8/3/12
Thornton Tomasetti has promoted Thomas D. Poulos to senior principal.
Poulos, who leads the firm?s aviation market sector, has been with Thornton Tomasetti sinc
e 1997. He has more than 20 years of experience leading complex projects for all types of structures, including design-build.
Poulos is a licensed structural engineer in Arizona and Illinois and a licensed professional engineer in Colorado, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Wisconsin. He is certified in the practice of structural engineering by the Structural Engineering Certification Board and is registered with the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying as a certificated model law structural engineer. He holds a bachelor?s degree in civil engineering from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind. and a master?s degree in structural engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.
8/3/12
Studley has promoted Eric Feinberg to corporate managing director with its Chicago off
ice.
Feinberg was previously a managing director. A former consultant with Accenture, Feinberg specializes in representing multi-national corporations, financial institutions and non-profits. He has negotiated more than 3.5 million square feet of transactions since joining Studley in 2002. Notable clients include Takeda Pharmaceuticals, The Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago and the American Bar Association.
A graduate of the University of Rochester, Feinberg earned an MBA from the University of Chicago. He is the past board president of Hostelling International Chicago and a current board member of the Anti-Defamation League.
8/3/12
Next Realty LLC has promoted Marc Blum to president and chief operating officer.
Blum joined Next Realty in 2001 as principal, leading the company?s acquisition efforts. In 20
04 he was given the responsibilities of chief operating officer. As president and chief operating officer, Blum?s diverse responsibilities include acquisition and dispositions, property and asset management, leasing of all portfolio properties, as well as partnership and financial structuring and reporting.???????????
He has more than 20 years of experience in the fields of real estate investment and portfolio management. Blum?s work has encompassed a variety of areas, including acquisition, repositioning and disposition of more than $750 million dollars in real estate assets, financial analysis and due diligence. Previously he served as vice president of acquisitions for Klaff Realty and senior asset manager for Ocwen Financial Corp. and Ocwen Investment Corp.
8/3/12
Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services has elected John S. Sebree vice president.
Sebree will continue in his role as the national director of the firm?s National Multi Housing Group, a position he has held since November 2011.
Prior to rejoining Marcus & Millichap in 2011, Sebree was a managing director with HFF. Before HFF, Sebree was a successful Marcus & Millichap investment specialist for 17 years. He developed a strong brokerage practice in Chicago and opened the firm?s Indianapolis office in 1996.
Sebree graduated from Indiana University with a major in business.
8/3/12
Tim Lally has joined Skender Construction as safety director.
Lally will oversee all environmental, health and safety plans at Skender and ensure that protection programs are implemented to the highest standards. Lally previously worked as senior safety supervisor at Power Construction and holds a bachelor?s degree in health and safety management from Indiana State University.
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8/3/12
Colliers International | Chicago has added Vice President Joshua Crane to its downtown office team.
Crane, 33, will focus on increasing and maintaining the downtown Chicago office leasing portf
olio, which includes the marketing and leasing of Tribune Tower, a 730,000-square-foot office building located at 435 N. Michigan Ave. in Chicago. Other projects include new developments at 150 N. Riverside Plaza and 108 N. Jefferson St., both located in the Chicago CBD.
Crane?s career spans more than 12 years, most recently as leasing director at Golub & Company where he focused on leasing Class A and B office properties in the Chicago CBD. There he oversaw the leasing of more than 1.3 million square feet. Crane also worked as a leasing representative at Friedman Properties where he focused on the leasing of office space in River North?s historic Courthouse District. His expertise includes landlord representation and the marketing of properties and partnership relations.
7/27/12
Ventas Inc. has appointed John K. Hart to the newly created position of senior vice president and chief information officer.
Hart, 48, joined Ventas from CME Group Inc., the world?s largest futures exchange by trading volume, where he worked for 16 years, most recently as managing director of technology. At the CME, where he supervised a team of 200 IT professionals, Hart was responsible for managing the exchange?s enterprise architecture, business systems, security, telecommunications, networking, help desk and operations.
Earlier in his career he was an assistant vice president at First Options in Chicago, and prior to that he was a senior network architect with the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
7/27/12
ECS Midwest LLC has hired Frank Gonzalez as facilities department manager.?
Gonzalez possesses more than 20 years of experience in architecture and construction, ranging from design to restoration and preservation, as well as forensic studies.? In recent years, his emphasis has been on high-rise commercial and residential buildings in dense, urban areas.
In his new position, Gonzalez will be responsible for leading the department, which specializes in reserve studies, condition reports, fall protection system auditing, fa?ade ordinance evaluations, and historical preservations.
7/27/12
Andrew Margolick has joined A&G Realty Partners as partner.
Margolick brings 13 years of real estate experience, including five years in investments and acquisitions. He has had a successful career in disposing and restructuring more than 2,000 leases nationwide for both healthy and distressed companies and has saved his clients more than $200 million in leasehold obligations.?
