First Quarter

Last week I called a friend, a real estate executive, and asked how he was. He said, “I’m grateful that I made it through the first quarter.” We all seem to be measuring life in weeks and months as we inch along through 2009. Most of us just want to get this year over with. A recent New York Times /CBS poll was reported indicating that there is “new optimism on the economy since the inauguration”. This is good news because building consumer and business confidence is critical in navigating a turnaround. It reminded me of what T.S. Elliott once wrote, “April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of frozen ground.” Cheers to the second quarter.

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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ING CLARION CAPITAL Senior Analyst (NEW YORK CITY) The candidate will assume the role of an analyst/senior analyst in an entrepreneurial investment management firm working with a variety of real estate related fixed-income products. Responsibilities will include performing asset level underwriting of commercial mortgage backed securities (CMBS). SELECTLEADERS Portfolio Manager, Real Estate Investments (NEW YORK CITY) The vice president, portfolio manager will be responsible for a portfolio of real estate investments including: joint ventures, open- and closed-end funds and entity level investments. The focus is on equity investments. JONES LANG LASALLE Senior Vice President, Retail Transactions Lead (NEW YORK CITY) The firm is seeking a senior vice president/retail transactions lead to join its Corporate Solutions group in New York. This individual would be a senior member of a team dedicated to providing real estate strategy, transactional services, lease administration, project management, facilities management and occupancy planning services to a significant global financial institution. SELECTLEADERS Vice President Asset Management – Office (SAN FRANCISCO) This individual will be responsible for the maximization of the performance and value of the Company’s national office portfolio. He/she will manage a national portfolio of 20 assets weighted toward the West Coast. STANFORD UNIVERSITY Investment Associate, Real Estate & Natural Resources (STANFORD, CA) The investment associate will support the Stanford University Endowment Real Estate and Natural Resources investment team in a variety of analytic and investment management activities. CENTRO PROPERTIES GROUP Vice President, Financial Accounting (NEW YORK CITY) Centro Propreties Group seeks a vice president of financial accounting for its Corporate Office. This position is responsible for managing all aspects of REIT accounting – approximately 20 REIT entities. This position will oversee corporate reporting and corporate accounting (G/L analysis, month end reconciliation, financial statements). CB RICHARD ELLIS Global Planning Manager – Finance (LOS ANGELES) This person will lead the deployment of technology solutions to meet the platform needs while adhering to corporate standards. They will play a critical role as a business partner to the senior management team and be able to articulate the company’s strategy, operations, performance and other financial matters to the senior leadership teams, investors, industry consultants and other stakeholders. FANNIEMAE Manager, Investor Reporting and Data Reconciliation (MCLEAN, VA) The manager will oversee and perform a variety of functions to support the data collection, informational and reporting requirements of the departmental operations and constituent needs.
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THE KISLAK CO. (WOODBRIDGE, NJ) The Kislak Company, Inc., the dominant real estate investment sales firm in the tri-state region, has announced the promotion of Don Baxter to vice president. Don has been with the company for a relatively short time and has consistently been recognized as one of Kislak’s top producers.
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.
CRESAPARTNERS (WASHINGTON DC) CresaPartners, a corporate real estate firm that exclusively represents tenants, announced that John P. Kyle has joined their Washington DC office as senior vice president. Kyle, a veteran in Washington DC real estate, served most recently as senior managing director at Studley, where he has specialized in the sale of income properties and land. JONES LANG LASALLE (BOSTON) Jones Lang LaSalle announces that Tom O’Regan has joined the company as a senior vice president. O’Regan will specialize in representing tenants, owners and investors in their real estate planning, analysis, and implementation in Downtown Boston. Prior to joining Jones Lang LaSalle, O’Regan was Executive Director at Richards Barry Joyce & Partners. GPE COMPANIES GPE Companies added two industry veterans to the GPE Commercial Advisors brokerageteam: Bret Isbell joins as senior vice president specializing in the sales and leasing of medical and office properties. Carolyn Grose joins as vice president and certified commercial sales specialist. NEWMARK KINGHT FRANK (NEW YORK CITY) Alison Coffey, a commercial leasing and marketing expert with extensive experience in Midtown, has been appointed on-site director of leasing for Newmark Knight Frank at W&H Properties’ 60 East 42nd Street. Previously, she was a member of the SL Green leasing team. PLANNED COMPANIES (PARSIPPANY, NJ) Planned Companies has expanded into the Washington DC marketplace, with the addition of Hadley Tatem as regional manager in the company’s Fairfax, VA office. Immediately prior to joining Planned Companies, Tatem worked as a regional warranty manager at Carrier Corp., a division of United Technologies Corp. ROSEWOOD REALTY (NEW YORK CITY) Rosewood Realty Group announced that Mark Steinmetz has joined the firm’s commercial investment sales team as an associate broker. Prior to joining the firm, Steinmetz was the president and CEO of Lemarc Energy, Inc. a firm he founded in 2007 that identified and completed oil and gas projects in the United States. GRANITE PROPERTIES (PLANO, TX) Granite Properties, a diversified real estate investment, management and development company, has further strengthened its team by hiring a new director of finance, Ace Roman. He was previously with Merrill Lynch Global Commercial Real Estate in both New York and Dallas,

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