Subject: Executive Changes-REITs (EXECR)

Mitchell E. Rudin, who had joined Mack-Cali Realty Corp. two years ago as chief executive to lead the Jersey City, N.J., company's massive repositioning, has been named its vice chairman. Michael J. DeMarco, who joined at the same time and ...

Ross H. Bierkan, who had been named interim president and chief executive of RLJ Lodging Trust, formally has been named to the posts. Meanwhile, Leslie D. Hale, the company's chief financial officer, has been given the added post of chief ...

Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff Report Industry veteran Donald MacKinnon has resigned as president and chief operating officer of Realty Finance Trust Inc., just days after the non-traded REIT's sponsor, AR Capital, announced that it would stop raising capital on ...

Andrew Juster, Simon Property Group's treasurer, will become the company's chief financial officer early next year, replacing Stephen E. Sterrett, who is retiring early next year. Juster, who has been with the Indianapolis REIT for 25 years, has served as ...

Thomas E. Wirth has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer of Brandywine Realty Trust, replacing Howard M. Sipzner, who has held the post since 2006. Sipzner has resigned to pursue other opportunities. Wirth had joined the Radnor, Pa., ...

Laurence S. Geller, founder, president and chief executive of Strategic Hotels & Resorts Inc., is stepping down from his executive positions, effective immediately. He'll stay on through the end of the year as an adviser to his replacement, Raymond L. ...

Ella Shaw Neyland, who had chaired the audit committee of Steadfast Income REIT Inc.'s board, has been named president of the company. She replaces Rodney F. Emery, who remains chairman and chief executive of the non-traded REIT, which pursues investments ...

CityBiz Real Estate Robert McCullough has returned to Archstone as group vice president of development in Greater Boston. McCullough, who led Archstone's development division from 1999 to 2004, was most recently president and founder of Aequitas Properties. Aequitas focused on ...

Mitchell Sabshon, a 25-year industry veteran who, among other things, ran Goldman Sachs' conduit-lending operation, has joined Cole Real Estate Investments as executive vice president and chief operating officer.Sabshon, who also headed a number of Goldman's insurance-related operations and was ...

Sandeep Mathrani, president of Vornado Realty Trust's retaildivision, has been named chief executive of General Growth Properties.Mathrani, who has been with Vornado since 2002, will replace Adam Metz, a company director who took the company's helm twoyears ago when John ...