CRE N Illinois Eisenberg Foundation names winner in Midwest Real Estate Challenge On Saturday, April 6 at the Standard Club, student groups from eight universities competed at the ninth annual Harold E. Eisenberg Foundation Real Estate Challenge for top honors and $10,000 in scholarships. Marquette University’s proposal, The Connect: a revitalization of life and play in Chicago Ridge, impressed the judges, along with the…
CRE N Illinois Michael Snyder named COO of Muinzer and South Street Capital Muinzer, a vertically integrated real estate investment and property management firm, together with South Street Capital, a real estate private equity firm, announced the promotion of Michael Snyder to chief operating officer, reporting to Marc Muinzer, founder and CEO.
CRE N Illinois Ventas chairman and CEO, Debra Cafaro, selected chair of Economic Club of Chicago The Economic Club of Chicago announced at its 91st Annual Dinner Meeting that Debra A. Cafaro, chairman and CEO of Ventas, Inc., has been selected chair of its board of directors effective July 1, 2019. Cafaro will succeed Mellody Hobson, president of Ariel Investments, whose two-year term will end on June 30.
CRE N Illinois JLL announces corporate solutions leadership changes JLL announced that Neil Murray will become global CEO, corporate solutions, succeeding John Forrest. Murray, who will be located in Chicago, will report to CEO Christian Ulbrich and join the company's global executive board. Mark Caskey will succeed Murray as EMEA CEO, corporate solutions. The changes are effective June 1.
CRE N Illinois CRE Future Leaders: Brendan Sheahan With experience representing tenants, buyer and ownership representation in build-to-suits, investment analysis, acquisition and disposition services, Brendan Sheahan serves as vice president at Darwin Realty. He has completed over 1.3 million square feet of transactions totaling more than $30 million in value.
CRE N Illinois Metal Construction Association honors two Chicago projects The Metal Construction Association (MCA) acknowledged the IBEW Local 134 Headquarters/Union Hall and the Eleanor Boathouse, both located in Chicago, with the 2018 Chairman's Award. The IBEW Union Hall won in Commercial/Industrial category and Eleanor Boathouse won in the Municipal category.
CRE N Illinois CRE Future Leader: Kristen Alessi Kristen Alessi is a property manager at Draper and Kramer, overseeing the community at Eleven Thirty in Chicago’s South Loop. She joined the firm in 2013 as a property administrator, quickly advanced through promotions and was recently named Accredited Residential Manager of the Year by the Institute of Real Estate Management’s Chicago chapter.
CRE N Illinois Collete English Dixon appointed to the Waterton advisory board Waterton, a Chicago-based real estate investor and operator, announced the appointment of Collete English Dixon to the the firm’s advisory board. Comprised of a group of three independent (non-Waterton) individuals and the two Waterton co-founders, David Schwartz and Peter Vilim, the board provides strategic counsel to Waterton’s leadership…
CRE N Illinois CRE Future Leader: Tristen Heimann Tristen Heimann, director of residential rentals at Luxury Living Chicago Realty, has become a top-producing Chicago rental broker, having assisted hundreds of clients with his expertise in the downtown neighborhoods. He has a true appreciation for the city’s progressive architecture and provides a level of detailed knowledge and understand…
CRE N Illinois Skender announces five field operations promotions Skender, a Chicago-based construction, design and manufacturing firm, has announced the recent promotions of five individuals on the firm’s expanding operations team. The employees, Pete Conlin, John Estes, Jeff Krause, Brian Ribordy and Dan Torres include a new safety director and four new directors of field operations.
CRE N Illinois Abe Gamboa promoted to managing director at CBRE Chicago Abe Gamboa has been promoted to managing director of project management (PJM) for the Chicago and Milwaukee markets at CBRE.
CRE N Illinois CRE Future Leaders: Austin Vanderstappen Austin Vanderstappen is an associate within Podolsky Circle CORFAC International’s brokerage division, where he specializes in industrial transactions in the Northwest Suburban submarket, representing both tenants and landlords. He focuses on new business development, market research and client services for both private and institutional clients.
CRE V Michigan Cushman & Wakefield's Keais: Born, raised and thriving in Detroit Garrett Keais has worked in commercial real estate for nearly three decades. During this time, he’s regularly ranked as a top producer and has managed the real estate portfolios of several multi-billion-dollar financial institutions. Today, he is one of the leaders in Detroit’s commercial industry, working as a managing principal with the S…
Multifamily N Illinois Chicago's multifamily market thriving, evolving With all the activity going on in multifamily these days, many question what the next frontier of this asset class looks like. Yesterday morning, over 225 people had their questions answered at the 10th Annual Chicagoland Multifamily & Affordable Housing Real Estate Summit, hosted by REjournals.
CRE N Illinois JLL appoints Stephanie Plaines CFO JLL announced the appointment of Stephanie Plaines as global chief financial officer effective by the end of March. She will report to CEO Christian Ulbrich and join the company's global executive board.
CRE P Kansas Preserving the future: Wichita's NAI Martens names next set of leaders How do you protect a commercial brokerage you helped build? You plan its future far in advance of when a succession is actually needed. That’s what the leaders of Wichita, Kansas-based Martens Companies has done.
Legal N Illinois CRE Future Leaders: Joseph Scharnak Joseph Scharnak recently joined Levenfeld Pearlstein as a partner in the firm’s community association practice group. He has extensive experience representing condominium and homeowners’ associations, real estate investors and developers and financial institutions in diverse legal matters.
CRE N Illinois Kiser Group's Noah Birk named as partner Chicago multifamily brokerage firm, Kiser Group, announced that Noah Birk, 30, is a partner in the firm. Birk has become the first partner after co-founders Lee Kiser and Estella Kiser created a profit sharing and equity plan for brokers at Kiser Group.
CRE N Illinois Hilco Global establishes scholarship program for Little Village students Northbrook, Illinois-based Hilco Global announced the launch of the Hilco Global Scholarship Program called “Hilco Scholars,” to be awarded to qualified candidates living in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood. The goal of the new scholarship program is to help prepare students in the Little Village community for a professional career in …
CRE N Illinois CRE Future Leaders: Angela Spadoni Angela Spadoni, AIA, recently joined Skender as director of residential architecture, where she oversees multifamily design projects, including the design of housing modules produced in Skender’s new Chicago manufacturing facility. She has more than 10 years of international and domestic experience, with an impressive background in multifam…