 Job Opportunities THE PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP
Commercial Real Estate Underwriter
(BALTIMORE) The hire will evaluate the credit worthiness and management capabilities of the borrower/guarantor, the real estate collateral securing the proposed loan, and adequacy of the loan structure for transactions and/or relationships.
SELECTLEADERS
Asset Manager
(NEW YORK CITY) Responsibilities include the development and implementation of annual business plans, and the monitoring of assets in accordance with the plan, including oversight of joint venture partners.
UBS
Investment Analyst (Asset Management)
(DALLAS) The hire will provide analytical and asset management support for a portfolio of approximately 25 properties located in a number of major cities, and will review and monitor legal documents.
JONES LANG LASALLE
Vice President, Strategic Consulting–San Francisco
(SAN FRANCISCO/CHICAGO) Develop complex corporate real estate strategies supported by demographic and financial analyses to provide, communicate and implement creative approaches that will allow clients to optimize their real estate solutions. | CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD
Director, Global Operations
(NEW YORK CITY) Reporting to the COO in a global role, responsible for liaising with the parent company, subsidiaries, partnerships, various service lines, executive management and functional management to perform due diligence and follow-up on company dealings.
METLIFE
Senior Mortgage Producer, Real Estate Investments
(LOS ANGELES) Work under the guidance of Mortgage Team Leader with responsibilities such as contributing toward the region's commercial mortgage production goal, and the ability to source, evaluate, analyze and underwrite commercial mortgage investment opportunities.
LEHMAN BROTHERS
Associate
(NEW YORK CITY) The associate will interact with a cross-section of professionals including investment teams, asset managers, third-party lenders, lawyers, the private equity finance team, investor relations and portfolio reporting professionals.
ERNST & YOUNG
Senior Analyst Transaction Real Estate
(BOSTON) The hire serves as a member of multiple client engagement teams, where the individual will assist with real estate advisory engagements within a fast-paced, service-oriented business environment. |  Promotions CBRE/MELODY
(BOSTON) Michael Prakken rises to manager of the office from senior director. He has been with CBRE since 2000.
JONES LANG LASALLE
(SAN FRANCISCO) Elizabeth Hearle and James Redmond become international directors. Hearle is managing director and division director for leasing and property management operations in California. Redmond is managing director in the corporate solutions group and global client relationship manager for Sun Microsystems.
DIGITAL REALTY TRUST
(SAN FRANCISCO) Jon H. Paulsen is named vice president of real estate after working as vice president of acquisitions for the Western US since 2004 when the firm launched its IPO.
MORGAN/HARBOUR CONSTRUCTION
(WOODRIDGE, IL) Warren Seil rises to vice president from project director.
GE REAL ESTATE
(HOUSTON) Chris Busta is named vice president to develop single-tenant financing business. He most recently was an associate sales representative in the Southwest. Earlier this year, he was promoted to account executive for GE's business property division in Houston.
CENCOR REALTY SERVICES/WEITZMAN GROUP
(DALLAS) Weldon Simons is promoted to CFO from senior vice president of finance for the affiliate companies.
1031 EXCHANGE OPTIONS
(WALNUT CREEK, CA) After two years with firm, Michael Wood is made vice president. | McSHANE CORP.
(PHOENIX) Alan C. Gillespie rises to senior vice president from vice president after seven years with the firm.
BENTLEYFORBES GROUP
(LOS ANGELES) Shane Canes, managing director of acquisitions, is added to the executive committee.
DUKE REALTY CORP.
(ST. LOUIS) Marking his seventh year with the firm, Whitaker Varley is named vice president from senior leasing representative for the office group.
CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD
(LOS ANGELES) John Minervini rises to executive director from senior director. He also is a managing principal of C&W's Global Life Science Practice Group.
PM REALTY GROUP
(DALLAS) Kurt Cherry, Bob Filbert and Lisa Johnston are named senior vice presidents. Cherry joined the company six years ago as vice president of leasing. Filbert rises from vice president after nine years with the company. Johnson joined the team in 2000 as vice president of property management.
CB RICHARD ELLIS
(STAMFORD, CT) Hilarie S. Siles is made vice president after 16 years with the firm. |  New Hires PASSCO COS. DEVELOPMENT
(IRVINE, CA) Carey P. Levy becomes president, joining the company from Granite Investment Group, where he was senior vice president and director of acquisitions, investments and development.
