Olive Tree Holdings, a four-year-old investor in apartment properties, is opportunistically moving into the hotel sector It has partnered with Ken Hamlet, who had served as chief executive of Holiday Inns Inc, to pursue select-service hotels in...
Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff Report Peter Tobin, a long-time specialist in the distressed-assets world, passed away last week He was 46 He suffered a heart attack from an undiagnosed cardiomyopathy while exercising in his home Tobin started...
Andy Kwon, a former executive with Garrison Investment Group who less than a year ago had co-founded Machine Investment Group, died last month of a brain aneurysm He was 44 years old Kwon, a star soccer player at Duke University who later was...
NAI Partners has hired John Colglazier Jr as partner Colglazier joins the Houston brokerage from Colglazier Properties of San Antonio, which specializes in the sale and leasing of industrial properties Joining him at NAI Partners is Kyle Kennan,...
Derek Jensen, a veteran property acquisitions specialist, has been named director of acquisitions by the RM Communities affiliate of crowdfunder RealtyMogul Jensen, who has been involved in the acquisition of more than 10,000 apartment units over...
James Patchett, the former president and chief executive of the New York City Economic Development Corp, has been named chief executive of A&E Real Estate, an investor in New York multifamily properties He'll oversee a planned expansion of the...
Denise Katz, former regional vice president of CIM Group, has joined Cityview as director of asset management Katz will oversee the execution of business plans for Cityview’s portfolio of core and value-add multifamily and mixed-use properties...
Hodes Weill & Associates has hired former principal of Blackstone Group Michael Mendelsohn to the same post to develop and handle relationships with institutional investors and consultants in North America The New York advisory company said...
JLL has broadened the scope of its Valuation Advisory unit with the addition of an environmental and property condition service It’s hired Jeff Manas as managing director and national practice leader of the service Manas reports to Tony...
Bill Lee, who had founded Lee & Associates Commercial Real Estate Services, has passed away after a long battle with cancer He was 78 Lee had started his career in commercial real estate after a brief stint in a sales position with 3M Co He...