Prior to joining A&G, he was a vice president at Hilco Real Estate and president of ARM Consulting.? Margolick is recognized as one of the leading dealmakers in the country, and has represented such companies as A&P, Zales, WorldCom, Bally, The Pantry, Oakley, Panda Express, Mikasa,? J. Jill, Select Comfort, Papyrus,? and Anchor Blue.? At The Margolick Financial Group, Margolick was instrumental in the acquisition of 15 million square feet of enclosed regional mall space, and raised $400 million of investment equity and $1.5 billion of debt.
7/27/12
Steven Hippel recently joined Oak Brook-based Inland Diversified Real Estate Trust as chief financial officer.
Since 2009, Hippel has served as Inland? Diversified?s chief accounting officer.
Prior to joining Inland Diversified, Hippel served as the senior vice president and chief financial officer of ORIX Real Estate Capital Inc., directing all corporate and partnership financial reporting, accounting, treasury and tax compliance for a nationwide portfolio of real estate and mortgage assets.
7/27/12
Newmark Grubb Knight Frank Global Corporate Services has hired Bradley Migdal as a managing director in its Rosemont office.
Migdal comes to Newmark Grubb Knight Frank GCS from a previous position as a manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers in its Credits & Incentives Network practice. He also held the same position with Deloitte Tax, and previously was employed as a litigator with a Chicago law firm and the litigation bureau of the Massachusetts Department of Revenue.
Migdal is experienced in corporate site selection, business incentives projects and economic development. He specializes in working with state agencies and municipalities to negotiate incentive packages: financing assistance and grants, job credits, training grants, sales and use tax benefits, property tax abatements, and other in-kind benefits.
7/27/12
RE/MAX Suburban recently earned multiple honors from the RE/MAX Northern Illinois real estate network for its outstanding performance in 2011.
The RE/MAX Suburban ownership team of Bob Baker, Jim Nelson Sr., and Jim Nelson Jr., received the Distinguished Service Award, which recognizes loyal and dedicated service to the RE/MAX system and to the objectives of providing quality service and continued growth while retaining the affiliation of current RE/MAX agents.
Baker and the Nelsons were saluted for their roles as pioneers in the RE/MAX system, founding one of the first RE/MAX offices in Illinois and then building the largest office network in the Northern Illinois region.
7/20/12
Kurt Knipp has been named chief operating officer at Chicago-based ESD (Environmental Systems Design, Inc.), a company that specializes in the consulting-engineering design of high-performance building systems.
In his new position, Knipp will be responsible for leading ESD?s day-to-day operations. He has more than 30 years of experience with a diverse background in executive management and consulting for a variety of domestic and international companies.
Before joining ESD, Knipp worked as managing director at Lake Pointe Partners LLC, a Chicago-based boutique performance-improvement consulting practice that he co-founded in 2004.
7/20/12
Kate Brannelly recently joined Chicago-based CTLGroup as the firm?s director of marketing and business development.
Brannelly brings a broad range of marketing, communications and business development expertise
to the firm, along with experience in the client-focused practice group marketing concept employed by CTLGroup.
Brannelly will partner with the firm?s practice group chairs to lead the marketing and business development plans for each of their market segments.
Brannelly brings more than 28 years of marketing and business development experience with regional and global architectural and multi-disciplinary design firms. Before joining CTLGroup, she was the chief marketing officer for Legat Architects, where she was responsible for strategic planning, business development and marketing of the firm?s diverse market segments.
7/20/12
Reed Construction has hired Kyle Fread as project manager.
The full-service general contractor has made several new hires in recent months to accommodate the company?s growth. Fread was previously employed by Power Construction in Schaumburg as a project engineer. He brings nearly ten years of experience to his position with Reed and will be responsible for pricing, budgeting, competitive bidding, contract control and scheduling. He will also manage the construction process and daily activities for his assigned projects.
Fread is a LEED AP and received his degree from Purdue University. He currently resides in Chicago.
7/20/12
Tim Binning, broker/owner of RE/MAX All Pro in Bloomingdale and Sugar Grove, and RE/MAX Great American North in St. Charles, recently was named Broker/Owner of the Year, Multi-Office.
The award was presented by the RE/MAX Northern Illinois real estate network at the network?s annual awards event this April.
Binning earned the award based on his successful efforts to keep his three offices thriving despite the tough market conditions faced by real estate professionals today.
As a result of Binning?s leadership, RE/MAX ranks as the market-share leader in all the local markets in which his offices are located, holding more than 30 percent share in each.
7/20/12
Rawly Lantz has rejoined Cawley Chicago Commercial Real Estate as senior vice president.
Lantz represents office landlords and tenants in the Chicago suburban market. Lantz is a market specialist providing expertise to his entrepreneurial and institutional clients through lease and sale negotiations, tracking real time tenants and trends in the marketplace, and preparing comprehensive market analytics.? ????
7/20/12
Daniel Smolensky of The Modal Group has achieved the SIOR industrial designation awarded by the Society of Industrial and Office?Realtors.?
SIOR is a Washington, D.C.-based international professional organization of more than 3,000 commercial real estate professionals, 2,800 of whom have earned the SIOR designation.
