Taconic Investment Taps Winshall as EVP

NEW YORK CITY-Taconic Investment Partners LLC has named Douglas Winshall EVP and one of the firm’s senior officers and partners. Winshall will be responsible for all of Taconic’s leasing and management, and will be very active in the company’s development activities as well, say Taconic principals Charles Bendit and Paul Pariser.

A source familiar with the hire tells GlobeSt.com that Winshall is not replacing anyone. “This is a newly created position,” the source explains. “It is a new level in seniority because Taconic’s activities have been so intense lately.”

In particular, Winshall will oversee the leasing for two of Taconic’s most recent acquisitions: the 32-story, 1.2-million-sf 375 Pearl St. for $172.5 million, and the 400,000-sf American Bank Note Building in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx. Taconic plans an extensive redevelopment of the building at 375 Pearl St. also known as the Verizon Building. The renovations will include a new facade, a new modernized lobby, a new HVAC system, new bathrooms and a reconfiguration of the core to include the addition of up to six new elevators.