CHICAGO—HFF has just hired PhilMahler as a managing director in its Chicago office.Mahler will join the company's national healthcare practice and,splitting his time between Chicago and New York, focus onhealthcare capital markets and investment sale transactionsthroughout the US.

Mahler has 22 years of commercial real estate experience andmost recently worked with Savills LLC as amanaging director in its medical office group. During his 10 yearswith Savills, he was involved in more than $6 billion of medicaloffice transactions totaling about 33.5-million-square-feet ofproduct. Prior to Savills, he was a manager in the real estateadvisory and capital markets group of Ernst andYoung. Mahler has also held positions with UBSRealty Investors LLC, Prologis Trust andWells Fargo Bank.

“Phil has an extensive background in the commercial real estateindustry and a deep understanding of the medical office space,having transacted numerous investment sales, financing assignments,joint ventures, direct hospital monetization strategies andstrategic recaps, among others,” says John Pelusi,executive managing director and head of HFF's national healthcarepractice. “Phil, alongside Michael Bennett, Jack Dudick, and the entire HFF healthcareteam, will utilize a true team approach to put the 'best team onthe field' for every transaction.”