KKE ARCHITECTS
(PASADENA, CA) John G. Deenihan joins as principal and director of operations for the Pasadena office. He most recently was principal and director of the retail studio for Rothenberg Sawasy Architects Inc., also establishing its Beijing office in 2002.
STUDLEY
(WASHINGTON, DC) David Scheinberg and Chanda Gailey are named managing director and associate director, respectively, becoming part of the team in the suburban Washington, DC office. The team previously was with CB Richard Ellis.
WHITESTONE REIT
(HOUSTON) Daniel E. Nixon Jr. becomes senior vice president of leasing and development. He most recently was executive vice president for Hull Storey Retail Group in Augusta, GA.
GLADSTONE COS.
(NEW YORK CITY) William M. Cooke starts as managing director for private finance. He will be responsible for transactions in the Northeast. He previously was managing director of BHC Interim Funding II LP.
WRH REALTY
(ATLANTA) Louis Phillips joins as regional director with oversight for property management operations. He has worked diverse portfolios of multifamily rental properties.
GRUBB & ELLIS CO.
(NEW YORK CITY) Geraldine Walsh starts as vice president and regional director of operations for management services. She also will lead the firm's Major Building Council and assist in implementing "green" standards into its property portfolio. She most recently was property manager for Tishman Speyer New York.
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
(MIAMI) Gregory M. Santin starts as vice president of commercial real estate lending and business development. He previously was with Citibank, Citigroup's Florida commercial banking group.
NAI NORRIS, BEGGS & SIMPSON
(PORTLAND, OR) Cary Morris joins as a high-rise specialist for the property management team. He most recently was director of property management for TMT Development Co.
GUARDIAN MANAGEMENT
(PHOENIX) Bridget Clark begins as a portfolio manager for five recently acquired multifamily properties in the metro. Clark previously was area manager for the Prime Group.
FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST
(CHICAGO) John W. Brenninkmeijer joins the board of directors. For the past six years, he's been the non-executive chairman of Redevco Europe Services BV, a privately held European real estate firm based in Amsterdam. | CB RICHARD ELLIS INVESTORS
(LONDON) Silvia Calvo Alcala starts as a director. She most recently was a director with Bear Stearns Private Funds Group, also in London.
SAROFIM REALTY ADVISORS
(DALLAS) Robert Poynor begins as vice president of development and construction. He most recently was a partner with Champion Partners.
CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD
(LOS ANGELES) Ric Duncanson begins as executive director and member of C&W's National Law Firm Advisory Group. He has been assigned to the West Los Angeles and Downtown offices. He previously was senior vice president in CB Richard Ellis' Downtown Los Angeles office.
LEE & ASSOCIATES
(CARLSBAD, CA) Michael Abernathy begins as a principal, coming on board from Voit Commercial Brokerage where he was a vice president.
HOUSING PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT CORP.
(NEW YORK CITY) Melissa Schiltz comes on aboard as director of marketing and development. She most recently worked for Aeon Corp. in Tokyo.
OP2MIZE LLC
(NORTHBROOK, IL) Jonas J. Phillips starts as principal and executive vice president after three years as a broker associate at Rooney Realty Ltd.
DUKE REALTY CORP.
(ST. LOUIS) Mary Ellen Saenz is named vice president to join the firm to oversee its 7.7 million sf in the market and its four-member management team. She previously was associate director for CB Richard Ellis.
PROSKAUER ROSE
(NEW YORK CITY) Andrea Ascher comes on board as a partner. She most recently was with Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP and a member of the real estate department at Parker Chapin Flattau & Klimpl LLP.
CORNISH & CAREY COMMERCIAL/ONCOR
(SANTA CLARA, CA) Joseph Hamilton joins the client solutions group as a senior vice president. He previously was senior managing director at Liberty-Greenfield California.
HAMPSHIRE COS.
(MORRISTOWN, NJ) Robert Vicci starts as investment manager, assuming oversight for the Hampshire Partners Fund VI portfolio. Most recently, he was construction project manager for SL Green in New York City, where he oversaw four million sf in Midtown Manhattan. He also is a lieutenant colonel in the New Jersey Army National Guard, recently serving in Tikrit, Iraq as the division's aviation officer. Also, the company hired Tammy Pescatore as its human resources coordinator. She previously was executive assistant to the CFO and COO of American Express. | |
