiros previously led marketing for the EMEA region and has held leadership roles at BBVA, Schroders and Meliá Hotels International.

Alexa Bode has joined Citadel Partners as director of marketing in its Dallas-Fort Worth office. Bode has more than 10 years of marketing experience and holds a journalism degree from the University of Mississippi.

Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer has hired Michael Bott as director of project and development services. Bott brings more than two decades of corporate real estate operations and development experience, including senior leadership roles at Capital One.

Roy Broderick Jr., De’Von Douglass, Maggie McDonough and Jeremy Watson have joined Baltimore Development Corp.’s senior leadership team. Broderick is senior vice president, chief business development officer & executive director of Made In Baltimore; Douglass is senior vice president & chief strategy officer; McDonough is senior vice president, chief innovation officer & executive director of the Emerging Technology Center; and Watson is senior vice president & chief real estate officer.

EML Realty Partners has hired Andrew Brunetto as director of investments. Brunetto has worked on more than $1 billion in commercial real estate transactions and previously held investment roles with AXA Investment Managers, now BNP Paribas Asset Management, and America’s Capital Partners, as well as B&D Holdings.

Damla Gerhart has joined Cushman & Wakefield as executive regional director for the Midwest region. She previously was a principal and regional managing director for Avison Young’s Central region and has held roles with CBRE and JLL.

Link Logistics has promoted Glenn Wylie to executive vice president & head of asset management and Jack Hennessey to senior managing director of industrial outdoor storage. Wylie previously led the East region, while Hennessey led the Central region.

Bolour Associates has hired Jason Huang as associate director of debt originations. He will source and evaluate new loan opportunities across the firm’s lending platform in 17 states and Washington, D.C.

Lindsay Kindlon has joined Stonemont Financial Group as co-head of industrial real estate. Kindlon previously led asset management at Logistics Property Co., as well as Ares Management Corp., where she executed more than 10 million square feet of leasing, third-party management and construction.

Acadia Realty Trust has promoted AJ Levine to executive vice president of leasing and development and Erica Pipitone to vice president of financial reporting. Levine joined the company in 2019 and most recently was senior vice president of leasing and development, while Pipitone joined in 2020 and previously was director of financial reporting.

Eric Luhrsen has joined Lee & Associates of Illinois as vice president. Luhrsen is a licensed Illinois real estate broker and ICSC member who previously specialized in early education facilities, retail and single-tenant net-lease investment sales.

Max Benjamin Partners has hired Zach Novatt as a director in its Calabasas, Calif., office. Novatt previously worked in bridge and construction financing and has helped capitalize more than $3 billion in asset value across property types and deal structures.

Tim Olivos has joined Clarion Partners as senior vice president of transactions for its outpatient medical, inpatient rehab and life science portfolio. Natalie Wynn was also hired as senior vice president of senior housing transactions. They both joined from Ventas.

Madison Capital Group has hired Roberto J. Perea as managing director of capital markets in its Miami office. Perea has more than 23 years of experience arranging debt and equity financing and previously held roles with Wells Fargo, BankUnited, Gibraltar Private Bank and City National Bank of Florida.

Stream Realty Partners has hired Joe Reilly as regional managing director of property management in its Washington, D.C., office. Reilly was previously vice president, director of property management & asset services at Akridge.

Will Strong and Kyle Schmidt have been named co-chairs of Cushman & Wakefield’s National Industrial Advisory Group. They will lead the group’s strategy and client engagement across the industrial sector.

Transwestern Real Estate Services has hired Graham Trull as vice president of its Central Texas agency leasing team. Trull previously served on Riverside’s office team in Austin and earlier spent a decade in office leasing with The Kucera Co.

Alex Valente has been promoted to co-COO at Piedmont Realty Trust. Valente has been with the company nearly 20 years and previously was executive vice president for the Southeast region.

Kidder Mathews has appointed Fred Aframian as managing director of the company’s Sherman Oaks, Calif., office. He oversaw more than $500 million in deals across his tenure of 20-plus years.

Mike Baumgardner has been promoted to president at LevRose Commercial Real Estate. He joined the company in 2017 and previously held the role of managing director.

Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer has promoted six people to executive vice president. Brian Berkey, Bruce Bigger, Connie Jordan Nielsen, John Pritzlaff, Graham Stoneburner and Rett Turner are the ones stepping into new positions. Wyatt Poats has also been appointed as vice president. They provide industrial, retail and office services across Virginia.

Several other promotions took place in Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer’s Commercial Property Services Group. Karolina Breithaupt and Lisa Harris advanced to associate directors. Kitchel Bunger climbed to chief engineer, while Sarah-Kate Shea became portfolio manager and Alex Denisco progressed to assistant portfolio manager.

Three new brokers joined Kidder Mathews from Colliers, where they had previously collaborated as an established team. David Buchholz and John Kovaleski are executive vice presidents, while Alex Kovaleski became vice president. The trio specializes in the sale and leasing of industrial properties in the Bay Area. 

Howard Caplan, Nick Saraceno and Steve Aaronson are three new additions to Cushman & Wakefield’s Chicago brokerage branch, where they work in the industrial sector. They joined from CTK Chicago Partners.

Crescent Real Estate has two new vice presidents and one senior vice president. Tony Click is now senior vice president of leasing, while Valeria Caso Hatley has been appointed as vice president & deputy general counsel in the legal department. Peter Miquelon was promoted to vice president of investments for the office and hospitality sectors. Crescent Real Estate also hired Stephen Lin as vice president, hospitality.

Matt Dittman has been promoted to senior vice president & partner at CRG. He joined the firm in 2020, guiding capital for more than a dozen industrial projects totaling some 3.8 million square feet.

Americold has appointed a new CFO & executive vice president starting Feb. 23: Christopher Papa, who held the same role at CenterPoint Properties. The company also promoted Nathan Harwell to chief people officer, in addition to his current responsibilities as chief legal officer.

Jennifer Jones has joined StepStone Real Estate as partner, where she will launch S-Core, a platform that aims to boost the company’s core and core-plus activities on a global scale. Jennifer had served at UBS for nearly 20 years, leading more than $20 billion in deals.

JLL has chosen David Kristjanson as the industry lead for global life science project and development services. He garnered more than 25 years of experience at Turner & Townsend / CBRE.

Vanessa Manners has landed the position of assistant vice president of marketing and communications at Transwestern. She joined from Impact Development Management, where she was marketing director. Manners also served at Hudson Pacific Properties and Irvine Co.

DAUM Commercial Real Estate Services has promoted Chris Migliori to president after serving as executive vice president & principal in the firm’s Newport Beach, Calif., office. He has closed on more than 1,500 transactions exceeding 50 million square feet.

Jeff Royce and Kevin O’Reilly joined Cushman & Wakefield as directors, bolstering the company’s Grand Rapids, Mich., brokerage team. The duo will work across all major commercial real estate sectors throughout the state.

Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. has tapped Kevin Prouty as senior director. He previously served as vice president at CBRE, with experience in debt and equity financing.

Jonathan Steier has joined Kidder Mathews’ Sherman Oaks, Calif., office as vice president, specializing in retail leasing and investment. He has more than 25 years of experience, during which he facilitated nearly $100 million in sales and closed on more than 400 leases.

Invesco Real Estate tapped Carly Tripp as managing director & client portfolio manager, according to Commercial Observer. With a Bachelor’s in finance and international business, as well as a Masters in economics, she previously served as CIO & head of investments at Nuveen Real Estate.

Kori Walsh was promoted by St. John Properties to creative project manager from senior graphic designer. She holds a Bachelor in graphic design from Loyola University in Maryland.