High Hopes for '09

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

PROLOGIS
Vice President, Treasury
(DENVER) The VP's responsibilities include managing financing through both secured and unsecured debt, maintaining relationships with analysts, overseeing accounting treatment for derivative transactions and integrating global debt strategy into the company's finance and operational strategy.

TISHMAN SPEYER PROPERTIES
Director of Property Accounting-Residential
(NEW YORK CITY) The director will be responsible for the strategy and supervision of the Peter Cooper Village/Stuyvesant Town property accounting department.

ERNST & YOUNG
Manager, Transaction Advisory Real Estate
(LOS ANGELES) The firm seeks a qualified professional to manage multiple client engagement teams. Responsibilities include financial analyses, cash flow and property modeling, analytical model reviews and loan portfolio underwriting for a variety of property types.

HOLLIDAY FENOGLIO FOWLER LP
Research Analyst
(DALLAS) The analyst will work with the associate director of research to support the needs of the investment sales division by collecting and analyzing market data; researching and writing quarterly white papers on the Dallas/Fort Worth, Austin and San Antonio areas; and maintaining research files.

THE URBAN LAND INSTITUTE
Director, Program Content
(WASHINGTON, DC) Responsibilities include coordinating the program content for the Spring Council Forum and the Fall Meeeting.

LEND LEASE RETAIL & COMMUNITIES
Development Manager/Program Manager
(NASHVILLE) Reporting to the director of design and construction, the program manager will ensure the delivery of all new and renovated hotels in a $500-million portfolio.

FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST INC.
Investment Officer
(CHICAGO) The officer's responsibilities will include identifying disposition opportunities in the portfolio, establishing and maintaining broker relationships, developing an understanding of the company's markets and negotiating contracts.

COHEN FINANCIAL
Senior Analyst
(NEWPORT BEACH, CA) The analyst will support the transactional flow in the company's capital markets and advisory services business lines.

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.

CB RICHARD ELLIS
(HOUSTON) Tre Banks is being promoted to vice president. He has been with the company since 1999, when he started out as a financial analyst.

REGENCY CENTERS
(JACKSONVILLE, FL) Rich Sutphin rises to vice president, regional officer responsible for managing approximately four million sf of retail. He previously held the position of senior leasing agent and has been with the company since 2003.

HART REALTY ADVISORS
(SIMSBURY, CT) The company promotes David S. Hart to senior managing partner; Kevin M. Miller to managing partner, investment transactions; and David B. Huntley to chief financial officer.

EVEREST HOLDINGS
(SCOTTSDALE, AZ) The investment and advisory services company elevates Ryan O'Donovan to vice president of land acquisitions. He was previously director of land banking acquisitions.

GRUBB & ELLIS
(TAMPA) Michelle Seifert is named associate vice president of the retail services group. She rejoined the company in 2006.

RTKL ASSOCIATES INC.
(CHICAGO) Peter O'Connor is elevated to principal after three years with the company.

BC ARCHITECTS
(MIAMI) Director of design Adan Fons rises to principal. He will now manage the operations of the Miami office in addition to his design duties.

GRUBB & ELLIS
(HOUSTON) Wendy Vandeventer is named vice president, investment services group.

BOND COS.
(LOS ANGELES) Six-year veteran Mark Bachli is made a principal of the firm after serving as senior vice president of project management.

KENNERLY, LAMISHAW & ROSSI LLP
(LOS ANGELES) The law firm names William J. Birney partner. He joined KLR in 2006.

HENRY S. MILLER COMMERCIAL
(DALLAS) Jim Turano is raised to executive vice president in the office/industrial division. He has been with the company for more than two decades.

KEYSTONE PACIFIC PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
(IRVINE, CA) The property management firm promotes Jeremy Pipp to district manager. He previously served as group coordinator.

PATRINELY GROUP
(HOUSTON) Pete Pfile has been named senior managing director and treasurer. The three-year veteran will now be responsible for managing financial aspects of the company's projects.

HDG MANSUR
(INDIANAPOLIS) The company promotes Thomas Molina to director, head of acquisitions; William Miller to director, senior asset manager; and Christine Byrnes to director, legal.

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.

GVA KIDDER MATHEWS
(TACOMA, WA) Joan Arnold is hired as an appraiser and consultant. She previously worked for NewTower Valuation.

NAI CAPITAL
(PASADENA) Industry veteran Carl Anderson has been named executive vice president and branch manager of NAI's Pasadena office. He joins the company from Grubb & Ellis.

ROBERTSON PROPERTIES GROUP
(LOS ANGELES) Dave Hokanson comes on board as vice president, real estate development. Prior to joining Robertson, Hokanson was vice president of real estate with the Macerich Co.

THE FLATLEY CO.
(BRAINTREE, MA) Dympna Minnock joins Flatley as vice president of marketing and new business development. She previously worked with Boston-based Synergy.

JONES LANG LASALLE
(DALLAS) Steve Church becomes a senior vice president with the company's capital markets group. He comes to JLL after four years with his own private brokerage firm.

COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION, INC.
(NASHVILLE) Frank Weber is now director of business development. He joins the company from Nashville Commercial Real Estate Services.

EPSTEIN BECKER & GREEN
(NEW YORK) John E. Clark, former vice president and chief counsel of New Jersey Schools Development Authority, will lead the law firm's real estate practice. He will concentrate on New York, New Jersey and the Northeast.

SOVEREIGN INVESTMENT CO.
(PRINCETON, NJ) Mark A. Carroll joins as vice president of acquisitions. He was previously at STAG Capital Partners.

SPERRY VAN NESS
(FORT WORTH) The firm expands its presence in Fort Worth by naming Ken Wimberly senior advisor. Before joining Sperry, he founded and was president of a real estate development and investment firm.

COLLEGIATE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LP
(IRVING, TX) Corbett R. Nichter is now senior vice president. In this role, he will lead the business development team and oversee the company's project portfolio.

SPERRY VAN NESS COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE ADVISORS
(PHOENIX) Cory Spanko has been named a senior advisor. He spent more than eight years with Wiley & Associates Commercial Real Estate.

MUNSCH HARDT KOPF & HARR PC
(DALLAS) J. Scott Craig becomes a shareholder in the firm, representing commercial and residential owners and developers in transactions.

ARCHITECTURAL RESOURCES
(CAMBRIDGE, MA) The firm adds Christina Ludwig and Meghann Van Dorn as interior designers.

THE SHOPPING CENTER GROUP
(ATLANTA) Shawn Johnson joins the company as GIS/marketing director. He previously worked for Sites USA.

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