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FARR ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTURE & URBAN DESIGN INC., Chicago: Patrick Danaher, 45, to managing associate, from project manager at OKW Architects Inc.

HITCHCOCK DESIGN GROUP, Naperville: Jon B. Bolander, 30, Erin E. Fiegel, 32, and Bob S. Ijams, 30, to senior associate, from associate.

CONSTRUCTION

MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS ASSN. OF CHICAGO, Chicago: Dan Bulley, 45, to executive director of the Green Construction Institute, and continuing as senior vice-president of the association.

REAL ESTATE

BROWN REAL ESTATE ADVISORS, Chicago: Lori Brown, 50, to president, from executive managing director at Cushman & Wakefield Inc.




CENTRUM PROPERTIES, Chicago: Vic Pildes, 52, to vice-president of development, from vice-president of development at Westfield Group. Also, Larry Powers, 26, to development director, from development manager at Westfield.


GRUBB & ELLIS CO., Santa Ana, Calif.: Ari Klein, 32, to senior vice-president, in Chicago, from vice-president at John Buck Co.






NEWMARK KNIGHT FRANK, New York: William Selonick, 47, to executive managing director of the retail brokerage division, in Chicago, from principal at Baum Realty Group LLC. Also, Jason Jarchow, 35, to associate, from leasing representative at Beitler Properties LLC.




JUNE 19

ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING

GARY LEE PARTNERS, Chicago: David Grout, 41, to design principal and associate partner, from director of design at Simeone Deary Design Group.

WIGHT & CO., Darien: Anne Kelly, 41, to chief financial officer, from controller. She replaces Nino Conti, 55, who left the company.






CONSTRUCTION

REED ILLINOIS CORP., Chicago: John Sisco, 28, to project manager, from project engineer.





FINANCIAL SERVICES

EQUIBASE CAPITAL GROUP LLC, Chicago: Ronald W. Koretz, 40, to vice-president, from vice-president at ORIX Real Estate Capital Inc.

LAW

MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC, Chicago: Michael J. Klein, 40, to member in the business department, focusing on real estate, from member at Shaw Gussis Fishman Glantz Wolfson & Towbin LLC.




REAL ESTATE

NEWMARK KNIGHT FRANK, New York: Anthony M. Rye, 30, to associate director, in Chicago, from associate at CB Richard Ellis.






SERVICES

MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS ASSN. OF CHICAGO: John Stern, 42, to president, and continuing as project manager at Dahme Mechanical Industries Inc. He replaces David Weiner, 50, whose term ended.

JUNE 12

ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING

LAND STRATEGIES INC., Chicago: Stephen B. Corcoran, 45, to chief operations officer, from vice-president of operations. Mark de la Vergne, 30, to principal and vice-president of sales and marketing, from senior associate.

LAW

HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP, Tampa, Fla.: David B. Allswang, 40, to partner in the real estate section, in Chicago, from partner at DLA Piper.




PERKINS & COIE LLP, Seattle: Joseph McCoy, 35, to partner in the real estate group, in Chicago, from partner at Schwartz Cooper Chartered.


REAL ESTATE

@ PROPERTIES, Chicago: Jessica Wainwright, 30, to vice-president of relocation development, from referral coordinator at Prudential Preferred Properties.




METROPOLITAN PROPERTIES OF CHICAGO, Chicago: Dan Austen, 38, to senior financial analyst, from credit analyst at New Century Bank.






REALTY & MORTGAGE CO., Chicago: Daniel B. Woodworth, 54, to vice-president, from senior vice-president at the Habitat Co.


SERVICES

ILLINOIS LANDSCAPE CONTRACTORS ASSN., Oak Brook: Scott Grams, 30, to executive director, from executive director at the Geographic Information Systems Certification Institute.





JUNE 5

ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING

4240 ARCHITECTURE, Chicago: Robert Benson, 38, to associate principal and continuing as design director, from senior associate.

A. EPSTEIN & SONS INTERNATIONAL INC., Chicago: John W. Kolb, 42, to associate vice-president and senior project manager, from co-director of interior design at Lohan Anderson.





IA Interior Architects, San Francisco: Leigh Ann McGrath, 32, to project manager, in Chicago, from senior interior designer and project manager at Wright Heerema Architects.

