PerspectiveTony 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
EDAWINC.
Senior Project Manager/Designer
(SAN FRANCISCO) The company has been appointed to do the urban andlandscape design for the streetscapes, plazas and parks for thisnew downtown neighborhood. We are looking for experienced seniorproject managers and designers to work with us in creating a uniqueand sustainable setting.

JONES LANG LASALLE
Contract Property Manager
(NEW YORK CITY) The hire will join the Corporate Property Servicesgroup and work with our corporate client in New York City. Thegroup provides portfolio and property management services tocorporations and institutions that outsource their real estatemanagement functions.

KEYBANK
Sr. Portfolio Manager, Healthcare
(TAMPA, FL) The hire obtains and participates in the analysis ofall necessary financial data, checking credit history anddetermining types and structures of loan to meet identifiedneeds.

NEW BOSTON FUND INC.
Acquisitions Senior Associate
(ARLINGTON, VA) This position assists in sourcing, underwriting andimplementing real estate projects in the Mid-Atlantic region. Thisposition is based in Washington, DC and reports to the regionaldirector of acquisitions.
TIAA–CREF
Associate, FI IM Institutional Markets
(NEW YORK CITY) Play critical support role for team focused ontransacting and developing mortgage and other secured financingvehicles, emerging asset classes and building new businesses andinvestment products.

SELECTLEADERS
Research Analyst–Real Estate FinancialSecurities
(NEWPORT BEACH, CA) The successful hire will be the main supportfor the research group, directly reporting to and closely workingwith top management.

THE HARRIS GROUP OF MARCUS & MILLICHAP
Senior Market Research Analyst
(EL SEGUNDO, CA) The qualified person will closely track andanalyze economic and commercial real estate market data to identifytrends and draw supportable conclusions.

MCKINSEY & CO.
Manager of Real Estate Transactions
(NEW YORK CITY) The hire will join a new Asia-Pacific based team,which will focus on serving McKinsey offices in this region(including China, India, Australia and New Zealand); the hire willalso get the opportunity to work globally.
Promotions
CBRICHARD ELLIS
(WASHINGTON, DC) Sally Wilson is named the company's globaldirector of environmental strategy. Wilson will also serve as theliaison with CBRE's environmental partners, including the NationalResources Defense Council and the US Green Building Council. Shewill continue as director of advisory services in the company'sWashington, DC office.

AMERICAN FINANCIAL REALTY TRUST
(JENKINTOWN, PA) AFR elevates four to its senior management team.Christopher J. Barone is promoted to vice president and chiefaccounting officer. Yelena Suris is promoted to assistant vicepresident of budgeting and planning. Elizabeth Anela is promoted toassistant vice president for lease administration; and ChristopherS. Lindberg is promoted to vice president of brokerage.

GLADSTONE COS.
(NEW YORK CITY; McLEAN, VA) Blair Gertmenian and Erika Highland arepromoted to principal. Gertmenian was previously an associate forprivate finance. Highland was previously an associate for privatefinance, portfolio management in the McLean, VA office.

PREISS CO.
(RALEIGH, NC) Laurie Stanley moves up to vice president of studenthousing property management. She joined the company in 2002.
ENTERPRISE
(NEW YORK CITY) Abby Jo Sigal is promoted to director of the NewYork City office, replacing Jim Himes. Sigal moves up from herposition as vice president of Enterprise Community Investment Inc.Himes will remain with the nonprofit affordable housing providerbut is stepping down as director to run for US Congress out ofConnecticut.

STUDLEY
(ISELIN, NJ) The tenant representation specialist promotes three:James Schroeder and Joseph Messina from managing director tocorporate managing director; and Philip Lipper from corporatemanaging director to senior managing director. All three are withthe firm's Central New Jersey office.

CB RICHARD ELLIS
(PHOENIX) The local office promotes four, with Kevin Cosca movingup to senior vice president, Mike Ragland moving up to first vicepresident, Bryan Taute moving up to vice president and ColleenMcPherson also moving up to vice president.

