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JobOpportunities
EDAWINC.
Senior Planner
(FORT COLLINS, CO) The hire will market, support and leadcomprehensive planning (i.e., general plans, area-specific plans,community plans, etc.) projects primarily for local cities,counties and regional governments.

THE URBAN LAND INSTITUTE
Manager, Programs and Development
(ORANGE, CA) The hire manages all aspects of coordinating programsand developing marketing and communications strategies formembership involvement and sponsorship support toward theadvancement of goals and objectives.

SELECTLEADERS
Director of Leasing
(BROOKLYN, NY) Manages and actively participates in all effortsnecessary to identify and secure lease contracts with prospectivecustomers for space in existing properties, new developments andbuild-to-suits.

ING CLARION
Analyst–CMBS Acquisitions &Surveillance
(NEW YORK CITY) The candidate will assume the role of an analyst ina firm that manages a variety of real estate related fixed-incomeproducts. The candidate will be part of the CMBS acquisitions andsurveillance team
EASTMANCOS.
VP, Property Management
(LIVINGSTON, NJ) The VP is responsible for managing and supervisingthe entire commercial property portfolio, including all aspectssuch as curb appeal, tenant affiliated construction, mechanicals,tenant relations, maintenance and preventative maintenance.

SUNRISE SENIOR LIVING INC.
Real Estate Director
(McLEAN, VA) This executive will handle all aspects and phases ofthe development of upscale senior living projects, from initialsite selection through construction and grand opening.

DUKE REALTY CORP.
SVP, East
(INDIANAPOLIS) This position will be responsible for coordinatingand negotiating project development to acquire and develop land formedical use facilities.

SELECTLEADERS
Senior Project Manager–RetailDevelopment
(BROOKLYN, NY) The hire will coordinate activities of retail realestate development projects and support the retail leasing anddevelopment process, as well as other duties.
Promotions
STUDLEY
(NEW YORK CITY) Dan Posy and Jason Schwartzenberg rise to managingdirector from associate and assistant director, respectively. Also,Jon Rosenblatt goes to associate director from assistant director.

RFR HOLDING
(CYPRUS) Neil Kennedy has relocated to the European Union Republicof Cyprus to focus on opportunistic investments in Eastern Europe,the Greek Isles and Dubai.

OMNIPLAN INC.
(DALLAS) John Hampton is named associate principal. He specializesin retail designs.
LEE & ASSOCIATES
(CARLSBAD, CA) Michael Meisenbach and Ryan Barr become principals.Meisenbach most recently was senior vice president in NewportBeach, CA office, where he founded its office investment division.He will maintain offices in Newport Beach and SanDiego-North.

KEYSTONE PACIFIC PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
(IRVINE, CA) Anna Javier is promoted to group coordinator fromsenior community association manager after two years with thecompany.

CLARETT GROUP
(NEW YORK CITY) Ruth Ann Blankenheim is named associate director.She joined the firm in 2004 as an associate.
NewHires
EQUINOXPARTNERS
(CHICAGO) Angela Kleiman joins as managing director of the New YorkCity-based firm's regional office after eight years atJPMorgan/Security Capital in senior positions.

STREAM REALTY PARTNERS
(DALLAS) Anthony Bolner joins as senior vice president in theprincipal transactions group. The senior executive had spent thepast 15 years at CB Richard Ellis.

CB RICHARD ELLIS
(DALLAS) The global management team adds six executives to itsworldwide ranks. Martin Woods becomes executive director forGreater China. He most recently was head of project management inHong Kong for Jones Lang LaSalle. Peter Wright is named regionaldirector for Australia and New Zealand after selling hisMelbourne-based pH Group to CBRE. Stewart Navarre is named managingdirector for Southern California after 30 years with the US MarineCorps and US Navy. He most recently was chief of staff at CampPendleton. Noelle Powers holds onto a senior project manager's rolewith the move from JLL in Seattle. Also joining from the JLL ranksis Tom Ryan, who is named director of retail project management forthe Bank of America account. Janice Fetzer and Tom Murray becomedirectors of project management in San Francisco and New York City,respectively. Fetzer previously owned a consulting business andMurray most recently was a senior project manager for JLL.

ANDOVER CO. INC.
(SEATTLE) Robin Meadow joins the industrial brokerage team,assigned to South King and North Pierce counties.

GRUBB & ELLIS CO.
(DENVER; SAN DIEGO) Lee Wallis and Robert Bridges are made seniorvice president and vice president, respectively, in their shiftfrom CB Richard Ellis. Wallis was senior director of asset serviceswhile Bridges most recently led CBRE's engineering division. In SanDiego, Grubb & Ellis|BRE Commercial hired Brian Driscoll as asenior executive to co-lead the new capital markets group. He waspreviously with Colliers International Inc., rising to senior vicepresident of investment sales.

COLDWELL BANKER COMMERCIAL
(ST. LOUIS) Christopher Schmidt starts as a sales and leasingassociate after working for Stifel Nicolaus Inc.
JONES LANG LASALLE
(CHICAGO) Jeff Shay joins as senior vice president, assigned to theEast/West corridor. Shay most recently was managing director ofleasing for Equity Office Properties Trust.

COLLIERS INTERNATIONAL
(PHOENIX) Bob Deininger comes on board as senior vice president. Hemost recently was a senior executive for Prudential CRES, formerlyShea Commercial.

GREEN PARK FINANCIAL
(BETHESDA, MD) Brendan Coleman gets a vice president's title in themove from GMAC-RFC, where he was sales director for residentialloans.

MONDAY PROPERTIES
(NEW YORK CITY) Bruce Saber takes over as executive vice presidentand general counsel. He most recently was a partner with HellerEhrman, where he started its real estate practice in the city.Also, Hani Salama starts as general manager of 230 Park Ave. and237 Park Ave. He was operations director for nine years at theEmpire State Building.

BEHRINGER HARVARD
(DALLAS) Five executives join the investment group's assetmanagement teams. Ross Oldland begins as a vice president andportfolio manager for the multifamily group. He previously was vicepresident of portfolio management for AMLI Residential. Alsojoining as vice president and portfolio manager is Al Palamara, whowill manage acquisitions and follow-up strategies for opportunisticinvestments. He previously was senior vice president of LexingtonRealty Trust. Greg Brooke starts as vice president of development.Brooke previously worked for Granite Properties. Greg Hillman joinsas project manager of asset management after working as a seniorproject and office manager for Facility Engineering Associates inWashington, DC. Diedre Hardister is named asset manager of morethan two million sf of office space. She had been a senior vicepresident at CB Richard Ellis.

INTERCONTINENTAL REAL ESTATE CORP.
(BOSTON) Douglas W. Hughes becomes assistant controller forIntercontinental Real Estate Investment Fund III LLC. He previouslywas accounting manager for Centro Properties 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.