SMITHGROUP, Detroit: Rod Vickroy, 44, to design director for the workplace studio, in Chicago, from design director for the interiors practice at Perkins + Will.





CONSTRUCTION

VALENTI BUILDERS INC., Northfield: Michael Cottick, 39, to project manager, from director of construction management at Matocha Associates. Steve Truty, 22, to project manager, from student.

LAW

NYBERG & CASSIOPPI LLC, Naperville: Kevin Gallaher, 45, to partner, concentrating in zoning, real esate, development and commercial real estate, from attorney at Dommermuth Brestal Cobine & West Ltd.

REAL ESTATE

JONES LANG LASALLE INC., Chicago: Ted Glimp, 49, to managing director of corporate solutions, from alliance director at Trammell Crow Co.





STUDLEY INC., New York: James Stein, 27, to assistant director, in Chicago, from real estate attorney at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP.

MAY 29

CONSTRUCTION

MISSNER GROUP, Skokie: Alba Jimenez, 27, to marketing coordinator, from construction administrative assistant.

FINANCIAL SERVICES

MESIROW FINANCIAL, Chicago: Katie Allen, 27, to vice-president in the real estate practice, from manager. Paul Cohen, 38, and Erik Pampel, 31, to vice-president in the real estate practice, from senior manager.

LAW

HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP, Tampa, Fla.: David Streicker, 34, to senior counsel in the real estate section, in Chicago, from general counsel and ethics officer at the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.



REAL ESTATE

GSH DEVELOPMENT, Hinsdale: Colleen Runyon, 44, to sales manager, from managing broker/partner at AMS Realty.


GRUBB & ELLIS CO., Santa Ana, Calif.: Scott Kinzelberg, 33, to vice-president, in Chicago, from manager of business development at Development Solutions Inc.





UGL EQUIS CORP., Chicago: Gregory T. Nagel, 37, to director of finance, from independent redeveloper.






MAY 22

ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING

HARLEY ELLIS DEVEREAUX, Detroit: Dennis Mika, 56, to senior architect, in Chicago, from senior designer at OWP/P. Heather Nauss, 34, to business development manager, from director of marketing and business development.



LEGAT ARCHITECTS INC., Chicago: Casey Frankiewicz, 52, to director of health care, in Waukegan, and continuing as principal, chief of staff and director of the Waukegan studio.


FINANCIAL SERVICES

COHEN FINANCIAL, Chicago: James T. McCartney, 33, to chief underwriter, from vice-president and risk manager at Merrill Lynch Capital.




LAW

HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP, Tampa, Fla.: Deborah Haddad, 52, to partner in the real estate transactions group, in Chicago, from senior vice-president at Lennar Corp.




MUCH SHELIST DENENBERG AMENT & RUBENSTEIN P.C., Chicago: Joel E. Resnick, 53, to principal in the real estate practice group, from of counsel. Wendy M. Reutebuch, 33, to principal in the real estate practice group, from associate.

REAL ESTATE

@properties, Chicago: Jan A. Smith, 54, to broker associate, from president at J. A. Smith & Associates Inc.


COLLIERS BENNETT & KAHNWEILER INC., Chicago: Michael Adams, 46, to senior vice-president, in Rosemont, from senior vice-president in the office services group at Grubb & Ellis. Darryl Silverman, 25, to associate, from associate broker at Grubb & Ellis.




SARAH DICKINSON, Chicago: Sarah Dickinson, 29, to president, from vice-president of Kuehl Group Inc.






EPIC REALTY PARTNERS, Rosemont: Denise Stein Chaimovitz, 49, Justin Lerner, 26, and John Schwarze, 28, to vice-president, from associate vice-president. Todd Heine, 30, Michael Nolan, 27, and John Basile, 31, to associate vice-president, from associate.

SERVICES

OP2MIZE LLC, Northbrook: Daniel Dakhil, 24, to manager of client services, from project manager at Cramer-Krasselt.

MAY 15

FINANCIAL SERVICES

INLAND COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE CORP., Oak Brook: Joel M. Kaplan, 42, to senior vice-president, from vice-president.

KENNEDY ASSOCIATES, Seattle: Shobi Khan, 42, to chief investment officer and partner, in Chicago, from senior vice-president at Equity Office.