Prior to his founding of The Modal Group in 2008 Smolensky was with First Industrial Realty Trust and CB Richard Ellis (CBRE).??The Modal Group focuses on advising tenants and buyers of industrial and office space.
7/13/12
Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services has promoted Steven Weinstock to vice
president.
Weinstock currently serves as the regional manager of Marcus & Millichap?s Oak Brook office, a position he will continue to hold.
Weinstock joined the Detroit office of Marcus & Millichap in 2001 as a multifamily and self-storage investment specialist. In 2008, he became sales manager of the firm?s Columbus and Cincinnati offices. He was promoted to regional manager of the Oak Brook office in 2009.
Weinstock received a bachelor?s degree in psychology from the University of Michigan and a juris doctorate degree from Wayne State University Law School. He is a certified commercial investment member.
7/13/12
Quantum Real Estate Advisors Inc. has named Tim Franz senior vice president. ?
Prior to joining Quantum, Franz spent five years at Zifkin Real Estate Group where he was a top performer focused on disposition, acquisition and product leasing.?
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7/13/12
MB Real Estate has promoted David Burkards to senior vice president from vice president within the firm?s Corporate Services and Tenant Advisory group.
Burkards joined MB Real Estate in 2002 as an associate and quickly rose within the organization based on his expertise and transaction volume. He has completed approximately 2 million square feet in leases from Chicago to Brazil for clients including Astellas US Holdings, Piper Jaffray & Co., Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP, U.S. Bank, and the American Cancer Society. Most recently, Burkards represented Coyote Logistics, one of the nation?s fastest growing firms, with its headquarters relocation and subsequent expansions totaling nearly 150,000 square feet in Chicago.
7/13/12
Mark Gunderson has joined Chicago?s J.F. McKinney & Associates.
Formerly with the John Buck Company, Gunderson joins J.F. McKinney as senior vice president and principal. As a member of the company?s senior leadership team, Gunderson will focus on new business development and specific office leasing assignments.
Previously, Gunderson worked as a senior vice president at the John Buck Company, where he focused on new development projects and leasing. He has worked on a variety of landmark towers in downtown Chicago, including 111 S. Wacker, 155 N. Wacker and The Rookery Building.
7/13/12
Kudan Group?s Adam Salamon recently obtained the nationally recognized broker price opinion resource certification.
The National Association of REALTORS offers BPOR certification to realtors as a means to provide their expertise in the valuation assignment of properties. ?It also gives Realtors the ability to produce reliable CMA?s for their clients. Salamon has been specializing in commercial and retail real estate with Kudan Group since 1999.
7/13/12
The Society for Marketing Professional Services Chicago chapter recently announced its new board for the 2012-13 program year:
- President: Kate Mullaney, CPSM ? Director of Business Development, Cotter Consulting
- Immediate Past President: Matt Rebro, CPSM ? Director Business Development, Pepper Construction
- President Elect: Megan Briars ? Director of Marketing, OKW Architects
- Treasurer: Megan Muter, CPSM ? Marketing Manager, BauerLatoza Studio
- Secretary: Derek Ward ? Director of Business Development, Frederick Quinn Corporation
- Membership Chair: Shelley Finnigan ? Business Development, Thornton Tomasetti
- Programs Chair: Brie Yaksic ? Regional Manager, Project Development, Guidepost Solutions TDC
- Professional Development Chair: Laura Klancnik, CPSM ? Marketing Manager, Jones Lang LaSalle
- Special Events Chair: Joseph Cushing ? Executive Vice President, Cushing & Co.
- Sponsor Chair: Leann Dockins, CPSM ? Project Development, KJWW Engineering Consultants
- Communications Chair: Steve Nargang, PE ? Vice President, Gage Consulting Engineers
7/6/12
Northbrook-based Pine Tree Commercial Realty has appointed Vatsal Desai to the new positions of creative director and property associate.
Desai, 25, of Carol Stream, will be in charge of marketing and web design, and will assist with development, acquisitions and asset management.
Prior to joining Pine Tree, Desai served as an architectural intern at Gensler Chicago and Gilfillan Callahan Nelson Architects. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, where he earned a master?s degree in architecture with a concentration in real estate development, sustainable architecture and construction management.
7/6/12
John G. O?Brien has been named vice president and counsel at Attorneys? Title Guaranty Fund Inc.
O?Brien has resigned from the ATG Board of Directors to assume his new responsibilities; Chicago attorney Jonathan Sherry replaced him.
O?Brien, who has practiced law in Arlington Heights since 1972, was president of the Illinois State Bar Association from 2009-10 and is past president and current chairman of the board of directors of the Illinois Real Estate Lawyers Association, an organization he founded in 1994. IRELA, composed of real estate attorneys from all corners of Illinois, is the only bar association that represents the interests solely of real estate attorneys. ATG and IRELA have partnered over the years to advocate for real estate attorneys and the clients they serve.
