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Tony LoPinto is CEO of Equinox Partners, an executive search firm specializing in the real estate industry, and parent company of SelectLeaders. The views expressed in this article are the author's own.

Job Opportunities

BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT
Asset Management Associate
(NEW YORK CITY) The role includes performing various financial modeling functions for existing fund investments and assisting with investor reporting and investor requests, as well as asset management requirements.

DEVELOPERS DIVERSIFIED REALTY
Lifestyle Leasing Manager
(BEACHWOOD, OH) Negotiates leases for assigned properties, identifies and participates in attracting potential tenants, analyzes and researches trends and market developments, directs the negotiation process and more.

PROLOGIS
Fund Manager
(DENVER) The hire will be responsible for asset management of a set of properties and will act as a primary point of contact to the investors in the various funds.

SELECTLEADERS
Assistant Property Manager–Tenant Relations Coordinator
(PINE BROOK, NJ) The company seeks an individual to manage its tenant relations program for industrial real estate properties to achieve the highest level of tenant satisfaction.

CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD INC.
Director of Communications
(MIAMI/FT. LAUDERDALE, FL) The hire will implement a communications strategy, through media relations campaigns and other communications vehicles and disciplines, to increase awareness of the firm's South Florida offices.

DEUTSCHE BANK
VP–Underwriting and Closing Analyst
(NEW YORK CITY) Perform underwriting, due diligence and closing functions for the Rreef Structured Debt Group, which focuses on investments in mezzanine loans, B-notes, senior mortgages on transitional properties and more.

TRANSWESTERN INVESTMENT CO.
Associate/Senior Associate
(CHICAGO) Conduct due diligence on all assets purchased, manage the escrow closing process, and transition the asset to the Ownership Representation department upon the close of escrow.

ING CLARION
Analyst, Research and Investment Strategy
(NEW YORK CITY) The primary purpose of this position is to support the investment process, acquisitions team, and portfolio managers by preparing detailed market studies used for underwriting acquisitions and managing assets.

Promotions

LASALLE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
(CHICAGO) Bill Maher and Todd Canter, both in the Baltimore office, are accorded international director titles. Earning regional director titles are Colin MacKellar in Toronto, Leo Owens in Chicago, Richard Reese in Baltimore and Steve Inglis in Atlanta. The Chicago team also gets five associate directors: Beth Linn, Derek Lopez, Diane Wild, Eric Smith and Richard Kleinman. The firm's new associates are Brian Battani in Baltimore, Dwayne Chow in New York City and Eric Schultz in Chicago. National directors are Allison McFaul, Andrew Figus and Christine Akins, all in Chicago; Brian Tague in New York City; Greg Spafford in Toronto and Colleen Coleman and Ed Brickley, both in Baltimore.

GE HEALTHCARE FINANCIAL SERVICES
(LONDON) Hideki Kurata becomes real estate business development leader for HFS Europe. Kurata joined GE in 2001. He most recently served as director on GE Capital Europe's Business Development team. Prior to GE, Kurata was with JPMorgan.

HILLWOOD PROPERTIES
(FORT WORTH) Steve Aldrich, Tony Creme and Joe Schneider are the company's newest vice presidents. Aldrich joined the company in 1997, Creme in 1998 and Schneider in 1999.

INTEGRA REALTY RESOURCES
(LOS ANGELES) Beth B. Finestone moves up the ladder to vice president of the company's Los Angeles office. She previously was director at the office. Prior to joining Integra in 2004, Finestone held positions at Finestone & Associates and Cushman & Wakefield of California.

COMMERCIAL TEXAS LLC
(AUSTIN) Lee Ellison is made vice president after working as an associate vice president for the industrial and land group for four years. Earle Britton is promoted to senior vice president of the advisory services group from vice president.

JONES LANG LASALLE
(LOS ANGELES) John Vinnicombe, formerly a managing director, is named international director, one of 26 company professionals this year to be accorded the title.

CBC ALMAR REAL ESTATE GROUP
(SAN DIEGO) Matthew Udewitz is made vice president after one year with the company as a senior sales associate in multifamily sales.

KEYSTONE PACIFIC PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
(IRVINE, CA) Shelley Grover becomes director of new project development after a stint as regional manager.

BARTON MALOW CO.
(PHOENIX) Bill Deiter becomes project executive. He previously was senior project manager.

NORRIS, BEGGS & SIMPSON COS.
(PORTLAND, OR) Executive vice presidents Blake Hering Jr. and Mike Wood are the newest partners. Both are with NBS Financial Services.

New Hires

GRUBB & ELLIS
(KING OF PRUSSIA, PA) Jim Dugan comes on board as senior vice president, office group. Dugan will partner with John Perkins, senior vice president, and will focus on Chester County and parts of Delaware County office markets. He comes from the Rubenstein Brokerage Group.

JONES LANG LaSALLE
(PARSIPPANY, NJ and CHICAGO) Kenneth Flynn Jr. and Frederic P. Hyatt come on board as senior vice president and associate, respectively. The team formerly was with Trammell Crow Co./CB Richard Ellis. Flynn was a senior vice president, while Hyatt was a senior associate. In Chicago, David B. Rickard, an executive vice president, CFO and chief administrative officer for CVS Caremark Corp., is elected to the board of directors. He also will serve on the audit committee and nominating and governance committee.

