People on the Move - Q1/2007

MARCH 15

ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING

LUCIEN LAGRANGE ARCHITECTS, Chicago: Wayne Miller, 55, to co-managing principal, from principal. Also, Heather Weed, 39, to associate principal, from senior associate.

SCHULER SHOOK, Chicago: Jim Baney, 41, to partner, from principal.

FINANCIAL SERVICES

1st ADVANTAGE MORTGAGE LLC, Lombard: Luis F. Hernandez, 44, to mortgage planner, from vice-president of lending at Guaranteed Rate.

INLAND MORTGAGE CAPITAL CORP., Oak Brook: Patrick O'Meara, 32, to vice-president, from assistant vice-president.

REAL ESTATE

CB RICHARD ELLIS GROUP INC., Los Angeles: Kyle Kamin, 30, to senior vice-president, in Chicago, from first vice-president in the downtown tenant representation practice.

FIRST WESTERN PROPERTIES INC., Chicago: Fahim Lakhani, 23, to senior investment analyst, from investment analyst at Prudential Capital Group.

MB REAL ESTATE, Chicago: Dana N. Moyles, 34, to leasing representative, from vice-president of real estate services at USI Real Estate Brokerage Services Inc., in New York.

ML REALTY PARTNERS, Itasca: Ben Chandler, 26, to financial analyst, from financial analyst at Orion Properties Inc., in San Antonio.

MESA DEVELOPMENT LLC, Chicago: Michael Sher, 49, to executive vice-president and chief financial officer, from managing director at RSM McGladrey.

SERVICES

METROPOLITAN PIER AND EXPOSITION AUTHORITY, Chicago: Robert Allen Novelle Jr., 38, to board member, from managing member at Novelle Law Associates LLC and Ellevon Real Estate.

MARCH 8

ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING

BSA LIFESTRUCTURES, Indianapolis: Billy Tindell, 52, to senior associate, in Chicago, from associate.

HARLEY ELLIS DEVEREAUX CORP., Detroit: Edward B. Choklek, 45, to business development manager, in Chicago, from client services manager for the public sector at Woolpert Inc. in St. Louis.

V3 COS., Woodridge: Tomas Valaitis, 43, to director of public sector construction services, from senior project manager. He succeeds Louis Gallucci, 47, who was named director of public sector services, from construction division director. Also Patrick Kennedy, 37, to president, from director of land development. He succeeds Dean Antony, 46, who continues as chief operating officer. Messrs. Gallucci and Kennedy continue as principals.

FINANCIAL SERVICES

PLANTE & MORAN PLLC, Southfield, Mich.: Shane Turner, 39, to senior tax manager in Chicago in the real estate group, from senior tax manager at Pender Newkirk & Co., and Angela Wallis, 39, to tax manager in Elgin in the real estate group, from staff in charge of real estate.

WACHOVIA SECURITIES LLC, Richmond, Va.: David S. Hall, 50, to managing director in the real estate capital markets group, in Chicago, from director and regional sales manager.

LAW

RIORDAN DONNELLY LIPINSKI & McKEE LTD., Chicago: William S. Piper, 54, to partner, focusing on construction surety, from partner at McKenna Storer.

NON-PROFITS

YMCA OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO, Chicago: Chris Bielat, 41, to senior vice-president of real estate and senior housing, from vice-president of capital projects.

REAL ESTATE

BOND COS., Chicago and Los Angeles: Christopher E. Pine, 48, to senior vice-president, in Chicago, from vice-president of real estate at Whole Foods Market in Midlothian, Va.

CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD INC., Rosemont: Douglas Shehan, 46, to senior director, from senior vice-president at Trammell Crow Co. Also, Norman Murdoch, 42, to senior director, from vice-president at Trammell Crow.

JONES LANG LASALLE INC., Chicago: Shawn Janus, 47, to managing director in the health care practice, from executive vice-president at Lillibridge Healthcare Real Estate Trust.

KEYSTONE PROPERTY GROUP, Philadelphia: Brian Lauck, 38, to regional director, in Naperville, from senior asset manager at BremnerDuke Healthcare Real Estate.

MCL COS., Chicago: Lisa Bennett, 43, to sales consultant and broker associate, from broker associate with Sudler Sotheby's International Realty.

NEXT REALTY LLC, Northbrook: Sheryl Niccum, 35, to director of marketing at Next Parking LLC, from director of customer services at Standard Parking.

V LAND CORP., Chicago: Jason Rabin, 33, to vice-president of finance, from manager of acquisitions at Draper & Kramer Realty Advisors.





