CB RICHARD ELLIS (GRAND RAPIDS, MI) Ty Hallock comes on board as managing director for the local office. The former NFL player previously worked for Grubb & Ellis Co.'s Paramount Commerce office. LCOR INC. (NEW YORK CITY) Seth R. Landau starts as senior vice president and general counsel after spending nine years at Salvo Landau Gruen & Rogers, rising to partner in the Blue Bell, PA-based firm. PLASENCIA GROUP INC. (TAMPA, FL) Russ C. Valentine, based in Bethesda, MD, begins as senior vice president of the Mid-Atlantic region. Valentine was senior vice president for acquisitions and dispositions for Cleveland-based Boykin Lodging. CREEKSTONE MANAGEMENT (HOUSTON) Diana Armstrong is made vice president of asset management for the Creekstone Cos.' affiliate. She most recently was senior vice president of acquisition and asset management for TCP Realty Services LLP. CASSIDY & PINKARD COLLIERS (WASHINGTON, DC) David Webb comes on board as managing director of the structured finance group. Webb recently was executive vice president of Cushman & Wakefield Inc.'s project finance group, which he founded in 1998. | JONES LANG LaSALLE (SAN FRANCISCO, CHICAGO, NEW YORK CITY) Patricia Roberts begins as senior vide president for the strategic consulting group. In Chicago, the firm added Charles Hoag to its capital markets group as a vice president. In the New York City office, Robert Hackett starts as a managing director to oversee corporate solutions business in the tri-state area. VENABLE LLP (WASHINGTON, DC) Ari Karen and Caryn G. Pass are made partners in the firm. In addition to hiring the former Krupin O'Brien LLC attorneys, the firm has added associates Heather Broadwater, Grace Lee, James Fagan and Trevor Blake. GMAC MORTGAGE (HORSHAM, PA) Connie Miller assumes the post of director of contract administration while Louis Glinn starts as director of analytics and controls. Miller was senior vice president for Aurora Loan Services. Glinn most recently was vice president of financial reporting for Chase Home Finance's servicing acquisitions group. SHANGRI-LA HOTELS & RESORTS (HONG KONG) Didier Le Calvez is made executive vice president of Europe and North America and general manager of the Shangri-La Hotel, which opens in early 2009 at 10 D'Iena in Paris. He will oversee a three-year initiative to open hotels in London, Vancouver, Chicago, Miami, Las Vegas, New York City and Toronto. PASSCO COS. (IRVINE, CA) Yvonne Schroeder de Orr becomes the firm's general counsel. She was the former franchise counsel director for Taco Bell Corp. |