CROSLAND
(CHARLOTTE, NC) Dionne Nelson joins the company's residential division as development associate. She will focus on the affordable housing market. Prior to Crosland, Nelson managed public and private investments at New Schools Venture Fund in Boston and Earnest Partners in Atlanta.

INLAND OFFICE LEASING SERVICES
(OAK BROOK, IL) The division of Inland Real Estate Sales Inc. expands with the hiring of Doug Tarr as regional director of leasing. He will assist Ted Holman, VP and executive director of leasing, in leasing Oak Brook International. Tarr comes to Inland after serving as a senior broker at CB Richard Ellis and as senior vice president at Grubb & Ellis.

JONES LANG LaSALLE
(SAN FRANCISCO) Craig McGahey joins as senior vice president in the corporate solutions group. He comes to JLL from CB Richard Ellis.

FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST
(CHICAGO) Blair Sinclair is named regional director of the company's new Calgary/Edmonton region. He comes to First Industrial from Tonko Realty Advisors Ltd in Calgary where he was senior vice president. Sinclair will be based in Calgary.

CAPITAL PROPERTIES
(NEW YORK CITY) Fred Rubin comes on board as chief administrative officer responsible for overseeing the company's financial and accounting operations, as well as its capital fund raising. He previously was managing director in Cushman & Wakefield's Investment Banking Group and chief financial officer of Cushman & Wakefield Net Lease Trust.

LBA REALTY
(DENVER) The Irvine, CA-based firm hires Scott Perry as vice president of leasing for the Denver region. Perry comes to LBA Realty from the Denver office of Colliers Bennett & Kahnweiler where he was vice president.

SPERRY VAN NESS
(NEVADA CITY, CA) Joe Burns comes on board as associate advisor in the Nevada City office. He specializes in the sale of multifamily and hospitality properties throughout Northern California. He previously was with Blue Sky Home Center, DMB Realty and Santaluz Realty.

ROMANEK PROPERTIES
(NORTHBROOK, IL) Lyle C. Patterson is the company's new acquisitions director. Most recently, Patterson was vice president of investments at Equity Office Properties Trust.

LaSALLE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
(CHICAGO) Dan Reynolds begins as managing director. He most recently was a managing director for DTZ Rockwood's financial services group.

TISHMAN CONSTRUCTION CORP.
(CHICAGO) Elaine Lockwood Bean returns to the firm as senior vice president and project executive after a three-year hiatus. She most recently was associate vice president for facilities services at the University of Chicago.

OLYMPIAWEST COMMERCIAL CAPITAL
(BEVERLY HILLS, CA) Geoffrey Thomas starts as director of loan originations. He previously was a property supervisor for a six-asset portfolio for Levine Management Group.

ENDEAVOR REAL ESTATE GROUP
(AUSTIN) Jonathan Tate is made vice president of the office and industrial division. He formerly was with Trammell Crow Co./CB Richard Ellis in the San Antonio and Austin markets.

DOW HOTEL CO.
(PORTLAND, OR) Alex Petrollini becomes general manager of the 161-room Crowne Plaza Lake Oswego. Petrollini most recently was director of food and beverage at the Sheraton Phoenix Airport in Arizona.

INTUIT REAL ESTATE SOLUTIONS
(CLEVELAND) Chris Schuller is named learning center leader. He most recently was a consultant for work force readiness solutions and learning technology.

WRIGHTWOOD CAPITAL
(CHICAGO) Sam Bluso begins as a senior director to expand the national origination platform into the larger loan market segment. He most recently was a director with EuroHypo AG in the real estate banking, syndications group.

LEE & ASSOCIATES
(DALLAS and ANAHEIM, CA) J.T. Morris starts as director of the industrial, office/technology and investment brokerage group for the Northeast Dallas submarket. Morris most recently worked with the National Realty Group in Houston. In California, former professional baseball player Scott Seal starts as a principal. He began his real estate career in 2003 at GVA Daum, rising to vice president.

COLLIERS BENNETT & KAHNWEILER
(ROSEMONT, IL) Alain G. LeCoque joins as an executive vice president in the Downtown Chicago office advisory group after spending the past five years at Newmark Knight Frank. Joining LeCoque are Evan T. Djikas and Ryan J. Barr. Djikas, a Colliers B&K vice president, had been managing director at Newmark Knight Frank. Barr, also from the Newmark camp, starts as an associate.

CASSIDY & PINKARD COLLIERS
(WASHINGTON, DC) Phillip S. Thomas Jr. comes on board as managing director of leasing. Thomas most recently was managing director at Tishman Speyer, directing all activities of its metro Washington, DC region.

CAMBRIDGE INVESTORS
(FARMINGTON HILLS, MI) Michelle Loosevelt and Michael Stoller starts as vice presidents. Loosevelt previously was with the Taubman Co. Stoller most recently was an investment sales broker for Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services. In his new role, Stoller will be part of the acquisitions team.

IDI
(FORT LAUDERDALE) Allan Griego begins as development analyst for the Florida markets. He had been an account manager at Vertex International Group.

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