7/6/12
John Plezbert is the new business development director for the infrastructure and environment division at Chicago-based URS Corporation, a provider of engineering, construction and technical services.
Plezbert comes to URS after logging 40 years of service in the public sector in Chicago. Plezbert worked as the first deputy executive director of the Public Building Commission of Chicago, where he managed an agency with a portfolio of more than $3 billion of capital projects in planning, design and construction.
6/29/12
Ivan Baker, director of economic development in Tinley Park, has been elected to the Executive Board of the OUEDI Economic Development Institute.
OUEDI, founded in 1962, is an advanced multi-year training program for economic development professionals. Sponsored programs are provided throughout the United States and Mexico
As board member, Baker joins 12 economic developers from throughout the country, as well as university officials, to direct and facilitate advanced OUEDI economic development training, which is accredited by the International Economic Development Council.
6/29/12
ARCO/Murray National Construction Company Inc. has welcomed three new hires, Daniel Pratt, Rod Zamparo and Steve Gray.
Daniel Pratt and Rod Zamparo joined the team as project managers. Pratt recently graduated from the University of Illinois with a dual major in architecture and civil engineering. Zamparo has six years of experience and received his degree in civil engineering from the University of Illinois. Steve Gray has been added as a traveling superintendent, bringing more than 30 years of experience in the construction industry. Gray was previously employed at Duke Realty.
6/29/12
Jonathan P. Sherry has been appointed to the board of directors of Attorneys? Title Guaranty Fund Inc.??
Sherry, a real estate broker since 1993, has also been named as a director for two ATG subsidiaries,
The Judicial Sales Corp. and Auctions by ATG, both based in Chicago. Sherry will also serve on the Member Services Committee of the ATG board, where he has been an advisory member for the past two years.
Of counsel to Pedersen & Houpt, a 60-attorney Chicago law firm, Sherry owns and operates a law practice concentrating on residential and commercial real estate, and represents closely held corporations. He has handled all aspects of more than 3,000 real estate and loan closings including title reviews and clearance matters, document and closing statement preparation and reviews.
Sherry also represents developers in all matters necessary to convert apartment buildings to condominiums and incorporates and represents, as corporate counsel, closely held corporations.
6/29/12
Will Crowden has joined Baum Realty Group.
Crowden has been a leader in the commercial real estate industry for more than 10 years specializi
ng in retail brokerage. He has successfully represented dozens of property owners including Macerich, Newcastle Limited and The Sterling Bay Companies and has also performed extensive workout services with many local and national banks, including Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase Bank, and American Chartered Bank, helping them dispose of numerous troubled assets. ?
Crowden is also well versed in tenant representation and has worked on assignments ranging from single store openings to multi-unit national rollouts where he has acted as the point person for real estate site selection. ?
In 2011, Crowden was retained by New Era Cap Co. He was hired to exclusively represent their real estate interests in a national rollout of flagship, company and outlet stores.
6/29/12
Carol Simpson, a partner in the Simpson Law Office, has been appointed chair of the ATG Trust Company Board of Directors.
Simpson will preside over board meetings, have a seat on key ATG Trust committees, and interact 
with the ATG Trust president and executive staff on long-range planning and financial decisions that affect the company. Simpson was elected to the ATG Trust Board in 1999 and the ATG Board in 2009. Her areas of concentration include real estate, estate planning, trust, tax and agricultural law. She is a member of the Knox County and Illinois State Bar Associations and is a founding member of the Western Illinois Estate and Financial Planning Council.
She earned her bachelor?s degree at Augustana College and her law degree at William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, Minn., joining the firm of McLaughlin, Hattery, Simpson & Sullivan in 1986, which has evolved over the years into the Simpson Law Office. She previously served as trust officer of the Farmers and Merchants State Bank in Bushnell, Ill.
6/22/12
Michelle L. Needles has joined Studley as a director with the firm?s Strategic Portfolio Solution
s Group.
Needles will work with the firm?s national transaction management team, providing multi-market transaction services to corporate clients.? She will be based in the company?s Chicago office. Needles joins Studley from CBRE.
A fitness enthusiast, Needles is actively involved in the Chicago running community serving as a race volunteer for the Chicago Marathon and as a training instructor for all race distances. She is also a charity runner with the Chicago Diabetes Project.
Needles earned a bachelor?s degree from Michigan State University.
6/22/12
Opus Development Corp. has hired Mark Bell as a real estate manager in the Chicago office.
Bell will assist in identifying and procuring opportunities in the industrial and residential sectors 
at the local, regional and national levels as well as support the student housing sector in Chicago and the Midwest.
Bell brings five years of industry experience to Opus. Prior to joining the company, Bell was an associate at Colliers International, where he represented corporations and institutions in the acquisition, disposition, leasing and development of industrial real estate.
Bell graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a bachelor?s degree in communications and earned his master?s in business administration at DePaul University?s Charles H. Kellstadt Graduate School of Business with a concentration in real estate finance.
6/22/12
Joe Pomerenke and Elliot Mata have become partners and shareholders of ARCO/Murray National Construction Company Inc.
