1. CoStar's People of Note (June 21 - 27)
The following companies announced personnel moves this week: Transwestern, Mack-Cali,
OwnersCorp, CBRE, Kidder Mathews, Trademark Property, Roxborough Group, LL Holding, Colliers
International, JLL, Binswanger, and Wood Partners.
It's time to update those contact managers with CoStar's People of Note, reporting news on
significant new CRE hires and promotions. This week's issue includes the following markets: Boston,
Northern New Jersey, New York City, San Diego, Dallas, San Francisco, Phoenix, Philadelphia,
Denver, and Tampa / St. Petersburg.
BOSTON
Transwestern RBJ Promotes McKenzie to COO
By Kara Franz
Transwestern | RBJ promoted Brian McKenzie to COO of its Northeast
region.
In his new role, McKenzie will work to expand the firm's service lines and assist Steve Purpura,
Northeast market leader, to oversee the firm's daily operations in Boston, New York, New Jersey and
Connecticut.
McKenzie is a founding partner of Richards Barry Joyce Partners, a full-service commercial real
estate firm acquired by Transwestern in 2013. He has also served as a managing director at
Insignia/ESG. McKenzie graduated cum laude from the College of Holy Cross and currently serves
on the Greater Boston Real Estate Board and the Commercial Brokers Association.
NORTHERN NEW JERSEY
Marshall Promoted to COO at Roseland
By Timothy Stuart
Roseland Property Company, a subsidiary of Mack-Cali Realty
Corporation, has tapped Andrew Marshall to serve as its chief operating officer. Marshall will also
2. continue to fill his current role at the firm as executive vice president of development.
"Throughout his tenure with Roseland, Andy has been an invaluable asset to our team through his
strategic and thoughtful management of development," said Marshall Tycher, president of Roseland.
CoStar's People of Note is published each Friday covering the latest commercial real estate
executive level promotions and new hires. Click on the headline of each article to jump to full
coverage. Follow the news on Twitter @TheCoStarGroup and @JSumner2.
Send your new executive hires and promotion announcements to news@costar.com.
NEW YORK CITY
Ninnis Joins OwnersCorp as Partner, Director
By Benjamin Fish
Jonathan Ninnis has been appointed partner and director of commercial
projects at OwnersCorp, Inc., a company specializing in representing owners in the management of
construction and renovation for high-end residential and commercial properties.
In his new role, Ninnis will now manage and expand OwnerCorp's commercial division.
3. Ninnis is a registered architect with more than 15 years of experience in both residential and
commercial project management and construction, most recently serving as vice president of
development for LL Holding Company. Over the course of his career, Ninnis has completed almost
$500 million in projects spanning three million square feet of real estate.
SAN DIEGO
Lozier, Huggett Joins CBRE
By Justin Sumner
Douglas Lozier and Andrew Huggett (pictured, right) have joined
CBRE San Diego's occupier advisory and transactions group.
The experienced corporate occupier brokers have completed more than $250 million in transactions
over the past three years.
Most recently at Savills Studley, Lozier was previously a senior vice president and co-manager of
San Diego operations, while Huggett held the title of managing director there. Before that, Lozier
was with CBRE for 15 years and Huggett was at NAI San Diego.
SAN DIEGO
Kidder Mathews Nets Michael Jordan in San Diego Office
By Justin Sumner
4. Michael D. Jordan has joined Kidder Mathews as a senior vice president in
the firm's San Diego office.
In his new role, Jordan will specialize in investment properties for Kidder Mathews, one of the
largest independently-owned commercial real estate firms on the West Coast.
Jordan has more than 19 years of commercial real estate experience, including stints at Cushman
Wakefield and CBRE. Throughout his career he has been involved in more than 445 transactions
including almost 25 million square feet of deals valued at over $525 million. Jordan has also been
involved in the entitlement and improvement of more than 7,300 acres and 3,500 residential lots.
DALLAS
Trademark Property Co. Names SVP of Development
By Ben Harris
Trademark Property Co. has hired Jeff Johnson as its new senior vice
president of development.
Johnson will lead pre-development efforts for new, ground-up and major redevelopments of retail
and mixed-use projects, and head up land acquisitions.
