CRE Capital Exec. Joins Ridge Development

ATLANTA—Steve Kros, formerly of from CRE Capital Advisors in Boston, has joined Ridge Development as executive vice president and is charged with expanding the firm’s East Coast operations from its offices here.

Kros, who is relocating from Boston to Atlanta, will focus on identifying business opportunities from New York to Florida and assembling professional teams to handle the new projects for the Chicago-based firm. Kros was a principal for CRE Capital Advisors. He also served as vice president at AMB Property Corp., where he spearheaded all real estate development and acquisition investments in multiple East Coast markets. In 2010, he sourced, underwrote and closed $72 million in acquisitions, representing 34% of AMB’s total U.S. acquisition volume for that year.