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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

SELECTLEADERS
Junior Analyst–Commercial Real Estate
(AUSTIN) The company seeks an analyst to support its growing portfolio of defaulted US commercial mortgage loans under the company's appointment to service commercial mortgage-backed securities trusts.

PRUDENTIAL
Investment, VP
(DALLAS) Responsibilities include sourcing structured and high yield investments, including mezzanine and preferred equity, supporting other capital markets transactions, presenting investment proposals to the Investment Committee and more.

GRUBB & ELLIS CO.
Regional Director Engineering
(DENVER) This position is responsible for providing senior-level engineering oversight and assistance to Grubb & Ellis Management Services managed properties as assigned by the SVP, National Director Engineering & Facility Resources Group.

SELECTLEADERS
Real Estate Investment Associate
(SAN FRANCISCO) This individual will add value to the team by working closely with the acquisitions team to model, analyze, underwrite and help close new real estate investments.

DELOITTE FINANCIAL ADVISORY SERVICES LLP
Valuation Associate–Lease Advisory Services
(MULTIPLE LOCATIONS) The company's professionals help companies identify, measure and articulate the value of their assets by providing independent and well-supported valuations.

JONES LANG LASALLE
Property Manager
(BOSTON) The hire will provide excellent communication to both owners as well as tenants to ensure an ongoing successful relationship, communicate effectively and frequently with senior management on all significant operating issues, prepare an annual property business plan and more.

AMB PROPERTY CORP.
Construction Manager
(MENLO PARK, CA) Core responsibilities include identifying and solving construction related issues, the oversight of design, bid, award and closeout of construction projects (annual volume between $5 million and $10 million), provide guidance on construction related issues to the property management team and more.

ERNST & YOUNG
Senior Manager–Transaction Advisory Services-Commercial Real Estate
(NEW YORK CITY) Serve as the manager of multiple important client engagement teams, with duties including financial analyses, buy-side and sell-side due diligence, cash flow modeling, analytical model reviews, loan portfolio underwriting and more.

Promotions

HENDRICKS & PARTNERS
(DALLAS) Tom Warren is named partner. He joined the firm in 1999 as an associate partner.

HENRY S. MILLER COMMERCIAL
(DALLAS) Jim Hazard rises to vice president from associate in the office and industrial group.

KEYSTONE PACIFIC PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
(IRVINE, CA) James Goldman is promoted to group coordinator from community association manager after two years with the company.

CB RICHARD ELLIS
(CLEVELAND, STAMFORD, CT and NASHVILLE) In Cleveland, Scott Halloran climbs to first vice president. The office broker also is a member of the law firm practice group. In Stamford, Al Mirin rises to senior vice president from first vice president. In Nashville, Harrison Johnson becomes vice president.

RYAN & CO.
(ALEXANDRIA, VA) Steve Thompson becomes senior consultant in the firm's property tax department of the Washington, DC office.

STAUBACH CO.
(NEW YORK CITY) The company doles out nine promotions, with Chris Kraus rising to principal from senior managing director. Also, former directors Drew Saunders and Scott Cahaly are named senior managing director and managing director, respectively. The firm's new directors are Reginald Ross, former financial analyst, and Jordan Berger and Brian Reiver, both former associates. Valerie Carlise rises to managing director from director of human resources while Becca Bartels goes to marketing director from marketing associate and Bozena Sardelic climbs to director of portfolio accounts from account manager.

SPERRY VAN NESS
(IRVINE, CA) The executive changes include expanding the role of senior vice president John McDermott to national leader of business development in addition to national oversight for office and industrial properties. McDermott has spent seven years acting as the regional manager of the Southern California offices. Also, Rod Santomassimo and Kevin Maggiacomo are made senior vice presidents. Santomassimo joined the firm three years ago as regional director and vice president of the national advisor organization. Maggiacomo has been instrumental in growing the company to more than 150 offices in recent years.

IA INTERIOR ARCHITECTS
(NEW YORK CITY) Jennifer Hatton becomes director of global business development as she marks her third year with the design firm. She started as director of marketing and business development in the Dallas office.

New Hires

CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD
(BALTIMORE) Michael J. Giannone and Kara K. Parker start as associates. Giannone previously was a broker with Bridge Business & Property Brokers in New York City. Parker is a recent college graduate.

CARLTON ADVISORY SERVICES
(NEW YORK CITY) Thomas Fear joins as managing director and Marc Belsky as a senior acquisition professional. Fear's duties include sourcing opportunities for Carlton Strategic Ventures while Belsky will source and underwrite acquisitions for the division. Fear most recently was senior vice president at Savills Granite and Belsky, a principal with Bonjour Capital.