MARCH 1

ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING

DAHLQUIST & LUTZOW ARCHITECTS LTD., Elgin: Carrie Matlock, 37, to partner, from director of marketing. Lou Noto, 37, to partner, from assistant director of project management.

FINANCIAL SERVICES

ALLSTATE INVESTMENTS LLC, Northbrook: Mike Moran, 40, to senior portfolio manager and head of real estate portfolio management for the real estate investment group, from portfolio manager.

LAW

ARNSTEIN & LEHR, CHICAGO: Chicago: Stephanie J. Kim, 35, to partner focusing on commercial real estate, condo development, commercial leasing and real estate financing, from associate.

REAL ESTATE

COLDWELL BANKER RESIDENTIAL BROKERAGE, Des Plaines: Anne Marie Schafer, 43, to director of professional development and education, from professional development coach, managing broker and sales counselor.

COLLIERS BENNETT & KAHNWEILER INC., Rosemont: Ronald J. Behm, 45, to principal, from senior vice-president. Also, Jeffrey B. Devine, 38, and Matthew J. Stauber, 39, to principal, from executive vice-president; Jeffrey J. Kapcheck, 43, to executive vice-president, from senior vice-president; Carter H. Andrus, 27, to senior vice-president, from senior associate; Michael D. Cummings, 42, Stephen M. Levitas, 38, and Thomas C. Rodeno, 35, to senior vice-president, from vice-president; Peter J. Beatrice, 35, to senior vice-president in the office advisory group, from vice-president at Trammell Crow Co.; George A. Cutro, 43, to vice-president, from director of research services; Patrick N. Vizzone, 30, to vice-president, from senior associate, and Brian W. Kling, 28, to senior associate, from associate.

OPUS NORTH CORP., Rosemont: Jerry Ebert, 38, to project manager, from senior project manager at McShane Construction Corp. Also, Scott Rolston, 44, to senior property manager, from general manager at Simon Property Group in Atlanta.

STONE REAL ESTATE CORP., Chicago: Jason C. Gustaveson, 33, to vice-president, from vice-president at Zifkin Realty & Development.








FEBRUARY 22

ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING

BSA LIFESTRUCTURES, Indianapolis: Kathryn V. Vawter, 26, to mechanical design professional, in Chicago, from engineering intern at Central Engineering and Construction Associates Inc. in Greenfield, Ind.

PERKINS & WILL, Chicago: Joe Dailey, 52, to chief financial officer, from CFO at Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP.

REAL ESTATE

DUKE REALTY CORP., Indianapolis: Adam Seger, 27, to leasing associate, in Rosemont, from government relations associate at the Christopher Reeve Foundation in Washington, D.C.

GROUP ONE INVESTMENTS LLC, Chicago: Scott B. Gilbert, 28, to acquisitions analyst, from broker and appraiser at CMG Realty Group.

JONES LANG LASALLE INC., Chicago: Chuck Hoag, 39, to vice-president in the real estate investment banking group, from director of loan for builder finance at the Royal Bank of Canada.

STRATEGIC HOTELS & RESORTS INC., Chicago: Ryan Bowie, 29, to vice-president and treasurer, from assistant treasurer.








STUDLEY INC., New York: Adam Mitchell, 29, to managing director, in Chicago, from assistant director.

WALSH GROUP, Chicago: Harry L. Walder, 61, to business group manager, from operations manager.








FEBRUARY 15

ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING

ILLINOIS ROAD AND TRANSPORTATION BUILDERS ASSN., Itasca: David DeYoung, 47, to government affairs director, from associate at Ruff Weidenaar & Reidy Ltd.

LEGAT ARCHITECTS INC, Waukegan: James McDonough, 52, to chief operating officer and continuing as principal in charge of the Crystal Lake studio and director of education.

OKW ARCHITECTS, Chicago: Linda Asato, 49, to senior associate, from project architect at A. Epstein & Sons International. Sergiu Burca, 33, to senior associate, from president of S.B. Ruben & Associates P.C. Lee Purcell, 42, to associate, from architect at Neumann/Smith Architecture in Southfield, Mich. And Megen Briars, 23, to marketing coordinator, from marketing assistant at the Association Management Center.

EDUCATION

ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Chicago: Barbara Coleman Donnelley, 65, to chair of the Mies van der Rohe Society.

HEALTH CARE

PROVENA HEALTH, Mokena: Robert Biedron, 57, to chairman, from board member, and continuing as president of Voyageur's Landing Development L.P.

