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Tony LoPinto is CEO of Equinox Partners, an executivesearch firm specializing in the real estate industry, and parentcompany of SelectLeaders. The views expressed in this article arethe author's own.
JobOpportunities
BROOKFIELDPROPERTIES
Director, Taxation
(NEW YORK CITY) The hire plans and directs all aspects oforganization's US tax policies and objectives, and ensurescompliance with all federal, state, and local tax regulations whileworking to minimize tax liability and maximize after taxprofits.

BRANDYWINE REALTY TRUST
Regional Financial Analyst
(FALLS CHURCH, VA) The hire will be involved with analysessupporting asset management, acquisitions, and development projectswithin the company's expanding Metro DC regional portfolio of 4.5million sf of class A office under the direction of the SVP andmanaging director.

TRANSWESTERN INVESTMENT CO.
Vice President
(CHICAGO) The hire will work independently to conduct due diligenceon assets purchased, manage the escrow closing process, andtransition the asset to the Ownership Representation departmentupon the close of escrow, reporting to the managing director incharge of due diligence.

PLUM CREEK LAND CO.
Senior Manager, Marketing & Sales
(NORTHERN US) The hire will develop regional sales and marketingstrategies; conduct thorough market assessments, and createpromotion plans to reach buyers in the retail channels forhome-sites and business-to-business (BTB) channels for purchases oflarger parcels.
CIM GROUPINC.
Asset Manager
(LOS ANGELES) The hire is critical to the management andadministration of all entities, including retail, hotel and theateroperations. Responsibilities include assessment, planning andimplementation of strategies that ensure optimum operation andincrease the asset's NOI.

SELECTLEADERS
Senior Project Manager-Construction
(WASHINGTON, DC) The hire will be responsible for the hands onproject management of a designated project site and will manage,from cradle to grave, all activities from early design to finaltenant occupancy.

POTOMAC REALTY CAPITAL
Loan Originator
(NEEDHAM, MA) The successful candidates are proven self-starterswith a minimum of two years of professional experience incommercial real estate finance or credit with a proven ability inhandling large/complex commercial real estate loans.

RCLCO
Associate
(LOS ANGELES) The associate participates in the preparation ofmarket and financial feasibility analysis for real estatedevelopment projects.
Promotions
SAVANNAREAL ESTATE FUND I LP
(NEW YORK CITY) Edgar Benjamin Cabrera rises to senior analystafter 19 months with the firm.

COLLIERS ABR INC.
(NEW YORK CITY) Gary M. Rosenberg becomes principal in addition toremaining as vice president of finance.
LEXINGTON REALTYTRUST
(NEW YORK CITY) Executive vice president Natasha Roberts assumesthe duties of director of real estate operations. With thepromotion, she will take over for John B. Vander Zwaag, who hasresigned as executive vice president and head of portfoliomanagement.
NewHires
CSMCORP.
(MINNEAPOLIS) Arne Cook is named president of commercialproperties. Cook previously was managing director of the Centralregion for First Industrial Realty Trust.

CASTLEBROOK REALTY GROUP
(DALLAS) Thomas P. Ligon Jr. joins as vice president. He was thelong-time leasing director for One Main Place in the Downtown,overseeing the high rise for three brokerage firms.

ZAREMBA GROUP
(CLEVELAND) Pamela S. Bordner-Riney starts as senior director ofbusiness development and leasing. She most recently was senior vicepresident and director of business development for Urban RetailProperties.

CREEKSTONE MANAGEMENT
(HOUSTON) Lynn Kelleher comes on board as vice president. Mostrecently, she was property manager for Crescent Real EstateEquities Co.'s 5 Houston Center.

CB RICHARD ELLIS
(OAK BROOK, IL) Joe Anthony leaves a CBRE post in Detroit to becomesenior vice president of office investment properties group.

GRUBB & ELLIS
(NEW YORK CITY) Martin Cottingham is made managing director tooversee the corporate services division for the New York region. Hemost recently was a managing director at Bear Stearns & Co.Also newly hired is Hank Walker, who starts as senior managingdirector of the office group. He was a former vice president for CBRichard Ellis.

MINTZ, LEVIN, COHN, FERRIS, GLOVSKY ANDPOPEO
(NEW YORK CITY) Jeffrey M. Schwartz joins the 480-lawyer AmLaw 100firm. He previously was a partner in the Wolf Haldenstein AdlerFreeman and Herz law firm.

STUDLEY
(PHILADELPHIA) Ryan Pearson joins the national law firm practicegroup, ending his tenure as a partner in Morgan, Lewis &Bockius LLP.
STAUBACHCO.
(MURRAY HILL, NJ) Nick Kim is made senior managing director to leada new Asian specialty group. He most recently was with Cushman& Wakefield of NJ Inc.

KEYSTONE
(PHILADELPHIA) Patrick Brala comes on board as senior vicepresident and CFO. He was vice president and CFO for AMC DelanceyGroup.

DELOITTE & TOUCHE USA
(NEW YORK CITY) David M. Jacobstein joins as a senior adviser forthe real estate group after spending the past eight years aspresident and COO for Developers Diversified Realty Corp.

CB RICHARD ELLIS
(BOSTON) John Butterworth becomes senior vice president and partnerin the Downtown brokerage group. He previously was senior vicepresident and partner at Meredith & Grew.

MESA WEST CAPITAL
(LOS ANGELES) Ryan Krauch joins the executive team as a principal.He most recently was a management executive for Somera CapitalManagement.

RREEF
(COSTA MESA, CA) Tim Brosnan starts as a director in the clientrelations group. Brosnan most recently was with Buchanan StreetPartners in its institutional investment sales and investorservices divisions.

PENZANCE COS.
(WASHINGTON, DC) Gregory B. Meyer begins as vice president and COOwhile Timothy H. Watkins comes on board as vice president and chieflegal office, also getting a seat on the investment committee.

NEPTUNE HOSPITALITY ADVISORS
(SAN DIEGO and AUSTIN) Jason Clouet, joining the San Diego team,and Patrick Bajdek, leading a new office in Austin, are namedmanaging directors. Clouet most recently was president ofAllegiance Hospitality Corp. Bajdek was a former director for PKFCapital Markets Group.

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Anthony J. LoPinto

Tony LoPinto is the Global Sector Leader of Korn Ferry’s Real Estate Practice and founder of SelectLeaders. For the past 18 years LoPinto has been serving his clients with deep knowledge and perspective on talent needs and organizational challenges to public and private companies – knowledge gained from a 25-year career in real estate. Prior to his current position, he founded and served as chief executive officer of a boutique real estate executive search firm, where he oversaw offices in New York, Chicago, Washington, DC, San Francisco and Los Angeles. He has successfully led several high profile search engagements for chief executive officers, directors and a wide-range of executive level positions across all industries and sectors. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in European history from Loyola University in Chicago.