Pomerenke, director of business development, has been responsible for developing partnerships with ARCO/Murray?s national clients as well as uncovering new opportunities in Chicago.? Mata is a director of operations, overseeing all operational responsibilities of the Process Division.? Both started with ARCO/Murray in 2005.
6/22/12
Cushman & Wakefield has added three project management professionals to its Corporate Occupier & Investor Services Group in Chicago.?
Thomas Fioretti has joined the firm as senior managing director and Midwest leader of the Project Management Group. Bill Starcevich will serve as a managing director of the group, and Jim Becker has been appointed to a project manager position.
Fioretti brings more than 30 years of Chicago area building experience to Cushman & Wakefield, including high level involvement in base building construction and renovation, tenant improvements, pre-construction consulting and full service build-to-suit type projects. For six years, he successfully ran an independent project management firm, Fioretti Associates Inc., where he built a reputation as one of the top project management firms in Chicago. Most recently, Fioretti served as managing director of the Project Management Group at the Grubb & Ellis Co.
Starcevich brings more than 20 years of experience in base building construction and renovation, tenant improvements and pre-construction consulting to Cushman & Wakefield. He has held senior project manager positions with Leopardo Construction, Turner Construction Co., LaSalle/Clune Construction and Fioretti Associates. Most recently, Starcevich served as vice president and senior project manager at Grubb & Ellis Company.
Becker has experience in managing both new construction and interior renovations on behalf of clients, design teams and subcontractors ensuring the successful completion of projects. His previous experience includes serving as assistant project manager for Fioretti Associates. Most recently he served as a project manager at Grubb & Ellis Company.
6/22/12
Industry veteran Steven W. Brown has been named to the new position of president of Baird & Warner Title Services, a division of Baird & Warner Real Estate.
Brown?s arrival marks the launch of the company?s move into the commercial title arena and other related services.
In his new role, Brown will work to grow the title business by expanding the products and service offerings among real estate brokers and attorneys.
6/22/12
Doug Sears has joined?Neyer Properties in Evanston as chief financial officer.
Sears will be responsible for planning, implementing, managing and controlling all financial-related activities of the company. He has more than seven years of experience in real estate financial leadership.
Before joining Neyer Properties, Sears was the director of corporate debt for Phillips Edison & Company.? He is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers and the Mortgage Bankers Association. Sears holds a bachelor?s degree in finance from Miami University and a master?s of business administration from Xavier University.
6/15/12
Newmark Grubb Knight Frank has hired Noah D. Shlaes as senior managing director to join its Global Corporate Services consulting group.
Shlaes was managing director of the Strategic Consulting group at Grubb & Ellis. Previously, he worked at Arthur Andersen, culminating in his role as director of corporate real estate services, and at FPL Associates Consulting.?
Over 25 years in the real estate field, Shlaes has advised international banks, utilities, manufacturing companies, railroads, universities and state governments on various real estate matters. With a focus on corporate real estate strategy, Shlaes has served an array of clients including the City of San Diego, Intuit, ABN Amro, the State of Maryland, Roosevelt University and the Kamehameha Schools.
6/15/12
Ben Torchman has joined River Center as the leasing representative.
Torchman will work directly for the owners of the building, facilitating the development and acquisition of new business, implementing process enhancements and business initiatives, and developing client and broker relations. He recently assisted in completing a 26,350-square-foot half floor transaction with a high-tech business tenant.
Prior to joining River Center, Torchman came from the investment sales side, assisting Jameson Commercial?s Senior Vice President Esther Berman. Torchman has a bachelor?s degree in economics, with a double minor in management and public affairs from Indiana University ? Bloomington.? A native of Wilmette, Torchman currently lives in Chicago.
6/15/12
MB Real Estate has appointed Amanda (Thomas) Coupe as vice president of asset management.
Currently based in the firm?s 221 N. LaSalle offices, Coupe will act as general manager of MB Real Esta
te?s Wacker portfolio which includes the properties at 55 W. Wacker, 205 W. Wacker and 221 N. LaSalle.
A 10-year veteran of the commercial real estate industry, Coupe joins the firm from Argoneo Real Estate GmbH in Frankfort, Germany, an asset management platform for Morgan Stanley Real Estate?s pan-Europe investments that Coupe launched with five other European executives. Coupe, associate director of business planning and reporting for the firm?s European offices, established the firm?s best practices and company processes including structuring the platform for portfolio management and financial planning/analysis for more than 200 assets in pan-Europe.?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Prior to her overseas experience, Coupe worked in property and operations management for Golub & Company and The John Buck Company in Chicago.
6/15/12
Greg W. Owens, 41, has joined MJ Partners Real Estate Services as a senior vice president.
Owens specializes in providing debt, equity and mezzanine financing for commercial real estate owners and developers.
Owens most recently worked at Citibank Commercial Real Estate Finance as a loan originator and senior asset manager and brings over a decade of banking experience.
