ICSC's member recognition program, Member Moments, is your chance to celebrate members who have innovated, achieved and worked together. Click here to tell us about fellow members who have done or achieved something worth praise, and read on to see the good news below.
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Posted March 31, 2022
Urstadt Biddle Properties’ Alex Muravsky
Alex Muravsky has joined Urstadt Biddle Properties as assistant vice president of acquisitions. He will assist in asset management and will source, analyze and perform due diligence for prospective acquisitions and dispositions. He has over 15 years of experience in commercial real estate, most recently at Marcus & Millichap Institutional Property Advisors. He’s also worked as director of acquisitions at Kimco Realty.
Posted March 28, 2022
Forchelli Deegan Terrana’s John Terrana
Long Island Business News named Forchelli Deegan Terrana co-managing partner and tax certiorari practice group chair John Terrana to its Power 25 Law list.
Posted March 10, 2022
First National Realty Partners’ David Roth
First National Realty Partners has hired David Roth as vice president of leasing. A resident of Delray Beach, Florida, he has more than 13 years of leasing experience, most recently as director of leasing for Kin Properties.
Posted March 7, 2022
Washington Prime Group’s Christopher Conlon
After 14 years at Acadia Realty Trust, most recently as executive vice president and COO, Christopher Conlon has joined Washington Prime Group as CEO.
Posted February 22, 2022
Sands Investment Group’s Ethan Offenbecher
Ethan Offenbecher joined Sands Investment group in November to lead the shopping center investment sales team, assisting institutional investors and high-net-worth clients. He most recently served as Marcus & Millichap first vice president of investments and national retail group senior director.
JLL’s Brian Yano
JLL promoted Brian Yano from vice president and group manager for Maui to vice president and regional manager for retail open-air across Hawaii. Before joining JLL, Yano worked for Alexander & Baldwin, Hawaii Health Systems Corp., CBRE, Trammell Crow Co., Colliers and Harvard University.
Posted February 18, 2022
Skilken Gold’s Tobi Skilken Gold
Real estate development and construction management company Skilken Gold appointed Tobi Skilken Gold as CEO. She had been president and COO.
Posted February 17, 2022
Brand Real Estate Services’ Rebecca Waters and Brian Smith
Brand Real Estate Services senior managing director Rebecca Waters, who has 40 years of leasing experience, opened a Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, office on Feb. 1. Brand also has hired Brian Smith, previously executive vice president and chief strategy officer for Poag Shopping Centers, as executive vice president to lead retail and office leasing and oversee third-party development. He’s based in the Duluth, Georgia, headquarters.
Posted February 16, 2022
SRS Real Estate Partners’ Cory Withers
SRS Real Estate Partners’ National Net Lease Group has hired Cory Withers as senior financial analyst, joining from Cushman & Wakefield.
Posted February 10, 2022
Kimco Realty’s Leah Landro, Tom Taddeo and Will Teichman
Kimco Realty has prompted Leah Landro to executive vice president and chief human resources officer, Tom Taddeo to executive vice president and chief information officer, and Will Teichman to senior vice president of strategic operations.
Posted February 8, 2022
Nadel’s Anthony Sanchez
Nadel has promoted design director Anthony Sanchez to principal and shareholder. “His extensive background in designing and executing large-scale experiential shopping destinations gives him the strong foundation needed to undertake today’s various urban infill retail and mixed-use projects,” said chairman and principal Greg Lyon. Sanchez interned for Nadel in 2001 and has worked for AO, Wet and KTGY, as well as Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, leading the exterior design for Westfield Century City, among other projects. He rejoined Nadel in 2020 and will include business development among his responsibilities.
CBRE’s Kristi Rankin
CBRE has promoted Kristi Rankin from associate managing director to managing director, overseeing CBRE’s Chicago property management business.
Posted February 3, 2022
Westpac Partners’ Mike Grannis, Ralph Cimmaursti and Spencer Johnson
Mike Grannis, Ralph Cimmaursti and Spencer Johnson have launched Westpac Partners to advise on property ownership and tenant expansion. The trio previously worked together at Highland Properties.
Imaginuity’s Angela Sweeney
Angela Sweeney has joined marketing agency Imaginuity as executive director of Pylot. The marketing technology platform is an evolution from Imaginuity Centers and helps businesses that have multiple locations manage their digital presences through marketing automation, analytics, customer relationship management APIs and internet search visibility. It’s used by JLL and Property Management Inc. Angela was chief marketing officer at Peterson Cos., for which she’d worked for almost 11 years. She also has worked for Madison Marquette, The Mills Corp., The Rouse Co. and Urban Retail Properties.