NEW CENTURY BANK, Chicago: Larry Johnson, 62, to executive vice-president of commercial real estate, from executive vice-president of commercial real estate at Charter One Bank.

HEALTH CARE

SWEDISH COVENANT HOSPITAL, Chicago: Sydney P. Scarborough, 57, to board member, and continuing as executive vice-president and adviser to the CEO at Lillibridge.

REAL ESTATE

CB RICHARD ELLIS INC., Los Angeles: Tony Smaniotto, 51, to senior vice-president of CB Richard Ellis Global Property Advisors, in Chicago, from senior vice-president in the Chicago investment properties group.




JOSEPH FREED & ASSOCIATES LLC, Chicago: Van C. Geroux, 51, to senior director of marketing for the Block 37 project, from director of marketing-platinum/new developments at General Growth Properties Inc.

KOPLEY GROUP, Chicago: Lynne Sott Jackson, 56, to senior vice-president of strategic planning, from vice-president of strategic planning at Riha Design Group.

LILLIBRIDGE, Chicago: Michael O. Lincoln, 48, to executive vice-president of marketing and business development, from managing director in the strategic relationship group at GE Healthcare Financial Services. He succeeds Sydney P. Scarborough, 57.

NAI HIFFMAN, Oakbrook Terrace: Patrick G. Kiefer, 40, to executive director in the office brokerage group, from senior director at Cushman & Wakefield Inc.

ARTHUR J. ROGERS & CO., Des Plaines: Brian C. Schmitz, 29, to broker, in Elk Grove Village, from arena football player with the San Jose Sabrecats in San Jose, Calif.

STAUBACH CO., Addison, Texas: Kelly Gray, 24, to associate on the industrial services team and logistics practice group, in Chicago, from intermodal business development representative at C. H. Robinson Worldwide.

STONE REAL ESTATE CORP., Chicago: John M. Vance, 38, to vice-president, from senior associate.






TRANSWESTERN, Houston: Stephen L. Martinez, 53, to senior vice-president of development and project management services, in Chicago, from project management consultant at Cushman & Wakefield.

SERVICES

AMBIUS, Buffalo Grove: Larry Rutkowski, 52, to executive vice-president of sales and marketing, from vice-president of marketing and sales at SCI Corp.

MAY 8

ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING

KENDIG KEAST COLLABORATIVE, Sugar Land, Texas: Joel V. Stauber, 53, to principal and urban designer, in Chicago, from director of planning at Lohan Anderson.




PLCS CORP., Chicago: Robert G. Biedermann, 50, to president of Gremley & Biedermann Land Surveyors and continuing as vice-president of PLCS Corp. He was formerly a vice-president at Gremley & Biedermann Land Surveyors. He succeeds G. Thomas Green, who continues as president of PLCS Corp.

STV INC., New York: John Dasoqi, 47, to vice-president of the building and facilities division, in Chicago, from senior engineering manager at PB America.

WIGHT & CO., Darien: Craig Siepka, 44, to K-12 design leader, from design and operations director at Gilfillan Callahan Nelson.

FINANCIAL SERVICES

CALLAHAN CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC, Chicago: Bansari M. Shah, 41, to vice-president and general counsel, from corporate counsel at Trizec Properties Inc.

NEWCASTLE LTD., Chicago: Tad Wefel, 40, to senior vice-president for acquisitions, from vice-president of acquisitions at General Growth Properties Inc.





LAW

SHEFSKY & FROELICH LTD., Chicago: Mark J. Nora, 55, to shareholder in the real estate practice group, from shareholder at Holland & Knight LLP.





REAL ESTATE

CB RICHARD ELLIS, Los Angeles: Jeff Rowlett, 33, to first vice-president in the private client group, in Oak Brook, from associate vice-president of investments at Marcus & Millichap. Alex Tenuta, 28, to associate in the private client group, in Oak Brook, from associate at Marcus & Millichap.

MATANKY REALTY GROUP INC., Chicago: Vladimir Ganz, 38, to trainee, from owner at Ganz Investment Corp.

MEDPROPERTIES GROUP, Chicago: Paul Kopecki, 53, to managing partner, from senior vice-president at Transwestern Commercial Services.

