Up the Ante

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
Senior Investment Professional
(CHICAGO) A real estate private equity firm seeks a seasoned investment professional with a strong understanding of all real estate asset classes. This role is responsible for the entire investment process, from origination, underwriting and execution to management and disposition.

PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP
Commercial Real Estate Underwriter
(EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ) The underwriter will administer existing loan portfolios as well as develop new services with current and prospective customers.

BANK OF AMERICA
Senior Asset Manager
(CHARLOTTE, NC) The successful candidate will work as a member of the asset manager team, maintaining responsibility for all aspects of property operations, structure, financing, legal documentation, capital expenditures and leasing for mid-large and multifamily assets.

AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES
Senior Financial Analyst
(ALEXANDRIA,VA) The analyst will help shape the organization's investment decisions regarding acquisition, asset management, redevelopment and financing activity as well as assist the investment and asset management groups in presenting real estate projects to the investment committee.

DELOITTE FINANCIAL ADVISORY SERVICES
Lease Advisory Services Sr. Manager
(CHICAGO) The firm seeks qualified professionals to provide consultative services to landlords and large corporate tenants. Responsibilities include performing compliance audits, lease administration and due diligence.

SELECTLEADERS
Portfolio Controller
(CHICAGO) A Chicago-based private equity investment firm is seeking two portfolio controllers to assume overall responsibility for accounting operations, financial reporting and treasury management for a specific portfolio of investments.

THE JOHN BUCK CO.
Real Estate Opportunities
(CHICAGO) The firm seeks experienced professionals in the fields of design, development, construction management, infrastructure, financial analysis, leasing and marketing, facilities management and support services to support the company's expansion in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

AIG GLOBAL REAL ESTATE
Client Relations Senior Associate
(NEW YORK) The associate will provide service to clients and reporting to investors in private real estate funds. Must be able to build relationships with investors and respond in a timely fashion to requests from investors and prospective clients.

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.

GRUBB & ELLIS SECURITIES
(SANTA ANA, CA) Randy Beckman and Richard Arnitz are promoted to executive vice presidents, sales. Beckman joined the company in 2006, after 10 years with A.G. Edwards. Arnitz's previous role with the company was senior vice president, national accounts.

OPUS SOUTH CORP.
(ATLANTA) Brian Linnihan, an employee of the Opus Group since 2001, is named vice president, sales and finance.

THE HAMPSHIRE COS.
(MORRISTOWN, NJ) The company raises former fund controller Denise Novak to the position of chief financial officer. She has been with Hampshire since 2004.

CARLSON REAL ESTATE
(MINNETONKA, MN; PHOENIX; CHARLOTTE) Kristin Myhre is promoted to senior manager, real estate investments; Chris Cannon is named general manager and Michelle Kirby is made assistant property manager.

COLLIERS INTERNATIONAL
(SEATTLE) The company raises Tim Chin and Mike Schreck to senior vice president and elevates Joe Levin to vice president.

SB ARCHITECTS
(SAN FRANCISCO) The firm promotes three long-time staff members, Scott Boyle, Eric Nyhus and Jorey Friedman to vice presidents. Boyle and Nyhus each bring more than 15 years of experience to their roles, and Ms. Friedman has been in the business more than 20 years, 14 of them with SB Architects.

GRUBB & ELLIS
(NEW YORK CITY) Gary Schwartzman and Wayne Van Aken rise to the position of managing director. Schwartzman joined the company in 2004 and Van Aken is a 10-year veteran of Grubb & Ellis.

BRE PROPERTIES
(SAN FRANCISCO) BRE elevates Deborah Jones from vice president to senior vice president, associate relations and development.

THORNTON TOMASETTI
(NEW YORK CITY) Daniel A. Cuoco, president of the company since 2002, is named president and chief executive officer. In addition, managing principal Thomas Z. Scarangello is made chairman and executive vice president Robert P. DeScenza is appointed chief operating officer.

STUDLEY
(LOS ANGELES) Stacy A. Wilder is promoted from managing director, project management services to corporate managing director.

IDI
(CINCINNATI) Ken Smith rises to senior vice president and regional development officer, responsible for overseeing land procurement, project development, leasing activity and building acquisitions and sales.

CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD
(EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ) David DeMatteis is appointed associate director. He has been part of the firm's transaction services team since 2001.

RTKL ASSOCIATES
(DALLAS) Alexander Faurot and Michael Moran are named vice presidents of the architectural and planning firm.

REALTY CAPITAL PARTNERS
(COLLEYVILLE, TX) Executive vice president Terry Boone will take on the duties of executive vice president of client services, a newly created position.

MARCUS & MILLICHAP
(PHOENIX) David Guido is promoted to sales manager of the Phoenix and Tucson offices. He has been with the company since 1999.

HINES
(HOUSTON) The firm names George Lancaster senior vice president, corporate communications and Ryan Sims vice president-controller. Lancaster is a 24-year veteran of the company and Sims joined in 2003.

ENDEAVOR REAL ESTATE GROUP
(AUSTIN) Brian Lent is promoted to principal-retail development. He joined the company six years ago as an intern.

GRASSO HOLDINGS
(PHILADELPHIA) David Dinenberg is appointed chief operating officer.

KATZ & ASSOCIATES
(PEARL RIVER, NY) Brian Katz rises to the role of chief operating officer. He has been with the company since July 2000, following three years with Forest City Ratner.

