NASHVILLE, TENN. — JLL Capital Markets has selected Senior Director Lee Harris to join its multifamily team in Nashville. In this role, Harris will work alongside Senior Managing Director Brian Dawson on agency debt, as well as providing capital stack solutions to multifamily, mixed-use and MHC clients. Prior to joining JLL, Harris served as a Director at Greystone. He also held positions at RED Capital Group and Lument. Harris earned his degree from the University of Southern California.
CHICAGO — Tributes highlighting the life and legacy of billionaire real estate investor Sam Zell, the charismatic founder and chairman of Chicago-based Equity Residential (NYSE: EQR) who died May 18 at the age of 81, have continued to pour in following his passing. “Sam Zell was one of the most influential individuals, not just in commercial real estate, but in American business writ large. He was a great friend and an advocate on behalf of the multifamily industry,” said former National Multifamily Housing Council Chair David Schwartz in a statement from …
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Greystone Housing Impact, an affiliate of Greystone and general partner of Greystone Housing Impact Investors (NYSE: GHI), has selected Jason Kaye as a managing director. In this role, Kaye will focus on originating and structuring tax-exempt loan and bond financing transactions for affordable multifamily and Low-Income Housing Tax Credit properties. Kaye will be based out of Fort Lauderdale and will report to Kenneth Rogozinski, CEO of Greystone Housing Impact Investors. Prior to joining Greystone Housing Impact, Kaye served as a senior vice president at Regions Bank …
LOS ANGELES — CBRE has selected John Boyett as first vice president and Adam Feldman as a senior associate in the firm’s Woodland Hills office in Los Angeles. Boyett and Feldman will focus on multifamily investment sales in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. Boyett previously served as associate vice president at Matthews Real Estate Investment Services (Matthews). Prior to joining Matthews, he played several seasons with the Indianapolis Colts and Denver Broncos in the National Football League as well as the Ottawa Redblacks in the Canada Football League. Boyett graduated from the University …
DALLAS — Croft Young, a senior investment banker, will join Dallas-based CBRE in July as the company’s Chief Investment Officer. Young will join CBRE’s global executive committee and will report directly to Bob Sulentic, CBRE’s president and CEO. Previously, Young served as managing director of Morgan Stanley’s real estate investment banking group. He received a BA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an MBA from UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School. Prior to joining the workforce, Young served in the United States Marine Corps for 13 years. He …
DENVER — Apartment Investment and Management Co. (Aimco) has appointed Sherry Rexroad to its board of directors. Rexroad has been appointed to Aimco’s audit, compensation and human resources, investment, nominating and ESG Committees. Rexroad most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of STORE Capital, a publicly traded net-lease REIT. Prior to that, she worked at BlackRock Global Real Asset Securities as global head of business development, as well as co-global chief investment officer and chair of the investment committee.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), a trade association representing the housing industry, has selected James Tobin as president and CEO. Tobin will work out of NAHB’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., and will assume the new post effective June 1. Tobin previously served as executive vice president and chief lobbyist at NAHB. Prior to joining NAHB in 1998, he worked as a senior legislative assistant to former U.S. Representative Frank Riggs of California and former U.S. Representative Gary Franks of Connecticut.
CAMDEN, N.J. — The Michaels Organization (Michaels), a property development, investment and management firm based in Camden, has selected Rosa Estrada as regional vice president. Estrada succeeds Larry Padilla, following his departure from Michaels. Estrada has 20 years of urban planning, placemaking and affordable housing development experience. She joined Michaels in March 2022 as a vice president in the Mid-Atlantic Region. In this role, Estrada will serve as lead developer for all Michaels’ development activities in Puerto Rico, including Los Alamos, a 365-unit affordable housing community in Guaynabo City. Michaels …
WASHINGTON, D.C. — David Dworkin, president and CEO of the Washington, D.C.-based National Housing Conference, warns that the series of ongoing interest hikes by the Federal Reserve to fight inflation raises the risk of stagflation. Stagflation is characterized by a high rate of inflation, slow economic growth and elevated level of unemployment. “As I stated previously, raising interest rates further to control inflation is no longer the answer and is instead contributing to an increase in the cost of shelter,” explains Dworkin. “The Federal Open Market Committee needs to let …
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Coastal Ridge Real Estate has appointed Mark Yale as chief financial officer (CFO). Yale will work at Coastal Ridge’s headquarters in Columbus and will be responsible for guiding the overall financial performance of the company. Yale previously served as Washington Prime Group’s Executive Vice President and CFO. In this role, he was responsible for financial management and oversaw accounting, finance, investor relations, treasury, tax and information services. Yale additionally served as the CFO of Glimcher Realty Trust prior to its acquisition by Washington Prime Group in 2015.