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Corporate Controller
(NEW YORK CITY) An owner/manager of retail real estate seeks a corporate controller to oversee accounting, participate in the ongoing development of a financial infrastructure, oversee the Accounts Payable Department and manage information systems and office administration.

EQUITY OFFICE PROPERTIES
Senior Property Manager
(SAN JOSE, CA) The manager will oversee day-to-day management of assigned properties. Responsibilities include maintaining relationships with building vendors and tenants and performing regular building inspections.

PRUDENTIAL
Investment Analyst
(ATLANTA, GA) The analyst will work with the Pramerica Property Funds group to prepare investor offerings and maintain the internal deal pipeline report. The analyst will also be involved with acquisition, joint venture investment and sales analysis and provide due diligence and deal closing support.

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Director of New Development Market Analysis
(CHICAGO) The successful candidate will be responsible for all market research necessary to support the business/development departments.
RREEF
District Manager
(ISELIN, NJ) Responsibilities include overseeing all property management, leasing functions and personnel for multiple assets in Delaware and New Jersey.

CNL FINANCIAL GROUP
Manager of Investments
(ORLANDO, FL) The manager will be responsible for the asset management of investments within the portfolio and for assisting in the underwriting of future investments. Specific focus will be on golf, specialty and other lifestyle real estate assets.

SELECTLEADERS
Senior Vice President, Design/Construction
(NEW YORK CITY) An owner/developer of hospitality, resort and residential properties seeks a senior VP to manage the roll out of an integrated regional model to maximize the performance of a pipeline of projects. Responsibilities include overseeing several regional offices as well as hiring, training and managing the design and construction team.

SECOND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
Project Executive
(BROOKLYN, NY) The project executive will manage two to three projects simultaneously through the development, preconstruction, bidding, construction, marketing and closeout phases.
Promotions No more than one submission per company will be considered per week.
Submissions with multiple names will be capped at three for coverage in Executive Watch.
OPUS WEST CORP.
(PHOENIX) Jason Meszaros has been promoted to director, real estate development. He joined Opus West in 2006 as a senior manager.

REGENCY CENTERS
(JACKSONVILLE, FL) The firm elevates Scott Prigge to senior vice president of national property operations. He has been with the company since 1997, most recently as vice president of property operations for the east coast.
PM REALTY GROUP
(HOUSTON) The firm has named Gerrie Daly controller for the eastern division and Montecito Medical Management LLC.
New Hires No more than one submission per company will be considered per week.
Submissions with multiple names will be capped at three for coverage in Executive Watch.
LAUTH
(DALLAS) Chris Jackson has been named vice president of healthcare development. He moves from Hammes Company, where he was regional development manager.

CB RICHARD ELLIS
(NEW YORK CITY) Philip Palmer comes on board as managing director of Midtown brokerage for the New York Tri-State Region. He was previously vice president of eastern sales of Quebecor World Inc.

GOEDECKE & CO., LLC
(BOSTON) Timothy J. Breda has been appointed senior vice president in charge of the Westport, CT office. He joins the company from Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, LP, where he was managing director in the Hartford and Westport offices. Breda will be working with Derek J. Eakin, who has been named an associate with the firm. Eakin moves from Cushman & Wakefield, where he was a senior financial analyst on an investment sales group within the capital markets division.

THE PRAEDIUM GROUP
(NEW YORK CITY) Mason Sleeper has become the firm's newest principal. He previously served as a managing director in the real estate finance group at Credit Suisse.

WOOLPERT, INC
(ST. LOUIS) Sally Bartnett-Bothmann has been hired as a business developer with the company.

STUDLEY
(NEW YORK CITY) L. Stanton Towne has been appointed senior managing director with the firm. He was previously a partner with McDermott Will & Emery and with Towne, Dolgin, Sawyier & Horton. In addition, Beverly Boker has taken the position of vice president, human resources after holding the same job at Parker Global Strategies LLC.

FIRST CHICAGO BANK & TRUST
(ITASCA, IL) John Littrell and his team of former ABN AMRO/LaSalle Bank executives have joined the company's asset-based lending group. Littrell was named senior vice president of asset-based lending.

THE PAUL SACK PROPERTIES
(SAN FRANCISCO, CA) Belinda Ramirez has been hired as a senior project manager. She will be in charge of all renovation and construction projects.

THE HARRIS GROUP
(EL SEGUNDO, CA) Margarita Tom has been appointed director of operations. She has previously held positions at Countrywide Home Loans and Capital Pacific Homes.

NORRIS & STEVENS/TCN WORLDWIDE
(PORTLAND, OR) The company has hired Mike Gango as its first business broker, specializing in marketing businesses for sale and assisting buyers in the acquisition of existing businesses.
COLLIERS INTERNATIONAL
(TACOMA, WA) The firm adds two associates to its payroll. Dominic Temmel and Hillary Bridge both take on their first jobs in real estate.

LEE & ASSOCIATES
(CARLSBAD, CA) Lee welcomes Dave Dean as a senior associate specializing in industrial brokerage. He was most recently with Sperry Van Ness.

SEAVEST INC.
(WHITE PLAINS, NY) Former Ernst & Young principal Jonathan L. Winer has taken the executive vice president role at Seavest. Aside from Ernst & Young, Winder has held jobs at The Harlan Company Inc., Chemical Bank and Bear Stearns.

EQUIBASE CAPITAL GROUP LLC
(CHICAGO) Ronald W. Koretz has been appointed vice president of the firm. He was previously vice president of ORIX Real Estate Capital, Inc.

CIP REAL ESTATE
(IRVINE, CA) Scott Flemer has been named senior vice president, director of marketing. He joins the firm from Centra Realty Corp., where he was director of acquisitions, sales and leasing.

DECHERT LLP
(NEW YORK CITY) Shmuel Vasser joins the company as a partner in the business restructuring and reorganization practice. He moves from Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP, where he was also a partner.

GVA WILLIAMS
(NEW YORK CITY) James G. Dempsey has been named managing director of the project management division. Prior to joining GVA, Dempsey was vice president at JP Morgan Chase.

PARTNER ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE, INC.
(NEW YORK CITY) Brian Mende has come on board as a principal to direct the firm's new East Coast office. He joins the company after eight years as senior environmental risk manager for Citibank, NA.

HGA ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS
(LOS ANGELES) Bung Ko has been hired as a senior designer of architecture. He was previously principal of his own firm, Bung Ko architects. He has also worked as a senior designer with Yazdani Studio at Cannon Design.

PM REALTY GROUP
(HOUSTON) The firm has brought Melanie Belger on board as vice president/controller. She previously managed the development accounting department for Shea Properties.

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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.