Posted February 2, 2022
Pine Tree’s Jennifer Costa, Brian Page, Nick Kohlman and Stan McElroy
Pine Tree has expanded Jennifer Costa’s role from executive vice president and director of property management to executive vice president of property operations. The company also promoted Brian Page from asset manager to vice president of asset management and Nick Kohlmann from portfolio manager to vice president of portfolio management. Additionally, Pine Tree hired Stan McElroy as vice president of acquisitions and business development to cover the western U.S. Previously, he was president of Big Shopping Centers USA, and he was worked for CBRE in Los Angeles.
Posted February 1, 2022
Simon’s Natalie Turpan
Simon has hired Natalie Turpan as executive vice president of leasing. She previously worked on the retailer side, most recently as senior vice president of real estate, leasing, design and construction, and procurement for PVH and before that as vice president of real estate and leasing services for Aeropostale.
Cullinan Properties’ Stephanie Webster
Cullinan Properties has promoted Stephanie Webster to vice president and director of development to oversee development and tenant coordination across the medical, commercial office, retail and multifamily sectors. She joined the company in 2003 and has more than two decades of construction, administration and project management experience. She is the town architect for the Streets of St. Charles mixed-use development near St. Louis and sits on the Streets of St. Charles Community Improvement District board and on the Community Workshop & Training Center board.
CenterCal Properties’ Paul Kurzawa
Paul Kurzawa has joined CenterCal Properties as COO and to launch a third-party division to help owners and investors revitalize their shopping centers. He has more than 27 years of experience in commercial real estate and entertainment, including Blackstone/Equity Office, DreamWorks Animation, Caruso and, most recently, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield as executive vice president and director of operations. He was involved in the development of Westfield Century City, Westfield Valley Fair, The Americana at Brand and other marketplaces, as well as the redevelopment and repositioning of Chicago’s Willis Tower.
Posted January 28, 2022
TSCG’s Jon Isbell
Jon Isbell has joined TSCG as vice president in the Memphis office from AutoZone’s store development department. He has 14 years of experience in the marketplaces industry, including with Boyle and Poag Shopping Centers.
Posted January 24, 2022
Bayer Properties’ Jane Walker
Bayer Properties promoted Jane Walker from director of marketing to the newly created position of vice president of business development. She joined the company in 2013 as corporate marketing manager and became director of marketing in 2017. She was instrumental in the development, branding and consumer marketing for projects like The Pizitz, according to Bayer vice president of marketing Bethanne Jenkins, who added: “Jane consistently brings creative, out-of-the-box solutions to the table.”
Divaris Real Estate’s Jessica Johnson
Jessica Johnson has joined Divaris Real Estate as senior vice president to lead expansion into Raleigh, North Carolina, as the new office's principal managing broker. She also will continue to serve Roanoke, Virginia, as she has done throughout her career.
Lewis Retail Centers’ Ken Caron
Lewis Retail Centers promoted Ken Caron from vice president of retail leasing to senior vice president of commercial development. He has worked for the company for more than 20 years, following a position at The Carrington Co.
Posted January 19, 2022
Cullinan Properties’ Matthew Beverly
Matthew Beverly has joined Cullinan Properties as CEO, succeeding Christopher West, who will become a senior advisor and remain a partner. Beverly has worked for RPAI since 2014, most recently as East Division president, overseeing 8 million square feet of mixed-use, as well as ongoing development of $450 million and a pipeline of $600 million. Before RPAI, he joined GGP in 2002 to lead international investment activity and asset management.
JLL Capital Markets’ Matt Hazelton and Cory Villaume
Matt Hazelton and Cory Villaume have left CBRE to join JLL Capital Markets as senior directors in multitenant and net lease retail investment sales and advisory in Minneapolis-St. Paul and the Midwest.
Posted January 18, 2022
Transwestern’s Connor McCarthy
Connor McCarthy has joined Transwestern to lead retail leasing services in the Mid-Atlantic. He previously worked for Miller Walker, leasing nearly 1 million square feet over eight years.
Posted January 10, 2022
Katz & Associates’ Roxanne Register, Nicole Fontaine, David Eggnatz, Eric Spritz and Sarah Schank
Katz & Associates has promoted Roxanne Register of the Boca Raton, Florida, office to senior vice president. In the same office, David Eggnatz, Nicole Fontaine and Eric Spritz are promoted to vice president. Sarah Schank of the Charlotte, North Carolina, office is now director.
Posted January 5, 2022
Levin Management’s E.J. Moawad
Levin Management promoted E.J. Moawad to senior leasing representative. He joined the company in 2016 and handles 13 properties totaling 1.7 million square feet.
Posted December 10, 2021
Robinson+Cole’s Michele Maresca
Michele Maresca will become a partner in Robinson+Cole on Jan. 1. From the firm’s Hartford, Connecticut, office, she handles commercial real estate transactions, including representation of borrowers and lenders in financings, dispositions, acquisitions and development agreements. She represents developers, businesses, nonprofits, municipalities and housing authorities.
