Mark Carroll will replace Ward as the new EVP for development operations for Washington, DC. Carroll has more than 20 years of industry experience in both construction and development. He has overseen land acquisition and the development of office, retail, multifamily and hotel projects throughout the Washington, DC and Baltimore markets. He will remain based in Skanska's Arlington, VA office.

Matt Damborsky will take over as the new EVP for the Houston market, and will oversee all development operations from land acquisition to divestment. With nearly 10 years of experience in the real estate business, he has contributed to the development of more than 2 million square feet of commercial office space representing approximately $1.5 billion, including the Shell Woodcreek Campus Expansion and the redevelopment of Shell Oil Company's Westhollow Technology Center, both in Houston. Damborsky is based in Skanska's Houston office.

Ryan Salvas joins the Skanska USA Commercial Development team as director of innovation. He brings 10 years of experience as an architect, and is an educator and a building technologist. Prior to joining Skanska, Salvas served as design director at CW Keller + Associates. He has worked on projects across the country including the Time Inc. headquarters here, the Cleveland Art Museum addition in Cleveland, OH, the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY and Cornell Milstein Hall in Ithaca, NY. Salvas will be based in Skanska's Boston office.

NEW YORK CITY—Skanska USA Commercial Development has created a new leadership position—which has been filled from within the company—and has made several changes and additions to its national real estate development team.

Robert Ward will take on the newly created position of COO for Skanska USA Commercial Development. As COO, Ward will join the company's deal review committee as a permanent member of the risk management team, which reviews all of the organization's investments. He also will focus on driving Skanska's corporate initiatives and will oversee the group's newly centralized professional services support team, which includes sustainability, communications and three new positions in marketing, innovation and safety.

Ward will consolidate these specialty groups into one team to assist the regional teams in delivering best-in-class, innovative development projects. He has more than 20 years in the development and construction industry, and most recently served as both the EVP of development operations in Washington, DC and the interim EVP of development operations in Houston.

In 2009, he helped launch the company's commercial development business in the US. During his tenure as EVP, he has overseen the acquisition of more than 1.5 million square feet of office and multifamily development rights and the delivery of two speculative office projects in Washington, DC. He will remain based in Skanska's Arlington, VA office.

Mark Carroll will replace Ward as the new EVP for development operations for Washington, DC. Carroll has more than 20 years of industry experience in both construction and development. He has overseen land acquisition and the development of office, retail, multifamily and hotel projects throughout the Washington, DC and Baltimore markets. He will remain based in Skanska's Arlington, VA office.

Matt Damborsky will take over as the new EVP for the Houston market, and will oversee all development operations from land acquisition to divestment. With nearly 10 years of experience in the real estate business, he has contributed to the development of more than 2 million square feet of commercial office space representing approximately $1.5 billion, including the Shell Woodcreek Campus Expansion and the redevelopment of Shell Oil Company's Westhollow Technology Center, both in Houston. Damborsky is based in Skanska's Houston office.

Ryan Salvas joins the Skanska USA Commercial Development team as director of innovation. He brings 10 years of experience as an architect, and is an educator and a building technologist. Prior to joining Skanska, Salvas served as design director at CW Keller + Associates. He has worked on projects across the country including the Time Inc. headquarters here, the Cleveland Art Museum addition in Cleveland, OH, the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY and Cornell Milstein Hall in Ithaca, NY. Salvas will be based in Skanska's Boston office.