PHOENIX — Woodfield Development has appointed Neil Hanlon as vice president of development. He will lead the firm’s expansion into Arizona and Nevada, namely into the Phoenix and Las Vegas metro areas. In this role, Hanlon will be responsible for sourcing new business opportunities and overseeing all phases of the development process. Hanlon comes to Woodfield from Greystar, where he was director of development in Phoenix, leading multifamily development projects throughout the Southwest and Mountain West markets. Raleigh, North Carolina-based Woodfield was founded in 2005.
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RONKONKOMA, N.Y. — TRITEC Real Estate has appointed Michael O’Leary as chief financial officer. O’Leary will oversee TRITEC’s financial strategy, planning and operations. He joins the company from RXR Realty, a New York City-based multi-sector owner, operator and investor, where he was executive vice president and chief financial officer. TRITEC Real Estate was founded in 1986 by brothers Robert and James Coughlan. The company consists of TRITEC Development Group, TRITEC Building Co. and TRITEC Asset Management, Inc. TRITEC acquires, develops, builds, finances, leases and property manages commercial real estate projects, …
MEMPHIS, TENN. — Fogelman has appointed Kristy Heuberger president of Investment Management and promoted Justin Marshall to president of property services. Heuberger formerly served as co-head of the Americas and head of asset management at LaSalle Investment Management, where she oversaw $30 billion in assets under management and led a team of approximately 250 real estate investment professionals. In the newly created role, Heuberger will oversee transactions, portfolio management, asset management, capital formation and investor relations. Justin Marshall, formerly chief operating officer, has been promoted to president of property services. …
SAN FRANCISCO AND IRVINE, CALIF. — BRIDGE Housing and Avanath Communities have jointly formed an affordable and workforce housing property management company called Brighthaven Communities. Initially, Brighthaven will provide property management services to the two organizations’ combined portfolio of properties, which totals approximately 30,000 affordable homes across 15 states. The new company plans to extend its services beyond the partners’ own properties to include other nonprofit and for-profit owners of affordable and workforce housing communities. Brighthaven will be governed by a six-member board with equal representation from both organizations. Avanath …
MIAMI — Cushman & Wakefield has hired Roberto Pesant as executive managing director. Pesant will focus on institutional multifamily investment sales and multifamily land transactions in South Florida. Pesant has more than 20 years of experience in Florida commercial real estate, most recently as senior managing director with Berkadia. Pesant joins Cushman & Wakefield’s existing Florida multifamily team led by Vice Chairs Nick Meoli and Mike Donaldson.
FORT WASHINGTON, PA. — Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL) has agreed to sell its portfolio of stabilized and in-development apartment and student housing properties to Kennedy Wilson (NYSE: KW) for $347 million. The transaction is expected to close in October. As part of the transaction, Kennedy Wilson will acquire Toll Brothers’ general partner interests in 18 apartment and student housing properties with a combined total asset value of $2.2 billion. Kennedy Wilson also will acquire a pipeline of 29 sites in various stages of development which, if completed, would total approximately …
LOS ANGELES — Manulife Investment Management and TruAmerica Multifamily have forged a $1 billion, affordable housing-focused joint venture known as Anchor Point Residential. The partners’ debut investment is the acquisition of a 51-property, 6,000-unit LIHTC portfolio constructed between 2003 and 2023. The properties are located across major metro areas in California, Texas and Washington. The first portion of the investment closed in August with remaining deals to be completed through the fall. The names of the sellers were not disclosed. According to the two companies, the size of this acquisition, …
NEW YORK CITY — Berkadia has hired Gordon Reynolds and Brian Myers, both with the title of senior managing director, and Vice President Conner Adkins. The three new hires will establish the Berkadia Strategic Capital Group, an international advisory team that will serve clients across multiple asset classes. The group will focus on asset-level equity financing and recapitalizations, portfolio-level equity financing and recapitalizations, and programmatic joint ventures. Reynolds, Myers and Conner will collaborate with Jeffries, a New York-based investment banking and capital markets firm, and Knight Frank, a property consultancy …
BOCA RATON, FLA. — Eastham Capital has hired Anthony Librot as chief financial officer. In the new role, Librot will be responsible for accounting, compliance and risk management for the private equity multifamily investment firm. With more than 30 years of accounting and financial experience, Librot spent the past seven years as the chief operating and financial officer at AAM 15 Management LLC, a Massachusetts real estate investment company, where he oversaw day-to-day operating and financial activities for a real estate portfolio of $500 million.
NEW YORK CITY — NewPoint Real Estate Capital has promoted Geraldine Borger Urgo to president of agency lending. Borger Urgo, who was a leader in NewPoint’s acquisition by Franklin BSP Realty Trust earlier this year, previously spent about 15 years at Freddie Mac and was most recently NewPoint’s head of originations for the past four years. Separately, Nick Gesue will depart his role as chief executive officer, effective Sept. 1. His position was transitioned as part of consolidating leadership following the acquisition. NewPoint leadership will remain under the existing executive …