LAW

BARACK FERRAZZANO KIRSCHBAUM PERLMAN & NAGELBERG LLP, Chicago: Jeremy Bunnow, 32, to partner, focusing on commercial real estate, from associate. Brett Feinberg, 32, to partner, focusing on commercial real estate transactions, including REITs, from associate.

BELL BOYD & LLOYD LLP, Chicago: Ania Domagala-Pierga, 33, to partner in the real estate group, from associate.

REAL ESTATE

GRUBB & ELLIS CO., Chicago: Richard W. Pehlke, 53, to executive vice-president and CFO, from executive vice-president and CFO at New York-based Hudson Highland Group Inc. also, Kevin Moore, 29, to vice-president, from assistant director at Studley Inc. Carolynn Schnuck, 26, to associate, from marketing coordinator at the Ritz-Carlton.

SHELDON GOOD & CO. INTERNATIONAL LLC, Chicago: Kenneth Goldberg, 68, to partner, and continuing as executive managing director of Sheldon Good Brokerage LLC.

SERVICES

B&F TECHNICAL CODE SERVICES INC., Hoffman Estates: Ken Garrett, 48, to vice-president, from inspection supervisor and administrator. Also, William Schomburg, 60, to contract services coordinator, from regional manager for government relations at the International Code Council.

FEBRUARY 8

ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING

BOOTH HANSEN ASSOCIATES, Chicago: John DeSalvo, 45, to associate principal, from architect. Also, Joseph King, 33, and Sarunas Rumsa, 45, to associate, from architect.

HARLEY ELLIS DEVEREAUX CORP., Detroit: Susan F. King, 43, to principal, in Chicago, from associate in architecture. Also, David D. Troszak, 53, to principal, from associate in operations, and Richard A. Serenda, 56, to associate in architecture, from the architecture area.

LOHAN ANDERSON LLC, Chicago: Basil W.C. Souder, 54, to principal, from associate principal.

MORGAN/HARBOUR CONSTRUCTION, Woodridge: Michael May, 36, to project manager, from project manager and project superintendent at Keeley Construction Inc. Also, Ken Wahlin, 45, to project manager, from senior development manager at the Alter Group.

PERKINS + WILL, Chicago: Kenneth Rohlfing, 60, to associate principal, from vice-president at Smith Group.

TRIA ARCHITECTURE INC., Burr Ridge: James A. Petrakos, 35, to director of marketing, from project manager at Legat Architects Inc.

VOA ASSOCIATES INC., Chicago: Christine Alex, 32, Regina Wollin, 34, Paula Lutz, 47, and Lynette Whiston, 36, to vice-president, from senior associate.

FINANCIAL SERVICES

ANGLO IRISH BANK, Dublin, Ireland: Michael Goorvich, 54, to senior vice-president of commercial real estate, in Chicago, from senior vice-president and managing director in the mortgage banking group at Capmark Finance Inc.

LAW

FREEBORN & PETERS LLP, Chicago: Emily Schey, 29, to associate in the business law services group, from associate counsel at the Vail Corp. in Vail, Colo.

NEAL GERBER & EISENBERG LLP, Chicago: Louis Bernstein, 49, to partner in the litigation practice group, from chairman of the litigation practice group at Gould & Ratner LLP.

PERKINS & COIE LLP, Seattle: Judith A. Gold, 42, to partner in the real estate and land use group in Chicago, from associate.

PIRCHER NICHOLS & MEEKS, Los Angeles: David J. Pezza, 46, to partner in the real estate group, in Chicago, from of counsel at Seyfarth Shaw LLP.

REAL ESTATE

CATON COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE, Plainfield: Bill Fleener, 48, to managing broker, in Mokena, from broker associate.

COLDWELL BANKER RESIDENTIAL BROKERAGE, Des Plaines: Mike Marone, 61, to manager of the Oak Brook office, from assistant manager of the Hinsdale Village office.

COLLIERS BENNETT & KAHNWEILER INC., Chicago: Joseph Reiff, 33, to associate in the industrial services group, from senior associate at Lee & Associates. Jeffrey A. Roehl, 26, to associate in the industrial services group, from offensive lineman for the New England Patriots. Brian Priest, 26, to associate in the office advisory group from district manager at ADP. Jordan D. Rovito, 24, to associate in the office advisory group, from financial analyst in the corporate real estate department at Guardian Building Products. And David Egan, 31, to senior associate in the investment services group, from associate at Trammell Crow Co.

MILLENNIUM PROPERTIES R/E INC., Chicago: Gregory O. Block, 27, to vice-president, from associate.

DEITCHER GROUP LLC, Chicago: Menahem Deitcher, 42, to principal, from senior vice-president in the Chicago office of CB Richard Ellis Inc.