TRANSWESTERN, Houston: Stephen Martinez, 53, to senior vice-president, in Chicago, from director at Cushman & Wakefield Inc.

SERVICES

ROSE PAVING CO., Bridgeview: Marty Durkin, 48, to director of national sales, from regional vice-president of sales at Bush Industries Inc., in Jamestown, N.Y.

MAY 1

ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING

HOK CHICAGO, Chicago: Richard Smith, 44, to director of the science and technology practice, from principal in the higher education group at Loebl Schlossman & Hackl. Meghan Wunderlich, 30, to director of business development, from manager of architecture and design partnerships at Business Office Systems.

OWP/P ARCHITECTS, Chicago: Maurya Cohan, 54, and Ken Locascio, 44, to senior associate in the interiors department, from associate. Myung-Joo Kim, 34, David Powell, 41, and Jim Skalla, 37, to senior associate in the architecture department, from associate. And Ghassem Poushanchi, 61, to senior associate in the engineering department, from associate.

CONSTRUCTION

MISSNER GROUP, Skokie: James M. Boge, 26, to project engineer, from site construction assistant superintendent at Kenneth James Builders.

MORGAN/HARBOUR CONSTRUCTION, Woodridge: Michael Casmer, 30, to project manager, from project manager at TCB Design Build.

REAL ESTATE

ATLAS PARTNERS LLC, Chicago: Joel H. Schneider, 50, to principal and continuing as managing director.





EPIC REALTY PARTNERS/TCN WORLDWIDE, Rosemont: Jeff W. Rosenbloom, 35, to broker, from senior associate at Grubb & Ellis.



HINES INTERESTS L.P., Houston: Tom D'Arcy, 48, left, to senior vice-president of marketing, in Chicago, from vice-president of marketing. Jim Oley, 52, right, to senior vice-president/controller, in Chicago, from vice-president/controller.





MARCUS & MILLICHAP REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT SERVICES INC., Encino, Calif.: Philip M. Nowak, 25, to commercial real estate broker, in Chicago, from director of investment sales at CB Commercial Inc.

TJG COMMERCIAL, Lemont: Vilija Garbonkus, 33, to executive vice-president of business development, from marketing director at Januskis Group Inc.

TRANSWESTERN, Houston: Ron Lakin, 51, to senior vice-president of agency leasing services, in Chicago, from executive vice-president in the development group at the Shaw Co.





UGL EQUIS CORP., Chicago: Michael Cello, 43, to vice-president, from managing director at Bradford Allen Realty Services.



APRIL 24

ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING

MAGNUSSON KLEMENCIC ASSOCIATES, Seattle: David E. Eckmann, 45, to senior vice-president and owner, in Chicago, from vice-president and principal.





VOA ASSOCIATES, Chicago: Thomas M. Erdelac, 45, to director of the Chicago interiors group, and continuing as principal. Renae Bradshaw, 36, to vice-president and director of business development for the Chicago interiors group, from director of business development at HOK in St. Louis.





CONSTRUCTION

BERGLUND CONSTRUCTION, Chicago: Marc Salenko, 52, to project executive consultant, from owner at Felsen Building Restoration Services.

DIXON COMPANIES INC., McHenry: Graeme A. Foster, 51, pictured, to vice-president of construction operations for Dixon Construction Group LLC, from project executive at Weis Builders Inc. Matthew L. Krummick, 35, to project manager, from project manager at OPUS North Corp.





TURNER CONSTRUCTION CO., Chicago: Greg Mulac, 48, to vice-president and continuing as deputy operations manager.

FINANCIAL SERVICES

LINKS CAPITAL ADVISORS INC., Evanston: Chris Charnas, 42, to principal, from director of the golf group at Cushman & Wakefield.

LAW

GROBART FLORES & MIHEVC LLC, Deerfield: David C. Ansani, 43, to partner, from associate at Lowis & Gellen LLP.

SMITHAMUNDSEN LLC, Chicago: Robert E. Lessman, 60, to partner in the construction practice group, from vice-president and general counsel at Pepper Construction Co.

REAL ESTATE

SPERRY VAN NESS, Irvine, Calif.: Jim Sears, 52, to director of multi-family sales at Sperry Van Ness Chicago, in Chicago, from president of Fisher/Sears and Associates Inc.