A 20-year industry veteran, Johnson previously served as director of real estate for Fareway Stores,
Inc. He is the founder and president of Cormac Co., and also formerly served as vice president of
Stone Creek Development. Johnson graduated from Saint Olaf College with a degree in economics
with an emphasis in finance and management.
SAN FRANCISCO
Roxborough Group Adds Former Stockbridge Capital Exec
By Anthony Edelstein
5. The Roxborough Group has brought on institutional real estate investment
veteran Matthew McCormick to serve as senior vice president.
Based in the firm's San Francisco headquarters, McCormick will be in charge of sourcing and
managing investment opportunities across the Western U.S. on behalf of Roxborough Fund I, the
firm's emerging private equity real estate fund.
McCormick previously co-led Stockbridge Capital Group's capital markets and acquisition team for
the Western U.S. He also served as an associate director for Cushman Wakefield's New York
investment banking group from 1999-2005.
Cushman Partner Leeming Leaves for Barwood / Delancey JV
By Paul Norman
NEW YORK CITY
LL Holding Taps Wiener as VP, Director of Leasing
By Justin Sumner
Andrew Wiener has been promoted to vice president - director of leasing at LL
Holding Company LLC.
In this new role, Wiener will partner with David Berkey, executive vice president in overseeing all
6. leasing activity for the firm's 6.5 million-square-foot portfolio in New York City while continuing to
underwrite potential acquisitions for the company.
Wiener joined LL in 2010 as an associate and was promoted to leasing director in 2012. He has
closed more than 1.7 million square feet in transactions valued at more than $400 million for the
firm. Before that, Wiener was an analyst and leasing agent with Cushman Wakefield's strategic
agency service group.
PHOENIX
Darby Returns to Colliers
By Justin Sumner
Ruth Darby has joined Colliers International in Greater Phoenix as a vice
president.
One of the region's top tenant representation brokers, Darby brings more than 16 years of corporate
real estate experience. Darby was previously with Colliers as a broker from 2004 to 2009 before
serving as a director of research and marketing with Newmark Grubb Knight Frank.
This time around, Darby will partner with Lindsey Carlson, vice president to bolster the team's
tenant representation practice.
SAN FRANCISCO
JLL Broadens Northern California Retail Team with New Hire
By Noel Bigay
Continuing to build out its retail platform in Northern California, JLL has brought
on 14-year industry veteran Ross White as vice president.
Based in the San Francisco office, White will focus on retail leasing and tenant representation with
an emphasis on the restaurant industry.
White joins the firm from SRS Real Estate Partners, where he served as first vice president. White
holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Utah.
7. PHILADELPHIA
Binswanger Adds Two VPs to Philadelphia Area Commercial Division
By Danielle Sigamoni
Douglas Kelly has joined Binswanger's King of Prussia office as vice
president. In this position, he will oversee commercial real estate in suburban Philadelphia, focusing
on the Montgomery County market. Previously, Doug Kelly was in business development at Trion.
William Strong has joined Binswanger's Philadelphia office, also as a vice president. He will oversee
landlord and tenant representation requirements focusing on Center City. Previously, Bill Strong
was a tenant representative for the former Grubb Ellis and CBRE/Trammell Crow Company.
DENVER
Wood Partners Appoints VP of Development
By Desirae Sullivan
Wood Partners tapped Jack Kachadurian to serve as vice president of development
for the Denver and Rocky Mountain markets.
Kachadurian previously worked for Pritzker Realty Group as a senior associate in the firm's Chicago
office. During that time, he helped close land acquisitions and the development of more than 2,000
units nationwide. His career also includes serving as an investment sales real estate analyst for HFF
in Chicago.
TAMPA / ST PETERSBURG
Colliers Names Cooper as Director, Multifamily Investment Sales
8. By Benjamin Caffey
With more than 10 years of industry experience, Amanda Cooper has been named
the new director of multifamily investment sales at Colliers International Tampa Bay.
Cooper's new responsibilities will include investment sales, business development, property and
marketing analysis, financial underwriting/modeling, and transaction management.
Prior to joining Colliers International Tampa Bay, Cooper worked with CBRE in Tampa and Kansas
City, and earlier was with PricewaterhouseCoopers in its financial advisory services division.
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