JOHNSON CAPITAL
(CHICAGO) The investment banking firm opens an office in Chicago, to be headed by vice president Brendan Hotchkiss.

SPERRY VAN NESS
(LOS ANGELES) In an effort to tap the market of Korean investors, Sperry Van Ness vice president Mimi Song opens an office in Koreatown, the mid-Wilshire submarket of Los Angeles. Song will continue to operate her office in Victorville.

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.

HDG MANSUR
(INDIANAPOLIS) David Compton is named president of the company's communities division. He previously worked for Kite Realty and Pulte Homes.

GRUBB & ELLLIS
(KING OF PRUSSIA, PA) Doug Joseph joins the company as senior vice president, director, institutional investment group. He comes to Grubb & Ellis from CB Richard Ellis.

THE HAMPSHIRE COS.
(MORRISTOWN, NJ) The company hires Michael Harrington as asset manager, Karen Goodman as assistant controller and Trent Taylor as assistant asset manager/financial analyst. Harrington joins Hampshire after six years with Grubb & Ellis's Metro New York institutional investment group. Goodman was with a real estate management company in Orlando.

GVA KIDDER MATHEWS
(BELLEVUE, WA) Nelle Bruce joins the company's Bellevue office. She will specialize in office leasing and sales in the brokerage division.

CARLSON REAL ESTATE
(MINNETONKA, MN; PHOENIX) Debra Altschuler comes on board as senior counsel and Erik Warshauer is hired as real estate associate. Prior to joining Carlson, Altschuler worked for Day, Berry, & Howard, in Stamford, CT and Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson in New York City.

MARCUS & MILLICHAP
(NEW YORK CITY) Hal Fuchs is appointed senior associate. He was formerly an agent with Bensen & Associates.

COLLIERS ARNOLD
(ORLANDO) The company adds Michael G. Sweeney as senior retail specialist and Meghan Kruger as retail specialist to its Orlando offices. Sweeny previously worked for Commercial First Properties, and Kruger was part of Grubb & Ellis's retail team.

SB ARCHITECTS
(SAN FRANCISCO) The firm appoints a new chief financial officer, John Cisco. He was most recently a member of Auberge Resorts' executive management team.

OPUS NORTH CORP.
(CHICAGO) John D. Carlson comes on board as real estate representative. Carlson was previously employed by Carlson Real Estate Co.

GOODWIN PROCTOR
(LOS ANGELES) The firm adds four new partners to its L.A. office. Eric R. Reimer, Elliot D. Hinds, Q. Scott Kaye and Marc A. Jones all join the company from McDermott Will & Emery.

COVENTRY REAL ESTATE ADVISORS
(NEW YORK CITY) Devin Murphy joins the company as a managing partner after serving as global head of real estate investment banking for Deutsche Bank.

ADLER GROUP
(MIAMI) Adler hires John Tombari as senior vice president and chief operating officer. He was previously with Stiles Corp., where he developed and managed several mixed-use projects.

FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST
(MINNEAPOLIS) Dan Vogel is appointed development manager for the Minneapolis region.

MISSION CAPITAL ADVISORS
(NEW YORK CITY) Terence Bundy is hired as an analyst. He joins the company from Merrill Lynch.

SOVEREIGN INVESTMENT CO.
(PRINCETON, NJ) Lauren Strachan comes on board as an associate in the sales and disposition group.

INLAND COMMUNICATIONS
(OAK BROOK, IL) The company appoints Richard J. Jurek to the newly created position of chief executive officer of Inland Real Estate Group's in-house marketing and communications company. He previously worked for the Northern Trust Co.

WS DEVELOPMENT
(CHESTNUT HILL, MA) Lori McWeeney is named director of leasing. She was most recently with the Wilder Cos.

LILLIBRIDGE
(CHICAGO) Jack Coale rejoins the firm as vice president of business development. He worked for the company from 1996 to 2000, before moving on to positions with Haskell/KDA Holdings and Medical Properties Trust.

OPUS SOUTH CORP.
(ATLANTA) Opus adds Anne Marie Solberg to its employee roster as vice president and general counsel. Solberg joins the company from Parsinen Kaplan Rosberg & Gotlieb P.A.

THE PRAEDIUM GROUP
(NEW YORK CITY) David Dowell is appointed vice president of acquisitions for the Midwest region. He was previously with GE Real Estate's North America Equity Investments Group.

LINCOLN PROPERTY CO.
(WASHINGTON, DC) Will McCullough joins the company as senior vice president, industrial and office leasing services.

UGL EQUIS
(CHICAGO) Lexis Livengood is hired as senior associate. Prior to joining the company, she was with Studley Inc.

CRESAPARTNERS
(NEW YORK CITY) Kenneth B. Witler comes on board as vice president and Paul Weir is named associate. Witler was most recently with Cushman & Wakefield and Weir was previously an intern with CresaPartners.

UNITED PROPERTIES
(MINNEAPOLIS) The company adds Ken Seifert as vice president-retail property management. Before joining United, he was in the asset management division of Capital Growth Madison Marquette.

JONES LANG LASALLE
(STAMFORD, CT: SAN FRANCISCO) John Stoddard and Mark George are hired as vice presidents. Stoddard joins the company from Albert B. Ashforth Inc. Corporate Real Estate Brokerage. George was part of Colliers International Tenant Representation Team.

SAVILLS GRANITE
(NEW YORK CITY) The firm names Mark De Riemer senior vice president, responsible for expanding the investment sales practice. He was previously with Jones Lang LaSalle.

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