Rocky at the Top

Wall Street Journal

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

AMB PROPERTY CORP.
Regional Asset Manager
(MENLO PARK, CA) Candidate will be able to apply an energetic, intelligent, entrepreneurial and proactive approach to maximize the value of each investment in real estate within the portfolio.

THE URBAN LAND INSTITUTE
Director, Program Content
(WASHINGTON, DC) The Convenings director will be responsible for the coordination of the program content for the Spring Council Forum and Fall Meeting – including Product Councils.

MOODY'S INVESTORS SERVICE
VP, Policy
(NEW YORK CITY) Reporting to the chief compliance officer, this position is responsible for reviewing and implementing policies relevant to the company's regulatory requirements

CB RICHARD ELLIS
Project Management Director
(SAN JOSE, CA) We are seeking a dynamic individual to join us as a director working with our Fortune 500 client CISCO in San Jose. This position is truly a "player/coach" who is able to manage a multimillion dollar construction project; grow the business and manage team personnel.

SELECTLEADERS
Leasing Agent – Luxury Apartments/Townhouses
(PITTSBURGH) Our client is a full-service real estate organization that invests in, develops and manages real estate. They are seeking a leasing agent for an upscale luxury apartment complex in Pittsburgh.

ACKMAN-ZIFF REAL ESTATE GROUP LLC
Managing Director
(NEW YORK CITY) The critical element is a track record of participating in the sale of debt instruments as well as B pieces and preferred equity positions. While expertise in any one property type is not required, a working knowledge of office, retail, multifamily, and hotel will be helpful.

HOLLIDAY FENOGLIO FOWLER LP
Senior Real Estate Analyst
(ATLANTA) The position will support both debt placement and investment sales professionals and will assist in the preparation of commercial loan/sales packages and submissions for presentation to lenders and buyers, assist the lenders and buyers with questions on the process while resolving underwriting issues, and more.

RCLCO
Marketing Proposal Coordinator
(BETHESDA, MD) The hire must be flexible, organized, self-directed, professional, team-oriented and computer proficient, with superior communication skills. This position reports to the Vice VP of business development.

Promotions

GE REAL ESTATE
(NORWALK, CT) Daniel Brook, marking his 17th year with GE Real Estate, is made joint venture preferred equity leader in the North America Equity division. He most recently was the group's multifamily growth leader.

THORNTON TOMASETTI
(CHICAGO) Lance Parker, a 20-year veteran of commercial architecture, rises to vice president from senior associate after six years with the firm.

TRANSWESTERN
(SAN ANTONIO) Kevin Roberts is named president of the Central Texas region. An 18-year veteran of the company's ranks, he most recently was the region's executive vice president.

BARTRAM & COCHRAN
(HARTFORD, CT) Peter Holland is named a partner in the firm.

HEI HOTELS & RESORTS
(SAN FRANCISCO) Robert LaCasse becomes general manager of the 360-room Le Meredien San Francisco after heading up the Sheraton Austin in Texas.

HALSTEAD PROPERTY
(NEW YORK CITY) The firm promotes 16 senior vice presidents to executive vice president. Earning the honor are Eloise Johnson, Marguerite Platt, Dean Feldman, Louise Phillips Forbes, Barbara Good, Peter Martin, Kathleen Moosher, Susan Ruttner, Jane Tijan, Norman Horowitz, Barry Silverman, Michael Spodek, Janet Weiner, Barbara Godson, Barbara Licalzi and Richard Orenstein.

HENDRICKS & PARTNERS
(AUSTIN) Ellen Muskin, a 25-year veteran, becomes partner after eight years with the firm as an associate partner.

MACFARLANE PARTNERS
(SAN FRANCISCO) Jennifer Glover rises to principal from managing director and Diana Hagan becomes vice president of portfolio manager after working as vice president of investments. Glover, a 16-year veteran, joined the company in 2004 while Hagan, marking her 20th year in the industry, began in 2005.

CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD INC.
(FORT LAUDERDALE) Richard Etner and Christopher Metzger move up to executive director from senior director. The executives lead a five-member industrial team in South Florida. Etner joined the company in 1988 as member of Metzger's team. Metzger started with C&W in 1983.

New Hires

CB RICHARD ELLIS
(TUCSON) Tim Minnehan, a 12-year industry veteran, joins the industrial sales team. He most recently worked for Keller Williams Realty.

