Perspective

Tony LoPinto is CEO of Equinox Partners, an executive search firm specializing in the real estate industry, and parent company of SelectLeaders. The views expressed in this article are the author's own.

Job Opportunities

LEHMAN BROTHERS
(NEW YORK CITY) Global Real Estate Underwriting, Analyst/Associate
Duties include assisting in the analysis, structuring, closing, and securitization of commercial mortgage loans with all types of large commercial properties.

MORGAN STANLEY
(ATLANTA) Investing Analyst The company is seeking an analyst to join its South Region Investing team. The analyst will directly support senior investment professionals in Acquisitions and Asset Management.

SELECTLEADERS
(NEW YORK CITY) Senior Vice President of Development
The hire will have overall responsibility for the successful delivery of new construction and development projects from initial planning, approvals and design through construction.

CREDIT SUISSE
(NEW YORK CITY) Senior Market Risk Advisor–Equity Derivatives The candidate will be required to support the equities business in the US with specific responsibility for mainly equity derivatives, but also for convertibles.

EQUITY OFFICE PROPERTIES
(SANTA MONICA, CA) Property Manager The hire will be responsible for maintaining the day-to-day relationships with customer contacts and overseeing daily operations of assigned buildings.

AMERICAN REALTY ADVISORS
(GLENDALE, CA) Investment Analyst The hire will assist in the portfolio-oriented origination and investment management of structured finance investments on a nationwide basis.

MICROSOFT CORP.
(REDMOND, WA) Senior Real Estate Manager: The hire will have primary responsibility for the supply side strategy, including management, of the Puget Sound Master Plan and the overall entitlement management plan.

SELECTLEADERS
(GOODYEAR, AZ) Development Project Manager–Real Estate The hire will be accountable for all aspects of site and building design and construction delivery activities for large commercial mixed-use real estate developments.

Promotions

EQUASTONE
(SAN DIEGO) Kirk Cypel is named COO after serving as general counsel since June 2006. He has more than 15 years of real estate, legal and management experience.

CROSLAND LLC
(TAMPA, FL) Scott Lay is named director of land development for the Tampa region.

CB RICHARD ELLIS
(NASHVILLE and PHILADELPHIA) Don Kent, who leads the office's industrial team, is named first vice president. In Philadelphia, Peter Stevens is promoted to executive vice president and Ann Bailey becomes senior vice president.

BEHRINGER HARVARD
(DALLAS) Daniel Rosenberg is made assistant general counsel and vice president after two years with the company.

WARE MALCOMB
(IRVINE, CA) Ruth Brajevich becomes chief marketing officer of the national design firm. She joined the firm in 1998 as director, rising to principal in 2004.

CB RICHARD ELLIS/MELODY
(DENVER) Eric Tupler earns a berth as managing director of the Denver and Colorado Springs offices. He joined the firm in 1996.

New Hires

JONES LANG LASALLE
(LOS ANGELES and SAN FRANCISCO) Joining the Capital Markets Group is Alex Quintana as managing director in Los Angeles and Patrick C. Shiver as vice president. Both executives were previously with Transwestern's Los Angeles office.

VANGUARD TITLE AGENCY
(NEW YORK CITY) Joseph N. Friedman is named executive vice president and general counsel. Friedman most recently was vice president and senior underwriting counsel for Ticor Title Insurance Co.

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.

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.

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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.