The Second Half 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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Job Opportunities
NEW YORK LIFE INVESTMENTS
Vice President--CMBS and Capital Markets
(NEW YORK CITY) The VP will be responsible for portfolio evaluation, risk monitoring, and the making of recommendations on how to mitigate and otherwise manage such risks, as well as detailed evaluation of individual credits, such as those found in large loan and floating rate securitizations.

JONES LANG LASALLE
Research Manager
(SAN FRANCISCO) The manager will develop, implement and manage the overall strategic research plan for the Bay Area that aligns with Americas research plans and achieves local business objectives and collaborate at a high level with senior market leadership to execute the research plan.

COLE REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS
Director or Regional VP, Leasing
(FOUNTAIN HILLS, AZ) The director/regional VP will build and manage a pipeline of potential tenants, negotiate new leases and lease renewals and assist with requests for rent relief.

DEVELOPERS DIVERSIFIED REALTY
Leasing Manager
(ATLANTA) The manager negotiates new leases and renewals; lease assignments and amendments for assigned region and/or accounts, participates in marketing campaigns and promotions for attracting and retaining tenants to minimize vacancies and improve tenant mix and prepares forecasts and maintains budget to maximize overall profit.		 SELECTLEADERS
Vice President of Construction
(NEW YORK CITY) The VP is responsible for supervising the planning and execution of all construction projects for the company.

GOLDMAN SACHS & CO.
Regional Corporate Services Management
(JERSEY CITY) The manager will act in an advisory role to business leaders in the Salt Lake City office in managing demand and maximizing value for dollars expended and provide regional support for hub-office functional leaders and regional management in troubleshooting, diagnosing, improving and maintaining services.

CB RICHARD ELLIS
Chief Operating Engineer
(BOSTON) The COE will oversee the maintenance and continuous operation of all building systems including: fire/life safety, mechanical; electrical; cabling; lighting and termperature controls systems; critical environments; light construction; digital systems; and audio/vVisual services.

THE PALMER TEAM
Structured Finance
(SACRAMENTO) The candidate will be responsible for underwriting and structuring debt and equity products for institutional clients
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.

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CB RICHARD ELLIS
(HOUSTON) CBRE is promoting Cody Armbrister from an office-leasing specialist to senior vice president. 		EDENS & AVANT
(COLUMBIA, SC) Edens & Avant is promoting Will Ponder to vice president, investments, responsible for Edens & Avant's Southeast portfolio encompassing 40 properties.
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.
KBS Capital Markets Group
(NEW YORK CITY) KBS Capital is hiring Greg McGowan as a regional vice president, responsible for New York state, upper New Jersey and southern Connecticut. McGowan comes to KBS from Lincoln Financial Distributors of New York, where he was regional marketing director.

INTEGRATED BUSINESS SYSTEMS, INC.
(FAIRFIELD, NJ) Integrated Business Systems, Inc. is hiring David Yavorsky as president. Most recently, Yavorsky served as a division president for First American Corp. and chief information officer for the company's mortgage information division. 		TUDOR REALTY SERVICES CORP.
(NEW YORK CITY) Tudor Realty is hiring Andrew S. Lazarus as senior vice president. Lazarus was previously at Macklowe Properties as director of leasing.

CANYON CAPITAL REALTY ADVISORS
(LOS ANGELES) Canyon Capital Realty Advisors and its affiliates including the Canyon Johnson Urban Funds is hiring real estate executive Richard D. Holly as managing director with responsibility for identifying and overseeing investment opportunities in the Midwest and mountain regions. Most recently, Holly was VP for JMB Realty Corp.

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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.