Subject: Executive Changes (EXEC)

Christoph Donner, former chief credit officer and board member of Aareal Capital Corp., is joining Allianz Real Estate of America as its chief executive. He is replacing Eric Bergwall, who became interim chief executive at the end of last year ...

Piedmont Office Realty Trust Inc. has hired Thomas R. Prescott as its executive vice president for the Midwest region. Prescott, the former president of Metropolis Investment Holdings Inc., a Chicago property investment firm, will oversee acquisitions, dispositions and development activity ...

CBRE Group Inc. has acquired CBRE | Louisville, an affiliated commercial real estate services firm in Louisville, Ky. The Los Angeles company is acquiring affiliates in markets that have strong long-term growth potential, according to a spokesperson. CBRE can more ...

Real estate economist Sam Chandan has joined Capri Capital Partners as its chief strategy officer and global head of strategy and research. Chandan has joined the Chicago investment manager as partner, will be a member of its investment committee and ...

Kevin Crummy, a managing director at Eastdil Secured, has joined Douglas Emmett Inc. as chief investment officer. Crummy had been with Eastdil for 20 years, handling investment sales and recapitalizations of properties in West Coast markets. He also helped raise ...

HFF has opened an office in Charlotte, N.C., that will be led by Ryan Clutter, a former executive vice president with rival brokerage CBRE. HFF said the opening of the Charlotte office, which is its 23rd, is part of an ...

Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff Report The buzz is that Ashish Gupta, who last November joined Gaw Capital Partners US as senior vice president of acquisitions, has resigned effective next month. Gupta is said to be leaving to pursue other ...

Mark C. Chu, a 20-year veteran of the real estate investment-management industry, has joined Eastdil Secured as a managing director, charged with raising debt and equity from Asian investors for opportunities in the United States and Europe. Chu, who'll join ...

Peter Eastham, who was put in charge of Standard & Poor's CMBS ratings group, is being transferred to a senior position with the ratings agency in Australia, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. His move is part ...

Minneapolis/ St. Paul Business Journal Matt Van Slooten is stepping down as president of Carlson Real Estate Co., a Minnetonka, Minn., developer, to take a similar position in the commercial properties division of Minneapolis developer CSM Group. He will replace ...