People

Managing Director & Broker Lead, Washington, D.C., Tenant Representation Group, Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. What Others Say About Him: “One of his secret strategies is to over-deliver to clients so he has them for life. It sounds obvious—and it is obvious—but very few people really do it,” said Robb Johnson, managing director of tenant representation at Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. “Joe is among the most disciplined people I have met in my entire life.” At the same time, “his is one of those rare gifts where he can drop the business personal and be like a regular guy when he…

Executive Managing Director & Principal, Eastern Consolidated Memorable Achievements: Last year, Schechtman sold The Chatsworth on the Upper West Side for $151 million. The 110-year-old building had been owned by a private family for 67 years and was sold in the last week of December. He also sold 3.7 acres of land in Queens for $34 million, 57-63 Greene St. in Manhattan for $17.3 million, 21-27 Mercer St. in Manhattan for $18 million and a portfolio of 443 apartments in Washington Heights for $64 million. This year’s assignments include the retail portion of 380 Columbus Ave., a 100-year-old building across…

Vice Chairman of Capital Markets, CBRE Group Inc. Memorable Achievements: In 2012, Eisendrath became the youngest vice chairman at CBRE Group Inc. Considering the fact that his team closed over $1.1 billion in capital during 2012, this achievement shouldn’t come as much of a surprise. The banner year was highlighted by a deal with TIAA-CREF Global Real Estate, which was looking to refinance one of its largest apartment portfolios, with more than 1,000 units spread across the country. These four Class A assets were located in New York, Los Angeles, San Diego and Dallas, and had three years of term…

Senior Vice President & Senior Director, NorthMarq Capital Memorable Achievements: Last year was an “amazing” year, with Marcolini-Quinn contributing $125 million in financings to the office. She closed seven deals in two weeks at the beginning of the year, six of them Freddie Mac affordable housing transactions, five of them small and in tertiary markets, and ended the year with two fairly large deals in the fourth quarter. Most Proud Of: Her production accomplishments, especially as a woman in a very male-dominated field. What Others Say About Her: Michelle Vice, assistant vice president of finance for Picerne Development Corp. of Florida,…

Vice President, CBRE Consulting Group Memorable Achievements: Societe Generale’s 2010 move to 245 Park Ave. from 1221 Avenue of the Americas, Young & Rubicam’s 2012 sale of 285 Madison Ave. and lease at 3 Columbus Circle and this January, Harper Collins’ move from 10 E. 53rd St. to 195 Broadway. What Others Say About Her: She “is the only person I know in years of doing this where we made a job offer on the day we met her,” recalled CEO of the tri-state region Mary Ann Tighe. Terming her a sponge for information of all types, Tighe noted that she…

Director, President & COO, Inland Real Estate Income Trust Inc. Memorable Achievements: “Hands down, it is the IRRETI transaction.” The second REIT formed by Inland Group Inc., Inland Retail Real Estate Trust Inc. was sold to DDR Corp. in 2007 for $6.2 billion. McGuinness was with it from the beginning, when it totaled just over $2 billion in assets, then leading the property management companies that ran them as more than $4 billion additional assets were purchased with financing. “While it was a phenomenal transaction for investors based on the returns that they realized, just to be part of the…

Co-Founders & Principals, Case Real Estate Capital L.L.C. Memorable Achievements: Besides forming Case Real Estate Capital, the most memorable experience for Hartstein was to have the courage to walk away from “a comfortable job with a paycheck” to co-found his first company, SBL Capital, in 2003. What Others Say About Them: When managing principal Sanford Herrick was looking to start a company, Hartstein and Milona “were the ones I went to.” Hartstein is “very loyal and extraordinarily hardworking. He would walk through a wall for Steve and myself. … Steve’s guidance on how to get things done is very valuable.”…

President & CEO, Cassidy Turley – San Diego Memorable Achievements:  At 37, Daniel Broderick is proud to be running Cassidy Turley’s San Diego office. This past year marks the young CEO’s two-year anniversary at Cassidy Turley, and he is proud to be contributing to the growth of the new-kid-on-the-block company. His office came up with its own mission statement for 2012 – “Client, Community, Culture.” In addition to his hard work at the office, Broderick likes giving back to the community. Orphaned himself at age 13 after the death of his father, Broderick contributed to increasing awareness at Cassidy Turley…

Vice President, Blanca Commercial Real Estate Memorable Achievements: Working with  Cushman & Wakefield Inc. power broker Tere Blanca to lease up the newly developed downtown Miami office tower at 1450 Brickell while working in the marketing department at Rilea Group in the midst of a difficult market. Having maintained a focus on development since shifting to brokerage, he is now working to lease up three new Class A office projects: 396 Alhambra in Coral Gables, One Park Square at Doral in the Airport/West Dade submarket and Town Center One in Downtown Dadeland. Most Proud Of: 396 Alhambra: The construction was completed in mid-June…

Senior Vice President, Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels Memorable Achievements: Among Perez-Alvarado’s most recent deals were last year’s sale of the Essex House in New York, a very complicated deal in which the general manager of the hotel resigned and operator Jumeirah Group, a subsidiary of owner Dubai Investment Group, flew in a representative from Dubai to fill in, according to Arthur Adler, managing director & CEO of the Americas for Jones Lang LaSalle’s hotels & hospitality group. “She was able to establish an excellent relationship with this individual, which was extremely important” given the sales process, which included more than…