Mullin, who is an SVP at the Newport Beach office of Grubb & Ellis, was named president elect of Washington, D.C.-based SIOR at its fall conference in Baltimore and begins his term as president this month. Mullin, who served as national VP for SIOR in 2004, began his career in industrial brokerage with the Newport Beach office of Grubb & Ellis and has spent nearly 23 years in the South Orange County market. He has been a member of SIOR since 1988 and, before taking on his current duties, was involved with SIOR committees in teaching and as president of the Inland Empire/Orange County chapter. In addition, Mullin is a member of the Counselors of Real Estate and the CCIM Institute, both headquartered in Chicago.

Shah, as the new SVP and regional manager at Higgins Development, will be charged with implementing the company's plan to spend $100 million through the new regional office it has opened in Newport Beach to develop projects throughout Southern California and key western markets. Chicago-based Higgins develops industrial, office, institutional, laboratory, government, and university projects for corporate, institutional and public sector clients. Shah says Higgins will invest the $100 million on both speculative and build-to-suit projects over the next five years. The new Higgins regional manager has 21 years in real estate development, most recently as head of the Dana Point Harbor Revitalization Project for the County of Orange. Previously, he was a VP and development partner with Koll Development Corp.