David Simon, chairman, chief executive and president of Simon Property Group, died yesterday after a two-year battle with cancer He was 64 Simon joined the Indianapolis REIT’s predecessor in 1990, shepherding the mall owner through its initial...
Lisa Pendergast, who was named head of the Commercial Real Estate Council 10 years ago, has announced her retirement, effective early August Pendergast, a long-time industry veteran, joined the trade organization from Jefferies, where she was...
Brookfield Properties, which in 2018 acquired mall owner GGP Inc and folded its 125 mall properties into its own portfolio, has revived the GGP name The company created GGP Retail LLC, which will be headquartered in Chicago, and placed its 101...
Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff Report Matthew Ferrari, who joined TruAmerica Multifamily in 2016 to oversee the Los Angeles investment manager’s national expansion, has left the company to form PXV Multifamily, through which he plans to...
Julia Hyman, an associate at Rudin Management, was killed yesterday by gunman Shane Tamura, according to the New York Post Hyman was one of four people that Tamura killed before taking his own life The others were Wesley LePatner, chief executive...
Wesley LePatner, chief executive of Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust Inc, was among those killed in yesterday’s shooting at 345 Park Ave in midtown Manhattan, according to a report in the New York Post LePatner, 43, was shot and killed in...
The Real Deal Jared Solomon, a former vice president in Vornado Realty Trust’s leasing office, has been charged with stealing millions of dollars from the company Solomon was indicted by the US District Court for the Southern District of New...
Eric Kraft, a 25-year industry professional, has joined 3650 Capital as managing director and is charged with loan originations across the investment manager’s various lending strategies Kraft is based at the Miami company’s Los Angeles...
Long-time commercial real estate capital markets specialist Daniel Lisser has joined Lee & Associates as senior managing director He joined the company’s New York office from Marcus & Millichap, where he was managing director At Lee...
Roy Chun, senior managing director and head of Kroll Bond Rating Agency’s CMBS surveillance and research efforts, has retired He’s being replaced by Rob Grenda, senior director, who had joined KBRA in 2019 from Morningstar DBRS Grenda...
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