DALLAS — Lion Real Estate Group (Lion) has expanded its leadership team with the addition of Deanna Wigley as vice president of operations support. In this role, Wigley will supervise the review and evaluation of new supplier partners, ensure that appropriate resources are in place to facilitate sales transactions and oversee information technology services. She will also serve a key role in risk management and training for regional and community managers. Prior to joining Lion, Wigley served as regional vice president at both Allied Orion Group and US Residential Group. …
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SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — The California Housing Finance Agency (CalHFA) board of directors has appointed Stephanie McFadden as director of multifamily programs. In her new position, McFadden will oversee the CalHFA lending team, as well as an asset management division that monitors roughly 18,000 units of affordable housing. Most recently, McFadden was the chief leading officer at Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF), a nonprofit community development financial institution. Prior to joining LIIF, she served as a senior advisor for the Office of Multifamily Production with HUD, a role that was created …
DALLAS — Cityview has hired Quinn Konitshek to the role of director of acquisitions. In this position, Konitshek will help the investment management and development firm expand its pursuit of stabilized and ground-up acquisition opportunities throughout the southwestern United States, with particular focus on Texas, Arizona and Colorado. Konitshek will be based in Cityview’s newly opened office in Dallas. He will report to Damian Gancman, who was recently promoted to the role of chief investment officer. Prior to joining Cityview, Konitshek sourced multifamily transactions across Texas and the southwestern United …
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. — Barry Tomlin has returned to The Breeden Co. as vice president of customer service and marketing. Tomlin previously served in various leadership capacities at The Breeden Co. He has come out of retirement in order to accept the position. As vice president, he will develop and implement strategies to enhance customer satisfaction and engagement. Tomlin will also oversee The Breeden Co.’s marketing initiatives.
LOS ANGELES — The Dinerstein Cos. has hired Josh Rebholz to the role of vice president of capital markets and Scott Wandzilak as director of capital markets. Based in The Dinerstein Cos.’s recently established office in Los Angeles, Rebholz and Wandzilak will spearhead capital raising efforts for company’s fund platform and investment management business. Prior to joining The Dinerstein Cos., Rebholz was the executive senior associate athletic director at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He holds a bachelor’s degree in integrated studies from Weber State University and a …
CHICAGO — Chicago-based developer and owner-operator Core Spaces has appointed six professionals to the company’s executive leadership team. Founded in 2010, Core Spaces owns and operates approximately 45,600 student housing beds, with a pipeline of over 43,000 beds underway. Additionally, the company has a pipeline of approximately 3,000 BTR homes under development. Core Spaces states that it currently has $5.7 billion in combined equity under management.
HARRISON, N.Y. — RM Friedland, a commercial real estate brokerage firm based in Harrison, about 30 miles north of New York City, has hired Thomas Ashforth and Nathaniel Barnum as co-managing directors of Connecticut. In their new roles, Ashforth and Barnum will oversee the firm’s expansion into the southern Connecticut commercial real estate market. Ashforth previously held senior roles at Lincoln Property Co., Transwestern, The Ashforth Co. and Hines, where he specialized in the sale and leasing of properties located in Connecticut. Prior to joining RM Friedland, Barnum held senior …
WINTER PARK, FLA. — Hillpointe, a developer headquartered in Winter Park, has appointed Chip Wooten to the role of senior vice president of debt capital markets and asset sales. In this position, Wooten will manage Hillpointe’s portfolio of multifamily developments. He will also be responsible for overseeing debt origination and asset sales at the company. Prior to joining Hillpointe, Wooten served as a first vice president with CBRE’s Institutional Multifamily Group. He began his career as a research analyst and transitioned to business development while working for two institutional investment …
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Woda Cooper Cos. Inc., a developer and property manager headquartered in Columbus, has added two professionals as development officers. The company hired Malik Jordan to the role of senior vice president of development. In this role, Jordan will oversee development projects that involve housing, capital projects and community engagement. Jordan received a bachelor’s degree in English from Coppin State University and a master’s degree in urban and regional planning from Georgetown University. Jordan has 16 years of experience and is a board member for GEDCO, a faith-based …
SAN JOSE, CALIF. — Colliers has appointed Christian Prelle as executive vice president and head of office agency at the firm’s San Francisco Bay Area brokerage. In this role, Prelle will expand Colliers’ office agency practice and lead strategic initiatives to enhance the company’s market position in the Bay Area. Prior to joining Colliers, Prelle served as executive managing director at Newmark, where he led the Palo Alto office for 6 years and oversaw roughly 55 brokers and staff.