PRINCIPAL REAL ESTATE INVESTORS
(SALT LAKE CITY) The firm adds vice regional sales managers for Principal Commercial Mortgage Edge, its new small balance loan program. All hires previously were origination directors for Hometown Commercial Capital. Kent DeHart will be the Southwest regional manager. Allen Enochson gets the Northeast; Jared Livingston, the Southeast; Jared Walk, Texas and the mountain states; and Tom Owens, the Midwest. Owens will be based in Columbus while the rest of the team will work from Salt Lake City.

NEWMARK KNIGHT FRANK
(NEW YORK CITY) Eric Cagner starts as associate director in the headquarters office. He spent three years as an associate with GVA Williams.

TRANSWESTERN
(HOUSTON) Greg Keith joins as an associate in the investment services group. Keith most recently was a consultant for Jones, Hill, McFarland & Ellis in Dallas.

GVA KIDDER MATHEWS
(SAN FRANCISCO, SEATTLE and PORTLAND, OR) In San Francisco, Gardner Combs comes on board as vice president and senior property manager to lead the expansion into property management in the Bay Area. Combs was co-founder and president of Northwest Asset Management. In Seattle, Stuart Kieland joins the office tenant group. The Portland office gets Josh Schweitz, who starts as an associate vice president in the office group, and Joe Sugura as senior vice president on the industrial team. Schweitz was most recently with CB Richard Ellis while Sugura came from Grubb & Ellis Co.

JONES LANG LASALLE
(CHICAGO and NEW JERSEY) David F. Miller becomes vice president in the tenant representation group for the CBD and Greater Chicagoland. Miller most recently was with Colliers Chicago. In Parsippany, NJ, Dino M. Mattessich also starts as a vice president, joining the tenant rep and agency client services group for the New Jersey market. He most recently was a senior associate for CB Richard Ellis.

RIDGE PROPERTY TRUST
(DALLAS) Graydon Bouchillon is named project manager and financial analyst, and Matthew Smith becomes development project manager. Bouchillon previously worked in the assurance practice for PricewaterhouseCoopers and Smith had been a project manager for Thos. S. Byrne, Clayco Construction and Mycon General Contracting.

UGL EQUIS
(CHICAGO and DURHAM, NC) Michael Merritt joins as vice president and Carole Randolph Jurkash as senior vice president and general counsel in the headquarters office. Merritt had been assistant vice president and senior real estate portfolio planner for Washington Mutual Bank. Jurkash, who gets seat on the executive management team, was most recently as vice president and deputy general counsel for Oak Brook Bank. In Durham, NC, Wendy Webster is named assistant vice president. She was a former associate account manager for Staubach Co.

COLDWELL BANKER COMMERCIAL ALMAR GROUP
(CARLSBAD, CA) James Karlovsky is hired as a sales associate for the office group.

NAI GLOBAL
(NEW YORK CITY) Sheera Berkowitz, Robert Kluge and Casey M. Lewis come aboard as associates. Berkowitz, joining the corporate services team, most recently was in asset management for Newmark Knight Frank. Kluge will focus on office leasing for financial institutions and Lewis' specialty is office leasing and tenant representation for advertising, media, technology and healthcare firms.

MEREDITH & GREW
(BOSTON) Andrew J. Whipple starts as an associate after working as a sales agent for East Coast Realty.

PIRCHER, NICHOLS & MEEKS
(LOS ANGELES) Fernando Villa joins as partner while Charles L. D'Itri starts as an associate. Villa previously practiced various types of real estate law for Greenberg Traurig LLP, where he also was a shareholder.

KEYBANK REAL ESTATE CAPITAL
(CLEVELAND) Charles H. Williams joins as vice president to originate financing for income-generating properties in Eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania. He most recently was assistant vice president of Realty Funding Group.

INTERCONTINENTAL REAL ESTATE CORP.
(BOSTON) Matthew Flotta assumes the asset manager's role for out-of-state assets. The veteran previously was general manager for CB Richard Ellis-New England.

CORELAND COS.
(TUSTIN, CA) Laurie Sneve becomes CFO as the company lays the groundwork for expansion. She most recently was CFO for Argus Realty Investors. She is replacing Kathie Sitton, senior vice president of finance, who is retiring.

TELES PROPERTIES
(LOS ANGELES) The newly launched firm adds Melissa Alt, a veteran of residential real estate in Greater Los Angeles.

ARCHICON
(PHOENIX) Nancy Hamel starts as marketing director of the architectural firm.

NAI NORRIS, BEGGS & SIMPSON
(PORTLAND, OR) The firm hires Debbie Chen, who has two years' experience in residential real estate.

GRUBB & ELLIS
(CHICAGO) Glen D. Market takes over as national director of market research. He worked for World Business Chicago, most recently as research director.

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