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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

FOREST CITY ENTERPRISES
VP of Development & Leasing
(EAST BALTIMORE, MD) The VP will direct all leasing initiatives for the life science, office and retail space throughout a business park, and will oversee and manage specific development projects from conception through design, construction, and lease-up.

TRIMONT REAL ESTATE ADVISORS
Asset Manager
(ATLANTA) Responsibilities include formulating and executing deal resolutions to maximize repayment of debt or return for client-investor; assessing performance of the assets relative to original underwriting strategies or business plans, competitors, and market conditions; and more.

THE CARLTON GROUP
Director–Los Angeles
(LOS ANGELES) The company, which is headquartered in Manhattan, is seeking a seasoned real estate executive and deal maker to operate its corporate office in Los Angeles.

THE URBAN LAND INSTITUTE
Managing Director, Infrastructure
(WASHINGTON, DC) The institute has created a special initiative to address the relationship between land use and infrastructure with special emphasis on infrastructure finance. This director will manage this effort within the institute.

CB RICHARD ELLIS
Regional Property Manager
(NEW YORK CITY) The manager manages the operations and maintenance of all facilities within a region, develops and maintains positive relationships with clients, manages facilities staff to deliver expected service levels to the client within the prescribed budget, and more.

PRUDENTIAL
Investment Director
(PARSIPPANY, NJ) This director will lead the underwriting and due diligence process and assist in the origination, negotiation and structuring of joint venture and entity level investments, lead the day-to-day active management of existing private equity investments in companies and ventures including the review of board, and more.

FORE PROPERTY CO.
Marketing Director–Multifamily
(PHOENIX) The candidate's role will be overseeing the marketing and leasing (particularly lease-up) of new class A apartment communities with the goal of maximizing revenue by attracting and retaining our targeted renters.

SIMPSON PROPERTIES LTD
Commercial Property Manager
(ALEXANDRIA, VA) This firm seeks a motivated, take-charge professional to oversee a portfolio of commercial buildings.

Promotions

No more than one submission per company will be considered per week.
Submissions with multiple names will be capped at three for coverage in Executive Watch.

CARDINAL INVESTMENTS
(EL SEGUNDO, CA) Sarah Brown is promoted to partner She joined the firm in 2005, with a primary focus on acquisitions and sourcing equity.

PATRINELY GROUP
(HOUSTON) David Joiner is moving up to vice president. He will be responsible for managing several build-to-suit and other projects in the Southwest.

COLLIERS INTERNATIONAL
(SAN JOSE, CA) The firm expands its investment division with the relocation of vice president Andy Zighelboim to San Jose/Silicon Valley. He will lead the firm's Investment Services Group development in the region.

PERKOWITZ+RUTH ARCHITECTS
(WASHINGTON, DC) Joseph Serruya is promoted to director. He joined the firm in 1999 as senior job captain and most recently held the title of associate.

MARCUS & MILLICHAP
(ENCINCO, CA) Greg Harris is promoted to executive vice president of investments.

RTKL ASSOCIATES
(WASHINGTON, DC) Daren Shumate moves to vice president. He serves as director of the MEP Engineering studio, part of RTKL's Applied Technology Group.

IDI
(ATLANTA) Brian Mee is selected to the National Fee Development group as senior vice president. He previously served as vice president of corporate development. He succeeds Mike McLoad, who retired in 2007.

CB RICHARD ELLIS
(ST. LOUIS and HOUSTON) David Steinbach, marking six years as a tenant representative, rises to vice president. In Houston, Scott Davis earns a promotion to first vice president.

MB REAL ESTATE SERVICES LLC
(CHICAGO) Michelle O. Kindlund is named general manager of 200 West Monroe, a 649,265-sf office building in the West Loop. She previously was property manager at Michigan Plaza.

GVA WILLIAMS
(STAMFORD, CT) Jacqueline Pinyan-Durels, a 20-year veteran, is promoted to senior vice president.

WENTWORTH PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CORP.
(VALLEY FORGE, PA) David Readinger becomes regional director of operations for the office. He joined the company in 2004.

NORTHMARQ CAPITAL INC.
(CHICAGO) The firm's new senior vice president and senior director is Michael J. Sieman, who joined the team in January 2007 via the acquisition of Baird & Warner Real Estate Capital.

New Hires

No more than one submission per company will be considered per week.
Submissions with multiple names will be capped at three for coverage in Executive Watch.

ACKMAN-ZIFF REAL ESTATE GROUP
(NEW YORK CITY) Joseph Tufariello joins the firm as a managing director. He comes to Ackman-Ziff from Morgan Stanley where he was a senior banker in its US lending operations.

STOCKTON REAL ESTATE ADVISORS
(PHILADELPHIA) Mei O'Neill comes on board as transaction manager. Prior to the move, she was senior account executive with CoStar Group in Philadelphia.

