ARCHON FINANCIAL
(DALLAS) Following a promotion, James Abbee is a vice president of originations at Archon. Abbee will oversee the growth of loan origination in the West, working in the company's Dallas office. He has been at Archon since the firm was founded in 1997.

DOUGLAS ELLIMAN
(NEW YORK CITY) Erica Ress has come on board as a sales agent specializing in high-end co-op properties. Ress was the former chief marketing officer and in-house counsel at Adventure Leisure Properties. She has also served as a senior vice president at ABPnews.com and a consultant for Grey Advertising.

CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD
(CHICAGO) Former Grubb & Ellis broker Paul Sheridan has joined Cushman & Wakefield as a senior director, working in its suburban Rosemont , IL facility. Sheridan most recently closed a 100,000-sf lease for IBM and a 107,000-sf deal for Banco Popular's corporate relocation.

THE APARTMENT GROUP
(DALLAS) The Apartment Group has hired Mick J. Rossley and John A. McGannon as broker associates in its Dallas/Ft. Worth and Austin , TX offices, respectively. Rossley was most recently an apartment-sales specialist at Eastdil Co. in Dallas . McGannon comes from Cushman & Wakefield's Atlanta office, where he was a broker specializing in seller representation of apartment products.

MOODY'S INVESTORS SERVICE

Associate Analyst

(NEW YORK)

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Ideal candidate will have extensive experience analyzing commercial mortgage-backed securities. He or she will use these skills to assign credit ratings to transactions involving all asset classes, markets and structures. This position also requires monitoring the performance of previously rated transactions and writing articles for research clients. Postulant should have strong report- and research-writing skills.

THE CARLTON GROUP

Loan Sale Co-Director

(NEW YORK)

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Applicant must use his or her proven track record to co-lead the loan advisory group, which requires overseeing the origination, pricing, acquisition and disposition of large loan portfolios. The ideal candidate will possess a strong network of established contacts in the performing, sub-performing and non-performing prime and sub-prime residential and commercial mortgage industry. Candidate must also have a heavy transaction background.

AMERICAN REALTY ADVISORS

Director of Due Diligence

(CALIFORNIA)

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Applicant must be able to perform all aspects of due diligence investigation related to the closing of potential investment-grade acquisitions. The successful candidate will oversee financial, economic, political, physical, market, leasing and structural due diligence. This position also requires preparation of lease abstracts and management of investment committee presentations and acquisition summaries.

CRESCENT REAL ESTATE EQUITIES

Budgeting & Planning Analyst

(TEXAS)

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Successful applicant must prepare and analyze an array of products, such as upside/downside earnings, quarterly earnings guidance summaries, net-asset value calculations, sources and uses of cash reconciliation, property asset scorecards and investment returns. This position also requires reconciling projections to debt compliance certificates; performing special projects such as trend analysis, rating-agency models and capital restructure scenarios; and preparing quarterly internal management reports .

AMERIVEST

Regional Manager

(COLORADO)

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In a position reporting to this firm's director of operations, the successful candidate will interact with the corporate headquarters staff to manage tenant relations, leasing, capital redevelopment efforts, tenant finish, acquisitions and other issues. Candidates must have previously managed multiple buildings and employees in the above areas, as well as external vendor relationships such as those with architects, general contractors, brokers and maintenance support services.