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
DELOITTE CONSULTING
Senior Manager
(LOS ANGELES) The managers market, propose, and sell our services, while developing relationships with both new and existing firm clients.

TISHMAN SPEYER PROPERTIES
Property Manager
(NEW YORK CITY) Actively manage the relationships with on-site owner's representatives, tenants, contractors and management as necessary to ensure the asset achieves maximum operational effectiveness.

THE URBAN LAND INSTITUTE
ULI Chicago–Director of Community Outreach–Housing Programs
(CHICAGO) The director will lead the affordable housing programs regionally and contribute to the institution's other community outreach programs that engage members in initiatives that help to educate and provide value.

SONNENBLICK GOLDMAN
NY Vice President/Director
(NEW YORK CITY) The hire will work as a member of transaction teams, marketing financing opportunities and investment sales on behalf of our clients, and will place investment opportunities with institutional investors as well as financial analysis, market research and preparation of marketing materials.		 SELECTLEADERS
Real Estate Asset Manager
(SAN FRANCISCO) Responsibilities include leadership and oversight of a portion of the company's property investments, and strategic management of each asset, including value-add and development initiatives.

HILTON HOTELS CORP.
Director of Project Finance
(BEVERLY HILLS, CA) The hire will handle all aspects of debt and equity finance transactions involving equity ownership, coupled with structuring and negotiating mezzanine and/or equity investments for Hilton managed hotels.

INLAND REAL ESTATE
Senior Loan Originator: Southern and Northern CA
(LOS ANGELES) The originators' responsibilities will be to market, source, structure, perform preliminary underwriting and assist in closing short-term, value-added opportunistic real estate transactions.

ERNST & YOUNG
Senior Analyst-Property/Portfolio Cash Flow Modelers–Transaction Advisory Services–Real Estate
(NEW YORK CITY) A transaction real estate senior analyst participates in real estate advisory engagements as a member of multiple client engagement teams.
Promotions
CB RICHARD ELLIS
(NASHVILLE) Janet Sterchi moves up to vice president from her previous position of senior associate. Sterchi focuses on office brokerage services where she is responsible for landlord and tenant representation, and general office brokerage.		  
New Hires
GRUBB & ELLIS
(WASHINGTON, DC) The Tenant representation team of Aaron Pomerantz and Sandra Weiss join the firm's local office as senior vice presidents. Prior to joining the firm, both were senior vice presidents at Cresa Partners. Also coming on board is Benjamin Plaisted as senior associate.

JCF REAL ESTATE
(CHICAGO) Paul B. Robertson is the new executive vice president of development at JCF. He previously spent six years as vice president for Orix Real Estate Capital. 		LEE & ASSOCIATES OF MICHIGAN
(NOVI, MI) The firm adds Todd Hoffmeyer as senior associate of the recital division. He will be responsible for sale and leasing of retail facilities in the southeastern Wayne and Monroe counties submarkets. He comes to the firm after six years as a senior associate in NAI Farbman's Southfield office.

KING & SPALDING
(CHARLOTTE, NC) In another expansion move, the firm hires Jeff Brown, George Covington, Cory Hohnbaum and Mark Thigpen as partners. Brown will serve as office managing partner of the firm's new local office. The four come on board from the law firm of Kennedy Covington. Wen Hutchinson also joins the firm as counsel.
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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.