MIAMI—Easton Group is seeing a changing of the guard. Corporate finance executive Jose A. Hernandez-Solaun was hired to serve as the Doral, FL-based full-service commercial real estate firm's president.

Hernandez-Solaun comes to Easton from GE Capital, a division of General Electric, where he was a senior vice president. He will work with Easton's investment partners and oversee day-to-day operation of the company which manages, leases, develops, and owns more than 4.5 million square feet of commercial real estate in South Florida and outside of the state.

"Jose has the right skillset to help lead us through our next phase of growth," says Edward W. Easton, chairman and founder of Easton. "He not only brings the structure of a corporate environment, but he also thinks like an entrepreneur which is an important asset for our business model. In addition, he is a South Florida guy who knows the market well."