THE MORGAN GROUP INC.
(ORLANDO) Corbin Johnson comes on board as regional vice president to manage construction for projects in Florida and the Southeast. He previously was vice president of production for Pritzker Residential.

BALLARD SPAHR ANDREWS & INGERSOLL LLP
(LOS ANGELES) Joining as associates are Gene A. Coppa and Christine Kim. Susanne M. MacIntosh begins as a staff attorney. The trio joins the real estate and resort and hotel practice, taking the local office to seven.

TELES PROPERTIES
(BEVERLY HILLS, CA) Ernie Carswell is named a founding member, joining CEO Lou Piatt, Peter Hernandez and Steve Shull who launched the firm in mid-October.

GRUBB & ELLIS CO.
(BELLEVUE, WA) Greg Laycock, with 23 years' experience, returns to the firm as a senior vice president for institutional-grade investments of office, multifamily retail and land. He spent the past 18 months as acquisitions and development director for Fairfield Residential. He previously worked for eight years at Grubb & Ellis, beginning in 1991.

MACFARLANE PARTNERS
(SAN FRANCISCO) Chris Neighbor begins as vice president of investment management. The nine-year veteran most recently worked for KB Home.

FORMAN CAPITAL LLC
(BOSTON) John Churchward is made managing director of business development. He previously was a director at Tremont Realty Capital.

HAMPSHIRE COS.
(MORRISTOWN, NJ) John Dalton starts as financial analyst to perform modeling for the Hampshire Partners Institutional Funds. He most recently worked in investor relations and treasury departments for Freddie Mac.

JRS ARCHITECT
(MINEOLA, NY) Michael Sciara, an award-winning architect and adjunct professor, joins as a project manager in the headquarters office while Joseph Sassone, an 18-year veteran, becomes project manager to lead the Long Island office. Most recently, Sassone was team leader and project manager at Catapano Engineering.

CB RICHARD ELLIS
(ORLANDO and CLEVELAND) Luke Wickham starts as operations director for the Central Florida multi-housing team. The veteran previously operated his own real estate holding company, focusing on small multifamily properties. In Cleveland, Katie Watts joins the tenant representation services group. She previously was regional marketing director for Staubach Co.'s Great Lakes region.

DEUTSCHE BANK
(BOSTON) Daniel Feehan becomes part of the trust and securities services business in the global transaction banking division. The veteran is tasked with expanding like-kind exchange services. He previously was a senior vice president at Chicago Deferred Exchange Corp.

OPUS EAST LLC
(PHILADELPHIA) Richard Zehl, with 17 years' experience, is named senior real estate manager for a nine-county region in Pennsylvania. He had been director of development and construction for First Industrial Realty Trust in Miami.

EASTERN CONSOLIDATED
(NEW YORK CITY) David E. Ash and Timothy Brian Unich join as directors and Craig Coupe comes aboard as financial analyst. Ash previously was a leasing specialist at the Kaufman Organization. Unich recently was an investment associate for Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services. Coupe comes from Jones Lang LaSalle, where he worked in research for all types of transactions.

ZIMMER REAL ESTATE SERVICES
(ST. LOUIS) Richard C. Ward starts as managing principal of the new office. He also becomes vice president and a member of the development management group in the move from Development Strategies Inc., which he founded in 1988.

COLLIERS BENNETT & KAHNWEILER
(ROSEMONT, IL) The firm's new associates are Jason M. Simon, Evan H. Zeder, John E. Baylor, Geoffrey R. Groh and James M. Harrington.

TRUMP FINANCIAL/FIRST MEREDIAN MORTGAGE
(NEW YORK CITY) Richard Holmes will spearhead the expansion of the mortgage bank and lending company to 14 urban markets. His background includes banking and fixed-income positions with UBS, Fremont Investment & Loan and MLN USA.

NAI GLOBAL
(NEW YORK CITY) Marie Goyden and Nina Marroccoli start as associates in office leasing and media/entertainment, respectively. Goyden was an NAI Global intern in Princeton, NJ and Marroccoli interned at GVA Williams.

RICKER-MURPHY DEVELOPMENT LLC
(CHICAGO) Timothy P. Shields is named senior vice president, coming on board from MC Real Estate to lead development of Lincoln Park 2520.

TIME EQUITIES INC.
(NEW YORK CITY) Alice Cook, an environmental engineer, joins as director of sustainability.

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