6/15/12
Douglas Chidley recently joined Chicago office of URS Corporation as a private-sector business leader in the company?s Infrastructure & Environment Division. URS is a provider of engineering, construction 
and technical services for public agencies and private-sector companies.
Chidley will focus on developing business in the oil-and-gas, pipeline and power markets in the central Midwest region.
Chidley brings more than 30 years of senior management experience at construction and engineering firms serving the United States and international power markets to his new position. He previously served as a senior vice president at InfraSource, Inc., a publicly traded specialty electrical contractor focused on electrical power delivery, natural gas pipelines and telecommunications construction and maintenance services.
6/15/12
Newmark Grubb Knight Frank has hired Michael McDermott as director to join its Global Corporate Services consulting group.
McDermott, who becomes director, strategic consulting with Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, had worked with Grubb & Ellis to help expand its client base by strategically aligning real estate and operational needs of corporate owners and tenants. His skills include client location analysis, incentives research and negotiation, and portfolio analysis across multiple industry sectors.
McDermott previously was employed with the Village of Tinley Park. He conducted research on downtown redevelopment and economic impact. McDermott has his master?s degree in urban planning and policy from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
6/8/12
Darwin Realty & Development Corp. has hired Brendan Sheahan as an industrial real estat
e analyst.
Sheahan will be working with Noel S. Liston, principal/director of brokerage services, over the next several years to understand and execute the fundamentals of industrial real estate brokerage. Darwin welcomes Sheahan from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Sheahan has recently earned his bachelor?s degree in business administration with a double major in real estate and risk management. He has achieved numerous accomplishments during his academic career including dean?s list on several occasions. Sheahan was an active member in the University of Wisconsin Real Estate Club and the Risk Management & Insurance Society.
6/8/12
Reed Construction has hired Augie Insalaco as a project manager.
Previously employed by Interior Alterations Inc. as an estimator, Insalaco will be responsible for estimating, budgeting and competitive bidding, contract control and scheduling for Reed Construction. He will also manage the construction process and daily activities for his assigned projects.
6/8/12
Inland American Real Estate Trust has hired Deanne Shanahan as asset manager to its business management team, Inland American Business Manager & Advisor Inc.
In her position, Shanahan will be responsible for the full-service asset management of Inland American?s necessity-based and community retail centers located in the Midwest.
Shanahan has more than 15 years of commercial real estate experience and most recently served as the vice president of General Growth Properties Inc. in Chicago, where she led the corporate finance team for two years.? Prior to that, she served as the financial analysis director of Callahan Capital Partners, vice president of portfolio analytics at Wind Realty Partners, financial analysis manager for Equity Office Properties Trust and senior portfolio accountant with Heitman/JMB Advisory Corp., all in Chicago.
6/8/12
HOK has hired Leila Ray in the Chicago office as marketing manager.
In her new role, she will oversee all regional marketing and communications initiatives. Ray will work closely with the office?s practice leaders and HOK?s global market sector experts to develop regional communications strategies.
Ray brings extensive marketing, journalism, communications and public relations experience to the HOK Chicago office. Prior to moving to Chicago, she was the marketing manager for HOK?s Los Angeles office. While there, she coordinated the marketing and business development efforts with the office practice leaders and worked with the firm-wide marketing department to create, coordinate and improve communication and production efforts. Ray earned her bachelor?s degree in political science from Hamilton College in 1997.
6/8/12
Michael O?Leary has joined Cawley Chicago Commercial Real Estate as a broker.
His prior work experience was in?the construction business where he worked primarily on residential and commercial renovations in the Chicago area.?
O?Leary was a Division I collegiate athlete at the University of Northern Iowa.? His first personal investment in commercial real estate was at age 20 while a college student. He also became an owner of Clean Vistas coin laundry in Elgin while finishing his degree.?Having had the experience of being a business owner gives O?Leary insight into the challenges faced by other business operators.
6/8/12
Reed Construction has promoted Matt Mahoney from project intern to project engineer.
Previously serving as a project intern for Reed Construction, Mahoney has been hired as a full-time employee of the firm. He will serve as a project engineer and facilitate all aspects of the construction process including preconstruction detailed budgeting, project scheduling, material tracking, processing submittals, contract control and management of the punch-list.?
6/1/12
Steven V. Hunter, a partner in Quarles & Brady LLP?s Chicago office, has been named Young Lawyer of the Year by the Illinois Bar Association?s Young Lawyers Division.
The Young Lawyer of the Year award is given based on a nominee?s achievements in the practice of law, contributions to the advancement of the legal profession and service to the community. The award is given annually to two outstanding young lawyers (one in Cook County and one outside of Cook County) who are members in good standing of the Illinois State Bar Association and have not yet reached the age of 36. Hunter was nominated by Peter Sarasek, partner and chair of the firm?s Real Estate Group.
Hunter is a trial lawyer with first-chair experience representing corporations and lending institutions in commercial, banking, real estate and construction litigation in state and federal courts throughout the country. He holds an ACEDS e-discovery ?specialist? certification and has significant experience assisting clients in managing high-volume ESI production and computer forensic analysis.