SERVICES

CORENET GLOBAL INC., Atlanta: Stephen A. Stoner, 48, to board treasurer, and continuing as managing director for the Central region at First Industrial Realty Trust.

NATIONAL ASSN. OF INDUSTRIAL AND OFFICE PROPERTIES, Herndon, Va.: Barry Missner, 40, to member of the private developers forum, and continuing as president of the Missner Group in Skokie.

APRIL 17

ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING

GETTYS, Chicago: John Krause, 41, to design director, from principal architect at DNA|daynightafter in New York.





CONSTRUCTION

MORTENSON CONSTRUCTION, Minneapolis: Steve DeGroote, 44, to vice-president, in Elk Grove Village, from operations director.





FINANCIAL SERVICES

MARCUS & MILLICHAP REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT SERVICES, Palo Alto, Calif.: Steven B. Livaditis, 38, to vice-president of investments, in Chicago, from senior investment associate.

ILLINOIS MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSN., Chicago: Richard E. Gottlieb, 47, to director, serving a two-year term, and continuing as member in the litigation practice group at Dykema Gossett PLLC.

LAW

ARNSTEIN & LEHR LLP, Chicago: Justin L. Weisberg, 46, to member in the construction practice group, from partner and chair of the construction practice group at BryceDowney LLC. W. Matthew Bryant, 37, to member in the construction practice group, from associate at BryceDowney LLC.

GROBART FLORES & MIHEVC LLC, Deerfield: Yvette Flores, 43, to partner, from senior real estate manager at Walgreen Co. David Grobart, 46, to partner, from partner at Lowis & Gellen LLP. Chad Mihevc, 37, to partner, from senior attorney at Walgreen Co.

KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP, Chicago: Bruce Gelman, 40, to partner, concentrating on the organization and structuring of real estate, infrastructure and alternative-asset investment funds, from partner at Mayer Brown LLP. Joshua P. Hanna, 32, to partner, concentrating on real-estate acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures and financing, from partner at Mayer Brown LLP.

MARKETING/MEDIA

VHT INC., Des Plaines: Jeffrey Harris, 43, to vice-president of business development, from vice-president of business development at RealEstate.com. Kevin McGuire, 37, to director of sales, from Chicago sales manager at Global Forex Trading.

REAL ESTATE

LEXINGTON REALTY TRUST, New York: Steven J. Spayer, 51, to vice-president, in Chicago, from managing director at Cohen Financial.

SPERRY VAN NESS, Irvine, Calif.: Wayne Caplan, 41, to director of investment and development services, in Chicago, from director in the conventional brokerage division of Sheldon Good & Co.





APRIL 10

CONSTRUCTION

BERGLUND CONSTRUCTION, Chicago: Tom Brooks, 38, to vice-president of the restoration division, from senior project manager in the restoration division.


FINANCIAL SERVICES

GE HEALTHCARE FINANCIAL SERVICES, Chicago: Curt Schaller, 39, to senior managing director for the real estate investment team, from national director of originations at Merrill Lynch Capital.




REAL ESTATE

MATANKY REALTY GROUP INC., Chicago: Margaret Lannen, 54, to director of property management, from regional property manager at DLC Management Corp.




ML REALTY PARTNERS LLC, Itasca: Timothy Geisler, 31, to director, from senior project manager at the Missner Group.






STAUBACH CO., Dallas: Eric Mariani, 43, to associate, in Chicago, from loan officer at Blueleaf Lending.

APRIL 3

ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING

RTKL ASSOCIATES INC., Chicago: Terry Wendt, 61, to principal in the planning and urban design group, from principal at Wendt Consulting in Boston.





CONSTRUCTION

W. E. O'NEIL CONSTRUCTION CO., Chicago: John A. Russell, 48, to president, from executive vice-president. He succeeds Michael J. Faron, 58, who was named chairman.





LAW

CHUHAK & TECSON P.C., Chicago: Bruce W. Craig, 49, to partner in the banking law and creditors' rights and commercial real estate law practices, from vice-president and legal counsel at Banco Popular North America.



SERVICES

MIDWEST TECHNICAL CONSULTANTS INC., Naperville: Emilio "Emo" Barbieri, 45, to vice-president and director of sales, from vice-president of land development at Town & Country Homes.