GRUBB & ELLIS
(BOSTON) Tom Aitken is hired as senior vice president. He previously held the same title at NAI Hunneman Commercial Co.

KOLL DEVELOPMENT CO.
(DALLAS) The firm expands its local team with the hiring of Ab Atkins as senior vice president, Robert Browning as vice president and Frank Benenate as senior project manager.

GOODWIN PROCTER
(PALO ALTO, CA) Ginger R. Dreger, Paul L. Davis and Nancy W. Vensko join as partners in the Intellectual Property Group. Dreger previously was a member of Heller Ehrman's Patents & Trademarks Practice Group; Davis previously was chair of Heller Ehrman's Patents & Trademarks Practice Group; and Vensko was a managing partner at Knobbe, Martens, Olson and Bear.

TRAMMELL CROW CO.
(RENO, NV) Gary Duson is appointed senior vice president and area director for the company's Northern Nevada office. He will oversee a team of 17 development and construction experts. Prior to joining TCC, Duson served as shareholder and executive committee member of Lionel Sawyer & Collins.

ADVANCE REALTY GROUP
(BEDMINSTER, NJ) Frederic A. Zack rejoins the company as a senior property manager where his responsibilities will include Energy Star benchmarking, and energy conservation and education. He returns after two years as COO of Precision Building & Construction.

HAVELAND ESTATES
(NEW YORK CITY) Andrea Foertsch comes on board as managing director. She previously served as founder and principal of Melrose Real Estate Strategies in Boston.

COLDWELL BANKER COMMERCIAL
(PARSIPANNY, NJ) Len Del Gaudio joins as vice president of business development, global client solutions group. In addition, Michael Pisocran joins as national vice president of strategic growth and Eric DeVorkin joins as managing director of business development for the west.

HENDRICKS & PARTNERS
(SEATTLE) John Shaw is hired as an associate. He has acted as broker and acquisitions associate on transactions totaling nearly $84 million in sales.

BLACKSTONE GROUP
(LONDON) Gerry Murphy joins the firm's private equity team as a senior managing director. Previously, Murphy spent five years as CEO of Kingfisher. He is currently a non-executive director at Reckitt Benckiser Group plc.

JONES LANG LASALLE
(LAS VEGAS) Billy Zebe comes on board as managing director of the Retail Outsourcing Services group. He joins from CB Richard Ellis, where he was a senior vice president responsible for leading national retail rollouts.

YOO
(NEW YORK CITY) Andrew Pang is appointed managing director of YOO Asia. Prior to joining the company, he was one of the founding directors of Cushman & Wakefield in Hong Kong.

ALLEGIANCE REALTY CORP.
(CHARLOTTE, NC) Mark Rubin joins the company as director of acquisitions, leading the efforts in sourcing investment opportunities nationwide. He previously was held senior positions with institutional and private real estate investment firms.

VENABLE
(NEW YORK CITY) Joseph T. Lynyak III, a banking regulatory lawyer, joins as a partner in the Los Angeles and Washington, DC offices. He moves to Venable from financial services law firm Buckley Kolar LLP.

CB RICHARD ELLIS
(CHICAGO) Northern Realty Group Ltd.'s three founders Bruce Kaplan, Michael Shields and Kim McGuire and two veteran colleagues from the 21-year-old firm merge into the retail services group. The three founders start as senior vice presidents.

CLAYCO INC.
(ST. LOUIS) Caroline Saunders is hired as general counsel for Clayco Realty Group. She comes to the company from Husch & Eppenberger.

STREAM REALTY PARTNERS LP
(HOUSTON) Robert Halick, with 23 years' experience, starts as senior property manager.

NAI JAMES E. HANSON
(HACKENSACK, NJ) Dominic M. Fittizzi becomes associate vice president to focus on industrial and office sectors. Most recently, he operated his own residential real estate agency, Freedom Realty, which his wife is continuing to operate.

THORNTON TOMASETTI
(CHICAGO) Anne Sullivan establishes a historic preservation practice for the structural engineering and design firm. The veteran architect starts as vice president after 15 years with Johnson Lasky Architects, most recently as senior associate.

JP MORGAN PROPERTY EXCHANGE INC.
(DENVER) Mark Nierenberg, a seasoned 1031 professional, is hired to lead the firm's newest office.

CENTERLINE CAPITAL GROUP
(NEW YORK CITY) Veteran Jack Chen starts as COO. Most recently, he was COO of Hillmark Capital.

TIME EQUITIES INC.
(NEW YORK CITY) Zachary Adler begins as associate of acquisitions and development. He interned for the firm in 2006.

GOEDECKE & CO. LLC
(BOSTON) The firm adds Michael C. Surprenant as vice president of origination. He previously oversaw underwriting and financial analysis for Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Co.'s CMBS line.

WENTZ GROUP
(NEWPORT BEACH, CA) Joining as vice president is Richard M. Majestic.

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