METROPOLITAN PROPERTIES OF CHICAGO, Chicago: Peter Gloodt, 50, to senior associate of finance and acquisitions, from senior underwriter at WexTrust Capital.

NRT INC., Parsippany, N.J.: Frances A. Broude, 51, to president and chief operating officer of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Chicago and Milwaukee, in Des Plaines, from executive vice-president and general sales manager.

STUDLEY INC., New York: Pamela Grossman, 50, to associate director, in Chicago.







FEBRUARY 1

ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING

BOOTH HANSEN LTD., Chicago: Cheryl Souder, 56, to associate principal, from interior designer.

LEGAT ARCHITECTS INC., Waukegan: Patrick Brosnan, 40, to president and CEO, from studio director and principal. He succeeds Wayne Machnich, 63, who continues as principal in charge of quality assurance.

METRO TRANSPORTATION GROUP INC., Hoffman Estates: David B. Miller, 61, to chairman and CEO, from president. Also, Rolf P. Kilian, 62, to president, from executive vice-president.

PRIMERA ENGINEERS LTD., Chicago: Edward Czekaj, 45, to vice-president and controller, from associate vice-president. Also, Jay Patel, 64, to vice-president of the infrastructure group, from associate vice-president.

FINANCIAL SERVICES

J. P. MORGAN CHASE & CO., New York: John C. Wilkins, 48, to market director for the private client services group, in Chicago, from group head of commercial real estate at Fifth Third Bank.

WEXTRUST CAPITAL LLC, Chicago: Susan M. Reyes, 46, to senior investment analyst, from portfolio administrator and junior analyst at Calamos Investments.

REAL ESTATE

CB RICHARD ELLIS INC., El Segundo, Calif.: Jena Hollensteiner, 43, to national marketing director, in Chicago, from senior director of marketing for the Eastern Division.

JONES LANG LASALLE INC., Chicago: David D. Hopwood, 44, to senior vice-president in the property management group, from vice-president at Duke Realty Corp.

NEXT REALTY LLC, Northbrook: Tracey Harnisch, 24, to director of leasing, from project manager in the Midwest brokerage division.

PREFERRED DEVELOPMENT, Chicago: Emmanuel Bell, 34, to property manager, from director of property management at Thresholds.

PROGRESS CONSTRUCTION INC., Chicago: Christopher J. Nurre, 32, to president, from vice-president at Charter Construction Co. Also, Ernie Santi, 42, to vice-president, from senior project manager at Charter Construction.

SKENDER CONSTRUCTION CO., Palos Hills: Dennis A. Szafranski, 54, to director of preconstruction, from senior estimator at Paul H. Schwendener Inc.

JANUARY 25

ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING

GENSLER, Chicago: Lamar A. Johnson, 47, to co-managing principal of the North Central region, from principal and managing director of Gensler Chicago. Also, Todd J. Baisch, 40, to principal, from senior associate and continuing as design director.

HOLABIRD & ROOT LLC, Chicago: Andrea Caputo, 29, to lead designer in the interiors department, from principal at InArc Design Ltd.

OKW ARCHITECTS, Chicago: Brett Cochrane, 51, to senior associate, from senior designer at RKI Architects. Also, Kate Hauserman, 43, to senior associate in the interior design department, from vice-president at Vasilko Hauserman & Associates Inc.

LAW

GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP, Chicago: Lesli L. Falk, 40, to of counsel in the real estate practice, from partner at DLA Piper US LLP.

ILLINOIS REAL ESTATE LAWYERS ASSN., Arlington Heights: Ralph J. Schumann, 52, to a two-year term as president, and continuing as principal at the Law Offices of Ralph J. Schumann.

REAL ESTATE

FOR RENT MEDIA SOLUTIONS, Norfolk, Va.: Ann Meisenheimer, 44, to Midwest North regional manager, in Chicago, from general sales manager for the Chicago office.

KOENIG & STREY GMAC REAL ESTATE, Wilmette: Doug Ayers, 46, to president, and executive vice-president of the Central Region for GMAC Real Estate's company-owned offices. He was formerly president and chief operating officer of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Chicago and Milwaukee.

PODOLSKY NORTHSTAR CORFAC INTERNATIONAL, Riverwoods: Nathan Weber, 29, to associate, from principal at Arriba Investment Management LLC.

JANUARY 19

ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING

PROTEUS GROUP, Chicago: Konstantine Haralampopoulos, 42, to vice-president, from managing director at Konfidant.

