Father Knows Best

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

JONES LANG LASALLE
Strategic Sourcing Manager
(NEW YORK CITY) The Manager will develop, lead and execute commodity sourcing strategies for local, regional and national initiatives; act as communication liaison with the client procurement team and the JLL account manager; and prepare budget information for fixed regional and national contracts.

FANNIEMAE
Senior Business Developer
(NEW YORK CITY) The Business Developer is responsible for sharing affordable housing best policy practices, providing financial capital by sourcing opportunities to certain business units, gathering local market intelligence and establishing and maintaining relationships with local customers and partners.

SUNTRUST BANK
Transom Property Manager
(CHARLOTTE, NC) Responsibilities include overall management of multiple properties. The manager will provide supervision for several facilities-related functions of affordable housing properties.

INLAND MORTGAGE CAPITAL CORP.
Financial Analyst
(WALNUT CREEK, CA) The Analyst will support the loan originator's financial underwriting and analysis of prospective real estate lending opportunities in the areas of new development and redevelopment of apartments, office, industrial, retail and condominium properties.

EQUITY, INC.
Development Officer
(TAMPA, FL) The firm seeks a development officer to work on new projects from land acquisition through construction and leasing.

AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES
Director of Risk Management
(ALEXANDRIA, VA)The director will assess risk throughout the company's operations and implement programs to mitigate those risks.

CB RICHARD ELLIS
General Manager, Retail Services
(WALIEA, HI)Reporting to the managing director of retail services, the General Manager may supervise from one to five employees and oversee anywhere from 100,000 to 750,000 sf.

DEUTSCHE BANK
Commercial Real Estate Loan Administrator
(NEW YORK CITY)The Manager will support the commercial real estate lending and portfolio management teams in daily operations and reporting.

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.

COLLIERS INTERNATIONAL
(DALLAS) Dustin Schilling has risen to vice president. He joined Colliers in 2003 and formed the Urban Advisory Group with colleague David Glasscock in 2005.

NAI GLOBAL
(NEW YORK CITY) Andrew G. Simon has been promoted to executive managing director of the company's New York City office. He has been with NAI since February 2007.

GRUBB & ELLIS
(SANTA ANA, CA) Executive vice president and president of transaction services Robert H. Osbrink will take on the role of chairman of transaction services on June 1. He has been with the company for two decades and was named to his current position in 2004.

CB RICHARD ELLIS
(NEW YORK CITY and HARRISBURG) Ken Meyerson and Timothy Dempsey have been appointed executive vice presidents after 14 years with the company, and Patrick Lafferty rises to senior vice president.

LOWE ENTERPRISES
(LOS ANGELES) Dick Poladian has risen to chief operating officer. He joined Lowe in 2002 as chief financial and chief administration officer.

JONES LANG LASALLE
(LOS ANGELES) David Doupe and Bryan Jacobs have been named international directors of the firm. Doupe is currently a managing director in the capital markets group, and Jacobs holds the same position in the corporate solutions practice.

KEYSTONE PACIFIC PROPERTY MANAGEMENT INC.
(IRVINE, CA) Renee Morales has risen from community association manager to group coordinator.

TURNER CONSTRUCTION CO.
(HOUSTON) Joe Glowacki has been named president and general manager for the Houston region. He has been with Turner for his entire 22-year construction career.

FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST, INC.
(DALLAS) Brock Wilson has been appointed senior vice president of portfolio management for the West region, and Brady Scott has been promoted to senior investment officer responsible for identifying investment opportunities in Dalls, Fort Worth and Houston.

CASSIDY & PINKARD COLLIERS
(WASHINGTON, DC) Edward Harrell, a senior vice president with the company, has been named industrial practice leader.

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.

GRUBB & ELLIS
(LAS VEGAS and SEATTLE) New employees move from NAI Horizon to Grubb & Ellis. Douglas S. Schuster comes on board as senior vice president, multi-housing group and Curtis R. Allsop is named advisor for the land group. In addition, Brian Richardson has been named vice president in the company's multifamily group, after a year as vice president with the Foundation Group.

LAUTH
(ORLANDO, FL) After three years as vice president at RREEF, John Frederick is moving to Lauth as vice president of office and industrial development.

NAI GLOBAL
(LAS VEGAS) Vic Donovan joins the Las Vegas office as executive managing director. He was previously senior managing partner with Colliers International—Las Vegas.

COLLIERS INTERNATIONAL
(HOUSTON) Stanley H. Voelkel II has been hired as vice president in the office leasing division. He previously worked for CB Richard Ellis and Trione & Gordon.

TED MOUDIS ASSOCIATES
(NEW YORK CITY) Lucy Carter has been named director of marketing and business development.

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
(LOS ANGELES) USC's Lusk Center for Real Estate has named economist Richard K. Green, PhD, director and Lusk Chair in Real Estate. He served as director of the Center for Real Estate and Urban Studies at George Washington University since 2004.

APOLLO REAL ESTATE ADVISORS
(LONDON AND NEW YORK CITY) The company has added two to its international team. David Ferguson has joined the European headquarters in London along with his team of specialists from Stoneleigh Capital. And John Beaman, formerly of Lehman Brothers, joins the New York-based debt group.

VENABLE LLP
(WASHINGTON, DC AND NEW YORK CITY) Michael C. Davis has been hired as a partner in the firm's environmental group, operating out of both the New York and Washington offices.

CB RICHARD ELLIS
(NEW YORK CITY) Enoch Lawrence has been named senior vice president in the New York City capital markets—finance group. Before joining CBRE, he co-founded the commercial real estate consulting practice at Sandler O'Neill & Partners.

WESTMOUNT REALTY CAPITAL, LLC
(DALLAS) David M. Striph joins the company as senior managing director of the real estate finance division. He spent the past two years with Fortress Investment Group.

BEHRINGER HARVARD
(DALLAS) Scott Fordham has been named senior vice president—accounting. He was most recently senior vice president and chief accounting officer for Apartment Investment and Management Co.

TURNER DEVELOPMENT CORP.
(NEWPORT BEACH, CA) William S. Allen has been appointed director of acquisitions. He joins the company from Carlyle Realty, the real estate affiliate of the Carlyle Groups.

ALLIANCE RESIDENTIAL CO.
(SALT LAKE CITY) Adam Paul has been hired as city partner for the mountain division. Before joining Alliance, he owned a development management firm.

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