Subject: Executive Changes (EXEC)

Brian Skurnik has been named head of CapitalSource's real estate lending group. In his new post Skurnik, who had joined the middle-market lender in 2006, will lead bridge-loan origination efforts against properties everywhere in the country but the West Coast. ...

Marcus & Millichap has hired Peter L. Nichols as national director of its national hospitality group. Nichols, a 20-year hotel industry veteran, joins the brokerage firm from Richfield Hospitality Inc., where he was senior vice president of business development and ...

Rreef Property Trust Inc. said it has terminated its distribution agreement with Realty Capital Securities, following a complaint by the Massachusetts Securities Division charging the latter with fabricating shareholder proxy votes. The non-traded REIT, sponsored by institutional investment manager Rreef ...

Daniel M. Bernstein, an attorney with Seiden & Schein, has joined Venable LLP as counsel in its New York real estate practice. Bernstein, who has represented investors in the sale and financing of their commercial properties, also will advise on ...

Longtime hotel specialist Ken Ford has died following a car accident. Ford was vice president of National Hotel Realty and New England Hotel Realty, a pair of hotel advisory shops, where he led their brokerage activities. He also was involved ...

The two founders of First Potomac Realty Trust have resigned. Douglas J. Donatelli and Nicholas R. Smith, who had founded the Bethesda, Md., REIT in 1997, have resigned their respective positions of chief executive and chief investment officer. Robert Milkovich, ...

The Real Deal Cushman & Wakefield has laid off some 250 employees across the country as a result of its integration with DTZ. In New York, about 40 were impacted by the cuts. Those laid off typically handled deal analysis ...

Lisa A. Payne is stepping down as chief financial officer of Taubman Centers Inc., effective next March, to pursue other opportunities. Payne had joined the Bloomfield Hills, Mich., REIT in 1997 from Goldman Sachs, where she was a vice president ...

Frank Marchisello is retiring as chief financial officer of Tanger Factory Outlet Center, effective May. Marchisello has been with the Greensboro, N.C., REIT since 1993, when he joined as chief accounting officer. He previously was with Gilliam, Coble & Moser, ...

Long-time investment-sales professional John Wilcox has joined Auction.com as senior vice president of commercial real estate finance. He's charged with helping develop the auction company's capability of arranging financing for buyers of assets through its site. "This will benefit buyers," ...