Anthony J. LoPinto is CEO of Equinox Partners, an executive search firm specializing in the real estate industry, and parent company of SelectLeaders.

Perspective

With this issue, I am pleased to assume the position of editorialist for Executive Watch, and in the weeks and months ahead, I look forward to sharing with you our insights and perspectives on management and human capital issues facing the real estate industry.

Last week I attended the ULI Spring Conference in Salt Lake City. The Spring Meeting attracts ULI's most senior members, and what a better place than this assembly of executives from every sector and across every function to take a pulse on the market. Overall, the mood was positive, and the general view among attendees is that there is plenty of runway left in this market cycle. This positive view wasn't surprising because on the recruiting front we have seen extraordinary activity across the board, especially since January. Recruiting patterns and levels are a leading indicator for the direction of the market, and current activity implies significant management confidence for the next two to three years. We'll keep our eye on this however, because moods can change quickly.

The views expressed in this article are the author's own.

Job Opportunities

SELECTLEADERS
(NEW YORK) Director of Marketing The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in directing all aspects of marketing, advertising, and public relations for a real estate development firm to go along with exceptional oral and written communication skills.

HOST MARRIOTT CORP.
(MARYLAND) Senior Analyst In filling the role of senior analyst, the successful candidate will provide support to the senior members of the acquisitions and development department. This candidate will be responsible for a broad range of acquisition, disposition and development functions, primarily in the form of financial analysis and research.

SELECTLEADERS
(NEW YORK) Investment Relations Associate Our client, a privately held owner of retail shopping centers nationwide, is currently seeking an investor relations associate to be located in its Westchester, NY corporate offices. The ideal candidate will possess a strong financial background in real estate to go along with exceptional oral and written communication skills.

EQUINOX PARTNERS
(UTAH) Senior Project Manager This position will have overall management responsibility for the infrastructure entitlement, design, approval and construction related to the company's developments. The accountability of this role starts after planning is completed and takes both civil and landscape through to completion.

TRAMMELL CROW CO.
(FLORIDA) Property Manager We are currently seeking property managers for our Boca Raton and Orlando locations. These positions will be responsible for managing a property or group of properties and fulfilling the manager's obligations under the property's management agreement.

GLIMCHER REALTY TRUST
(OHIO) Director of Investor Relations
The director of investor relations and corporate communications is a new position; he/she will be responsible for the development and management of all corporate communication and investor relations communications strategies.

GROSVERNOR
(WASHINGTON DC) Senior Development Director This position will report to the senior vice president and be responsible for the development of office, retail, and mixed-use properties, site source and procurement, feasibility studies, zoning issues, entitlements, community relations, and the preparation and monitoring of budgets.

Promotions

LINCOLN PROPERTY
(MIAMI) Former vice presidents Steven J. Medwin and Harry E. Wardell rise to senior vice presidents after 16 years apiece with the firm.

FEDERAL REALTY INVESTMENT TRUST
(ROCKVILLE, MD) Don Briggs is named senior vice president of development and John Hendrickson becomes vice president of strategic transactions. Also earning vice president titles are Vikki Quinn, marketing and corporate communications, and Wendy Seher, leasing

CBRE/MELODY
(MINNEAPOLIS) Bruce Meland earns a berth as vice president after three years as a director.

STUDLEY
(NEW YORK CITY) In the Manhattan office, L. Craig Lemle and Greg B. Taubin are named senior managing directors from corporate managing directors. In the Midtown office, Nicholas Farmakis rises to associate director from assistant director while Jason Perla moves into assistant director of consulting services from associate and Tatiana Tarassenko becomes assistant director in a promotion from associate.

ROSEWOOD HOTELS & RESORTS
(DALLAS) James McBride assumes the regional vice president's role as he marks his third year with the hotel company.

New Hires

CAPITAL COMMERCIAL GROUP
(MIAMI) Jeff Hartsook begins as an associate director to assist with providing strategic services for local and national companies, acquisitions, analyses and long-term planning. He most recently was an associate with CB Richard Ellis.

CB RICHARD ELLIS
(CHICAGO, STAMFORD, CT) Paul A. Waters joins as senior managing director while promotions are handed out to Joseph C. Parrott, who becomes senior vice president in Chicago, and Colin L. Reilly, who rises to first vice president in the Stamford office. Waters has spent the last four years as a senior vice president for the Staubach Co.'s national sales group.

EQUIS CORP.
(DALLAS) Drew Kaplan joins as a senior vice president. The real estate veteran has held senior positions with national brokerage firms, representing national and local clients.

FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST
(CHICAGO) Robert G. Cutlip, the 2006 board chairman for NAIOP, is named managing director of the East region. The 20-year professional most recently was senior vice president and regional manager for Highwoods Properties in North Carolina.

THE LUND CO.
(OMAHA) Ken Laferriere is named property manager for the portfolio's retail and industrial properties. His background includes working as a residential and commercial manager several local firms.

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