6/1/12
Brian P. Quigley has joined Dermody Properties as partner, Midwestern Region.
Quigley is responsible for the company?s industrial portfolio as well as new build-to-suit projects, acquisitions and dispositions in the Midwestern Region. A 21-year industrial real estate veteran, he has extensive development, acquisition and operating experience.
Most recently, Quigley held the position of vice president at CenterPoint Properties Trust, where he developed intermodal industrial buildings, build-to-suit developments and managed large land ventures. Prior to joining CenterPoint, Quigley was an operating officer at Panattoni Development Co. LLC, where he was responsible for the formation of the Chicago region office where he developed a portfolio of industrial buildings for both private and institutional ownership.
Quigley has 21 years of experience in the Chicago industrial real estate industry, with an emphasis in development, leasing, operations and dispositions. Over the course of his career, Quigley has developed more than 15 million square feet in the greater Chicago area. Quigley also has extensive experience raising private equity and placing debt.
6/1/12
David C. Presser has joined national real estate law firm?Pircher, Nichols & Meeks as an associate in its Chicago office.
In his new position, he will focus on corporate transactions and private equity. Prior to joining Pircher, Presser was a corporate and private equity associate at Kirkland & Ellis LLP since September 2007. Presser?s experience in corporate and private equity includes private equity and real estate fund formation, secondary purchases and dispositions of private equity interest, corporate and debt restructuring and general corporate advice.
In addition, Presser has advised private equity fund sponsors regarding co-investments and joint ventures, represented sellers and purchasers of limited partner and member interests in private equity and hedge funds, and advised corporate clients with respect to cross-defaults in the course of their restructuring.
6/1/12
Peak Construction has appointed John Reilly to president.
Reilly joined Peak in 2006 as vice president and was promoted to executive vice president in 2011.? In addition to 20 years experience in the construction industry, Reilly holds both a master?s degree in civil engineering and construction management and a master?s degree in architecture with a bachelor?s degree in architectural studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
6/1/12
Steve Schwartz and Lara Keene have joined RKF?s Chicago office as directors.
Since beginning his brokerage career in 2002, Schwartz has sold and leased more than $100 million worth of commercial real estate. In his most recent position at Baum Realty Group LLC, Schwartz was responsible for leasing and positioning more than 1.5 million square feet of retail space in the Chicago metropolitan area for retail owners and developers, including Harlem Irving Companies, Craig Steven Development, MB Financial, Antheus Capital and the Mizrachi Group.
Keene also joins RKF from Baum Realty Group LLC with a background in landlord and tenant representation. Having worked with a wide array of retail clients on a national and local level, Keene has extensive knowledge of the retail market. She exclusively represents Panera Bread and has been instrumental in their expansion throughout the Chicago area, including representing Panera on its new 5,076-square-foot flagship at 2 N. Michigan Ave. directly across from Millennium Park.?
6/1/12
Brian M. Walsh has joined The BSC Group LLC as senior vice president.
Over the course of his career, he has closed more than $1 billion of senior debt in 23 states, with vast experience in residential development. Walsh previously served as a senior level loan
production officer at BMO Harris Bank, Wells Fargo and US Bank.
He also spent five years advising lenders in their efforts to manage and resolve non-performing loan portfolios. Walsh has worked with the FDIC, providing insight into government?s role in the lending industry.
5/25/12
Kenneth J. Szady has joined Newmark Grubb Knight Frank Capital Group as executive managing director.
Szady, a 24-year veteran of commercial real estate, specializes in representing institutional clients throughout the Midwest. In March, Szady closed the largest 2012 industrial transaction to date in the United States, a 1.35 million-square-foot build-to-suit facility for The Clorox Company in University Park on behalf of an institutional client. Over his career, Szady has a total of $7.2 billion in closed transactions, accomplished across 21 states in 46 cities.?
Prior to joining Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, Szady was with Cushman & Wakefield as an executive director and head of capital markets, representing institutional, corporate and private clients in the acquisition and disposition of properties throughout the Central United States. Earlier in his career, Szady was the executive vice president and head of Midwest capital markets at Trammell Crow Company. He began his career with Jones Lang LaSalle as a senior vice president in the investment banking group.
5/25/12
Patrick Shannon has joined ML Realty Partners LLC as director.??
As director, Shannon will be overseeing the outside brokers who represent the leasing efforts for a portfolio of ML Realty Partners? Midwest properties. Shannon spent the last 10 years as a broker with Darwin Realty and Development Corporation where he represented both landlords and tenants in the Chicago area.?
Shannon has a bachelor?s degree in communications and advertising from the University of St. Francis.? He currently resides in ??????????Bloomingdale.
5/25/12
Danielle Rudas has joined Stone Real Estate Corporation as an associate after working as an attorney for the City of Chicago.?
Rudas earned a bachelor?s degree in journalism with an emphasis in strategic communication and a bachelor?s degree in English from the University of Kansas.? She then earned her Juris Doctor from John Marshall Law School in Chicago.?As a Chicago native, Rudas has extensive personal experience within Chicago?s urban and suburban real estate markets.