JONES LANG LaSALLE
(CHICAGO) David A. Black and David Hendrickson are promoted tomanaging directors. Hendrickson, who previously served as seniorvice president, will be managing director in the Real EstateInvestment Banking unit and Black, who previously served asexecutive vice president, will be managing director of the Projectand Development Services Group.
NewHires
NAI NEWYORK CITY
(NEW YORK CITY) Andrew Feder joins as executive vice president andchief operating officer. Prior to this appointment, he was managingdirector of the Andalex Group, and before that, served as managingdirector at MB Real Estate.

RELATED COS.
(NEW YORK CITY) Mark Boekenheide comes to the company as seniorvice president of hotel development. Prior to joining Related, hewas vice president of design and construction at Rosewood Hotelsand Resorts.

LaSALLE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
(SINGAPORE) Philip Ling joins the firm as managing director in AsiaPacific. He previously served as CEO of investment management forLend Lease in Australia.

LCOR INC.
(BETHESDA, MD) The company hires Ross Little as developmentdirector responsible for the Washington, DC metro area. Littlepreviously was with Bozzuto Group as land acquisitionsmanager.

DAVLYN INVESTMENTS
(IRVINE, CA) The real estate investment firm adds Jim McLennan aschief financial officer. Prior to joining Davlyn, McLennan waschief financial officer of Newland Communities.

JOHNSON CAPITAL
(SAN DIEGO) Rob Friederich joins as vice president. Before movingto Johnson Capital, he was an executive at Benchmark Financial. Healso previously served as vice president of business banking at USBank.

OPUS WEST CORP.
(AUSTIN, TX) Trac Bledsoe comes on board as senior real estatemanager. Most recently, Bledsoe served as an investment broker forCommercial Texas LLC in Austin. For six years prior to that, he wasinvolved with development, asset management and acquisitions forPacific Realty Associates LP (PacTrust) in Dallas and Austin.

SHEA PROPERTIES
(ALISO VIEJO, CA) The company names Forrest Wylder vice presidentof office leasing and acquisitions. In his new role, Wylder willdirect lease and market Vantis, a mixed-use project here. Inaddition, Shea names James Williams vice president of marketing. Hewill be primarily focused on strategy for marketing and brandingLegacy Park, a masterplanned development in Tustin.
POLLACK PARTNERS
(ATLANTA) Jennifer S. Ross is the new chief financial officer atthe multifamily development firm. She previously was seniordirector of finance for WestWind Capital Partners LP.

COHEN BROTHERS RALTY CORP.
(NEW YORK CITY) Steven M. Sikora joins as senior vice president ofasset management. For the past decade, he served as vicepresident/property management at the Witkoff Group.

CB RICHARD ELLIS INVESTORS
(WASHINGTON, DC) W. Cabell Grayson takes the position of seniormanaging director of the firm's Global Investor Services group.Grayson joins from the Capital Markets group of CB Richard Elliswhere he also held the title of senior managing director.

GRUBB & ELLIS
(MIAMI) Three join the company's South Florida office, withMitchell Millowitz coming on board as senior vice president,office; Lance Benson coming on board as vice president; and RyanRosalsky coming on board as senior associate. All three move overfrom Cushman & Wakefield.

KIMPTON HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
(SAN FRANCISCO) Jesse Suglia is the new director of hotel sales.Suglia previously was global director of business travel sales forthe New York Global Sales office of Omni Hotels.

REXFORD INDUSTRIAL
(LOS ANGELES) Christopher J. Engel becomes director ofacquisitions. Prior to joining Rexford, he was with the Abbey Co.He also previously was with CB Richard Ellis.

McSHANE CORP.
(ROSEMONT, IL) Daniel E. Fogarty joins as vice president overseeingthe firm's industrial development activities in the Midwest. Herecently served as general manager of industrial real estate forInSite Real Estate Development LLC.

KAUFMAN ORGANIZATION
(NEW YORK CITY) Elliot Warren comes on board as director in thecommercial sales and leasing team. Prior to joining Kaufman, Warrenfounded Elite Property Group. He also previously served as assetmanager and leasing director for the Moinian Group.

BREMNERDUKE HEALTHCARE REAL ESTATE
(ATLANTA) Jason Hinkel takes the title of senior vice president inthe Southeast for this division of Duke Realty Corp. He comes toBremnerDuke from Codgell Spencer Advisors in Charlotte, NC.

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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.