SMITHGROUP, Detroit: Jim Luckey, 55, to principal, in Chicago, from senior architectural designer.

FINANCIAL SERVICES

MOBIUM MORTGAGE GROUP, Chicago: Kit Mueller, 33, to mortgage planner, from loan officer at KM Funding LLC.

REAL ESTATE

CB RICHARD ELLIS GROUP INC., El Segundo, Calif.: David Saad, 27, to first vice-president in the office services group, in Chicago, from vice-president.

EQUITY RESIDENTIAL, Chicago: Jean V. Kennedy, 42, to senior vice-president and director of internal audit, from senior vice-president and chief accounting officer at Grubb & Ellis Co.





ORIX REAL ESTATE CAPITAL INC., Chicago: Daniel A. Palmer, 41, to vice-president of loan portfolio management, from vice-president and underwriter manager at J. P. Morgan Chase Bank N.A.







PINNACLE, Seattle: Nick Helmer Jr., 37, to head investment manager of a new Chicago office, from director/general counsel at Inland Great Lakes LLC.







JANUARY 12

ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING

BUILT FORM, Chicago: Lisa Povich, 38, to technical designer, from project manager at Studio 421. Also, Shirley Cho, 26, to intern architect, from development manager at Genesis Housing Development Corp.

STV INC., New York: Donald F. Gismondi, 57, to senior associate and planning manager for the Midwest region in the transportation and infrastructure division, in Chicago, from deputy regional administrator at the Federal Transportation Administration.

TRIA ARCHITECTURE INC., Burr Ridge: Thomas R. Szurgot, 33, to principal and chief financial officer, from project architect at Legat Architects Inc.

VALERIO DEWALT TRAIN ASSOCIATES, Chicago: David Rasche, 40, to principal, from associate.

LAW

SHEFSKY & FROELICH LTD., Chicago: Nicolette L. Sonntag, 40, to shareholder in the real estate department, from associate.





REAL ESTATE

COLLIERS BENNETT & KAHNWEILER INC., Rosemont: William M. Fausone, 49, to president, from chief operating officer. He succeeds David R. Kahnweiler, 49, who was named chairman and continues as CEO.







EXECUTIVE CONSTRUCTION INC., Hillside: John F. Blacketor, 44, to president, from vice-president. He succeeds Daniel Maguire, 62, who was named chairman and CEO.

GRUBB & ELLIS CO., Chicago: John D. Ziesmer, 47, to senior vice-president, from senior vice-president at Trammell Crow Co. Also, Scott Ubersox, 31, to vice-president, from vice-president at Trammell Crow; Michael Marrion, 34, to senior associate, from senior associate at Trammell Crow, and Gregory N. Tait, 26, and Rachel Waymire, 24, to associate, from associate at Trammel Crow.

JANUARY 5

ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING

KLEIN & HOFFMAN INC., Chicago: Mary B. Brush, 39, to associate and continuing as director of preservation, from project manager.





REAL ESTATE

ASA COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES LLC, Deerfield: Mitchel Greenberg, 46, to principal, from principal at Montero Partners Ltd.

COPLEY ADVISORS, Chicago: Amelia C. "Amy" Litterski, 24, to associate, from leasing representative at Inland Group of Real Estate Cos.

GRUBB & ELLIS CO., Chicago: Linda Garske, 41, and Jason Streepy, 36, to senior vice-president, from leasing representative at Equity Office Properties Trust.

ILLINOIS ASSN. OF REALTORS, Springfield: Howard Handler, 28, to government affairs director, in Northbrook, from community outreach coordinator in the office of Commissioner Larry R. Rogers Jr. at the Cook County Board of Review.

LASALLE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC., Chicago: Christine Akins, 40, to vice-president of acquisitions, from vice-president of transactions at Equity Residential.

MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GROUP LLC, Chicago: Mark J. Ladd, 36, to managing director, from project manager at Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP.

MISSNER GROUP, Skokie: Drue Stoehr, 28, to project manager, from senior project engineer at Clayco Inc.

ML REALTY PARTNERS LLC, Itasca: John C. Martin, 31, to development manager, from project manager at Real Property Ventures Inc.

OP2MIZE LLC, Northbrook: Rishi Khosla, 25, to client services manager, from chief operating officer at Investments Ltd. in Cambridge, Mass.

YOUNAN PROPERTIES INC., Woodland Hills, Calif.: Patricia Lange, 35, to general manager, in Rolling Meadows, from senior property manager. Also, Frittsy Mosshart, 46, to general manager, in Chicago, from general manager at Grubb & Ellis Management Services Inc.

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