As an attorney for the City of Chicago, Rudas was responsible for identifying and resolving issues associated with properties in violation of the city?s municipal code.? Through her experiences with the city she gained an in-depth understanding of zoning, parcel and lot configuration, and compliance issues.
5/25/12
Bradford Allen has promoted Andrew DeMoss to managing director.
Previously a director for the firm, DeMoss joined Bradford Allen in 2005 and specializes in landlord representation for downtown Chicago office properties.?He is an integral part of a team that directs the leasing for 200 S. Michigan Ave., which has leased more than 300,000 square feet since taking on the assignment in 2006.? DeMoss? other notable clients include the Detroit-based Farbman Group for whom he represents 79 W. Monroe and 216 W. Jackson in Chicago. Most recently, DeMoss was instrumental in leasing more than 100,000 square feet of office space in a 12-month period at 79 W. Monroe on behalf of the Farbman Group.
DeMoss received a bachelor?s degree in economics from the University of Michigan. He is a licensed real estate broker in the state of Illinois and a weekly volunteer tutor for the Chicago Lights organization.
5/25/12
Tim Stuchl has joined JCF Real Estate as director of construction.
Stuchl will be based in the firm?s Schaumburg headquarter offices. A 24-year construction and real es
tate veteran, Stuchl is skilled at establishing construction process strategies that result in both organized and profitable projects. He also brings a vast knowledge of construction techniques and methods utilized in the residential, multifamily and commercial construction industries.? Stuchl will utilize his skills and expertise as he leads the construction efforts for JCF Real Estate in both Chicago and St. Charles.
Prior to joining JCF Real Estate, Stuchl was the owner of Merced Consulting Inc. where he provided residential and commercial construction and consulting services in the Chicago area. Stuchl was also previously the director of operations for Remington Homes LLC and a field manager for DR Horton in Chicago where he completed more than 50 projects in the single-family, multifamily and commercial sectors. Stuchl keeps up-to-date with current market trends and techniques through the National Association of Home Builders and is a Certfied and Licensed Home Inspector in the State of Illinois.
5/25/12
MB Real Estate Services LLC has promoted Kevin Purcell to executive vice president and chief o
perating officer.
In this new role with MB Real Estate, Purcell will be responsible for the overall operations, service delivery across each of the business lines, and client relations.
Purcell, who has managed such high-profile properties as 100 N. Riverside Plaza (Boeing Building), 200 W. Madison, and 311 S. Wacker, joined MB Real Estate in 1995. He then quickly progressed to the position of senior vice president and portfolio manager for the firm?s asset management group. In this role, Purcell directed the $125 million redevelopment of three of Chicago?s most distinct properties?One North LaSalle, One North Dearborn and 360 N. Michigan. In addition, he successfully negotiated tax increment financing and Class L (Landmark) tax status for the properties. ?
5/18/12
Bradford Allen has promoted Joel Berger from director to senior managing director.?
Berger will manage the suburban brokers from the firm?s office in Oakbrook. Berger has more than 10 years of experience in commercial real estate and business-community relations. He joined Bradford Allen in 2004 and specializes in providing brokerage services for office tenants and landlords throughout the Chicago metropolitan area including MYR Group, Automated Engineering Services, Cinch Connectors and Heartland Healthcare/HCR Manorcare.
Berger is a licensed real estate salesperson in the State of Illinois and an active supporter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation and the American Cancer Society. He holds a bachelor?s degree in business administration from the University of Wisconsin ? Madison.
5/18/12
Mark Katz has joined HFF as a director in its Chicago office.?
Katz will work with senior managing directors Jeff Bramson and Jaime Fink on the investment sales team
and will be responsible for office investment sales transactions in the Midwest, with a focus on suburban Chicago.?
Prior to joining HFF, Katz was a partner at Gemstone Real Estate Partners where he was involved in the acquisition and sale of more than 1.5 million square feet of property since co-founding the firm in 2007.?Prior to that, he was with the Suburban Office Advisory Group at Colliers Bennett & Kahnweiler.?Katz also previously worked with Jones Lang LaSalle and began his career at CB Richard Ellis, where he was a member of one of the top suburban leasing teams in Chicago.?
Focusing primarily on the leasing and sale of office properties, Katz has been involved in more than three million square feet of office transactions throughout his career and has developed relationships with both private and institutional clients.? Katz holds a bachelor?s degree from The University of Kansas and is an active member of NAIOP.
5/18/12
The Inland Real Estate Group Inc. has appointed Timothy D. Hutchison as chief operating officer.?
In this position, Hutchison will be responsible for all non-investment operations of the company. Addi
tionally, Hutchison will retain his duties as head of The Inland Services Group Inc., leading the shared service entities.
He will report directly to the Board of Directors of The Inland Real Estate Group Inc.
Hutchison joined Inland in 2005 after
Source: http://www.rejournals.com/2012/08/03/people-on-the-move/
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