Posted December 8, 2021
Agree Realty’s Peter Coughenour
Peter Coughenour has been elevated from interim CFO to CFO of Agree Realty. He joined the company in 2015. “His work over the past several months, including executing on our inaugural preferred equity offering, overseeing our third quarter's earnings, leading our enhanced ESG initiatives, as well as managing the implementation of numerous systems improvements, reinforced his critical role within our growing organization," said president and CEO Joey Agree.
Posted November 29, 2021
RioCan’s John Ballantyne
John Ballantyne will become COO of RioCan at the start of the year. He currently is senior vice president of asset management. He will continue to lead asset management; environmental, social and corporate governance; and the RioCan Living residential portfolio. He also will take on property operations and leasing. “John has an established reputation as a strategic thinker and a champion for our people and the communities in which we operate,” said president and CEO Jonathan Gitlin.
Posted November 1, 2021
Singleton Construction’s Kennie Hatfield
Kennie Hatfield has joined Singleton Construction as president. He brings more than 20 years of construction and leadership experience. “Kennie and I have been friends for many years, and he has been a primary advisor for me over the past 10 years in the industry,” said CEO Denise Doczy-DeLong. “I have always admired his work ethic and leadership style, as well as his passion for the construction industry and how much he is valued by customers.”
Posted October 29, 2021
The Azarian Group’s Kevin Pelio
Kevin Pelio has joined New Jersey investment, leasing and management firm The Azarian Group as director of leasing, effective Nov. 1. He began his career at Azarian in 2009, then worked for Simon for eight years and then for a few months as senior acquisitions and real estate manager for Lidl.
CrossMarc Services’ John Crossman and Duckworth Realty’s John Michael Holtmann
John Crossman and John Michael Holtmann established The Holtmann Crossman Endowed Fund, the first-ever real estate scholarship at Mississippi’s Jackson State University, a historically Black university. Qualifying students can apply for funds from the $25,000 endowed scholarship to help cover tuition, fees, books, supplies and other expenses. Holtmann is a principal in Holtmann Properties, partner in Concord Capital and vice president and principal in Duckworth Realty. Crossman is president of CrossMarc Services and CEO of Crossman Career Builders, which he founded last year to provide opportunities for minorities in the marketplaces industry. “Working in commercial real estate can help a person develop skills to buy property, which can build personal wealth, but a real estate education has been traditionally hard to access for minorities who haven’t been given opportunities to own property,” Crossman said.
Posted October 27, 2021
RJ Brunelli’s Michelle Barron
Michelle Barron has joined brokerage RJ Brunelli to represent tenants and landlords in New Jersey and neighboring states. Barron spent most of her 22-year career with Simon. Most recently, she worked for Washington Prime Group as regional director of specialty leasing for 25 open-air centers and regional enclosed malls in New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.
Posted October 21, 2021
SRS National Net Lease Group’s Sabrina Kortlandt
SRS National Net Lease Group first vice president Sabrina Kortlandt has moved from New York City to open a New Orleans office.
Spinoso’s Mike Nevins
Mike Nevins has joined Spinoso as executive vice president of leasing. “I have known Mike for 30 years and have the highest respect for his successful career, knowledge, ability, relationships and passion,” said chairman and CEO Carmen Spinoso. Nevins has more than 30 years of experience in retail real estate, most recently as COO of malls for Simon and executive vice president of leasing for the company. Previously, he worked for Luxottica, Macerich, Wilmorite Inc., Tanger Outlets, Pyramid Management Group and IBM.
Posted October 20, 2021
CBRE’s Brandon Isner
Brandon Isner has moved from associate research director of Florida markets for CBRE to the company’s head of Americas retail research and part of the Americas research leadership team.
Hart Realty Advisers’ Josh Kagan
Hart Realty Advisers, a subsidiary of TSCG, promoted Josh Kagan from chief investment officer to co-CEO, working alongside co-CEO Sam Latone. He will direct investment activities, strategy and the management and investment committees.
Katz & Associates’ Russel Helbling
Russel Helbling has joined Katz & Associates as managing director in the New York City office, focusing on tenant and landlord representation in Long Island and the surrounding New York metropolitan region. He joins from Sabre Advisors.
Southeast Centers’ Steve Miskew
Southeast Centers appointed Steve Miskew CEO and principal, a role formerly held by co-founder and president Marc Boucher, who remains as chairman and principal. Miskew joined the company in 2016, coming from SRS Real Estate Partners.
JLL’s Regan Amato
Regan Amato has joined JLL as senior vice president in its Phoenix office, coming from Cushman & Wakefield. With 16 years of experience, he has led the regional rollouts of credit-level users and represented prominent local retail centers.
TSCG’s Luke Jones
Luke Jones has joined TSCG as associate broker in the Tampa, Florida, office. “Luke’s energy and positive spirit, coupled with his successful background in the retail real estate industry, create the perfect storm for success at TSCG,” said CEO David Birnbrey. Jones also has owned and developed indoor entertainment venues in the Southeast and Caribbean, spearheading site selection and negotiations in the process.