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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.

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EQUASTONE
(SOUTHERN CA/TX) Vice President of Acquisitions Two VP positions are available, one in Southern California and one in Texas. The job duties will be to source, offer, negotiate, manage and close individual property and portfolio acquisitions.

ERNST & YOUNG
(ATLANTA) Manager–MAI The company seeks a manager with an MAI designation in its Atlanta office, to serve as the manager of multiple client engagement teams.

JPMORGAN ASSET MANAGEMENT
(NEW YORK CITY) Acquisitions Officer The company seeks candidates with specific deal experience and market contacts in one or more of the major markets in the Northeastern US.

HINES
(BOSTON) Construction Manager The company seeks a construction manager to assist with the management of the design of the foundations and transportation facilities portion of the South Station project.

MITSUI FUDOSAN AMERICA INC.
(NEW YORK CITY) VP/SVP of Acquisitions:The hire will oversee acquisitions on a national level and will be an investment professional with an established acquisitions track record, a wide network of relationships and the proven ability to source, underwrite and close transactions.
           

KEYSTONE PROPERTY GROUP
(CONSHOHOCKEN, PA) Asset Management Analyst Prime responsibilities of this position will include updating property Argus models on a quarterly basis, completing quarterly Argus projections and more.

 

SELECTLEADERS
(LOS ANGELES) Vice President Development–Multifamily The hire will be responsible for all of the company’s real estate development activities in Southern California, including defining and closing on land purchase opportunities for multifamily developments. 

EATON VANCE
(BOSTON) Director of Real Estate Asset Management The hire will be responsible for oversight of all operations of a portfolio of physical real estate assets, both in joint venture format and those wholly owned by a series of company-sponsored funds.

SELECTLEADERS
(NORTHERN VA) Development Associate The hire will assist in identifying new acquisition opportunities, conduct feasibility analyses of deals, solicit proposals and negotiate contracts with third parties and more.

MARCUS AND MILLICHAP CO.
(SAN RAMON, CA) Vice President–Sales & Marketing The hire will be responsible for marketing, sales and leasing of the company’s office and industrial real estate projects, including condominium units, to both users and investors.

Promotions

SPERRY VAN NESS
(IRVINE, CA) Fouy Ly, marking his ninth year with the company, rises to senior vice president.

STRATEGIC HOTELS & RESORTS
(CHICAGO) Ryan Bowie is made vice president and treasurer after being assistant treasurer. He joined the firm three years ago as director of corporate finance.

LILLIBRIDGE
(CHICAGO) The firm promotes three and hires one. Roger Becker rises to senior vice president of program management and David Lichterman becomes senior vice president of operations. Both were vice presidents. Stan Malone is made portfolio manager after working as a general manager. In addition, Barbara Sumrall starts as director of portfolio management operations.

RENDINA COS.
(PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL) After one year with the firm, Christopher R. Smith is named leasing director. 

FLAGLER REAL ESTATE SERVICES
(MIAMI) George I. Pino earns a vice president's title as he marks his 15th year with the company.

TRANSWESTERN
(HOUSTON) Vicki Hollon is made vice president and senior property manager of management services for the Gulf Coast region. Hollon currently oversees a 1.5-million-sf office portfolio.

New Hires

ING CLARION PARTNERS
(NEW YORK CITY) Edward L. Carey joins as managing director in the acquisitions group. From 2000-05, he was managing director and head of US real estate investment banking for Deutsche Bank Securities.

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.

LIQUID REALTY PARTNERS
(SAN FRANCISCO) The firm adds Brendan MacDonald as an associate, John Wai as fund controller and Bryce Popoff as senior accountant.

MERIDIAN CAPITAL GROUP
(CENTURY CITY, CA) Brian Bowis becomes the newest loan broker in the firm. He previously worked as a senior account executive for Metrocities Mortgage LLC.

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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.