SAN RAFAEL, CALIF. — EAH Housing, a development and management organization based in San Rafael, has appointed Jennifer Wu to its executive leadership team as chief financial officer. In this position, Wu will drive EAH Housing’s financial sustainability and oversee the company’s efforts to create more affordable housing. Prior to joining EAH Housing, Wu served as vice president and controller for MidPen Housing. Previously, she led corporate finance and international-based accounting teams at Meta (NASDAQ: META) and Digital Realty Trust (NYSE: DLR). She received a degree in economics and business …
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WINTER PARK, FLA. — Hillpointe LLC, a developer headquartered in the Orlando, Florida suburb of Winter Park, has appointed Will Bohn to the role of managing director, asset management. Prior to joining Hillpointe, Bohn served as senior vice president of asset management at Simply Self Storage. He began his career with National Storage Affiliates, a public REIT, where he held positions focused on data science, revenue management and acquisitions. Bohn secured a Master of Finance and a Bachelor of Arts in Finance and Legal Studies from Tulane University.
SAN DIEGO — Newmark has hired Erik Anderson to the role of Senior Managing Director. In this position, Anderson will specialize in multifamily investment sales for private clients and middle-market investors throughout Southern California. He will be based out of Newmark’s San Diego office. Prior to joining Newmark, Anderson held senior positions at Northmarq and CBRE. He has served on the Developing Leaders board for NAIOP San Diego and is a member of the Urban Land Institute and the National Multifamily Housing Council.
ATLANTA — Columbia Residential, an affordable housing developer and property manager based in Atlanta, has selected Ken Clark for the role of Chief Operating Officer. In this position, Clark will provide executive oversight for the financial operations of the company’s business units, including accounting, finance, human resources and corporate compliance functions. He will work out of Columbia Residential’s corporate headquarters in Atlanta. Clark is a graduate of Morehouse College and earned an MBA in Management of Technology from Georgia Tech.
NEW YORK CITY — M&T Bank has appointed Lopa Kolluri to the role of Head of Affordable Housing Lending. In this new position, Kolluri will be responsible for the development, oversight and management of the Affordable Housing vertical within M&T’s Commercial Bank. Kolluri will also work closely with divisions of M&T’s Community Bank and M&T Realty Capital Corp.’s Affordable Housing Platform. She will be based in New York City. Kolluri previously served as Senior Vice President within M&T’s Commercial Real Estate Innovation Office. Prior to joining M&T, Kolluri served as the …
CARMEL, IND. — Merchants Capital, an agency lender and tax credit equity syndicator based in Carmel, has promoted Chris Messmann to the role of executive vice president. In this position, Messmann will oversee the asset management, fund and risk management teams in the company’s tax credit equity division, including pre-closing financial projections and post-closing investor reporting. Messmann joined Merchants Capital in 2021. Prior to this, he served in a leadership role for 10 years at a national tax credit equity syndicator and was a tax accountant at Low Income Housing …
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — Capstone Development Partners has hired Jordan Gaston to the new leadership role of vice president, head of workforce housing. In this role, Gaston will take part in the company’s efforts to expand its business into the financing, development and operation of workforce housing. He previously served as the Director of Finance within Capstone’s finance division from 2016 to 2021. Most recently, he held the position of vice president in Citigroup’s public finance department.
LOS ANGELES — Kevin Sheehan has rejoined JLL Capital Markets as Managing Director in the firm’s Los Angeles office. In this new role, Sheehan will be responsible for institutional multifamily investment sale advisory and equity placement within the metro-Los Angeles area. Prior to rejoining JLL, Sheehan was responsible for multifamily investments in Southern California and nationally for an undisclosed developer.
CHICAGO — JLL Capital Markets has added Rasto Gallo and Mike Klaskin as senior directors with the firm’s national affordable housing investment sales advisory team. Gallo and Klaskin will be based out of the firm’s Chicago office. They will report to Senior Managing Directors Danny Kauffman and Jaime Fink, who co-lead the office, as well as Senior Managing Director Doug Childers, who serves as the affordable housing investment sales advisory group leader. Additionally, they will work alongside Managing Director Michael Fox and Director Melissa Bloem on the affordable housing investment sales …
PHOENIX — JLL Capital Markets has added Brian Smuckler, Jeff Seaman, Derek Smigiel and Bryson Fricke to the firm’s multifamily investment sales advisory team in Phoenix. The team will focus on multifamily investment sales, including private capital and institutional deals. They will report to Ben Geelan and Brad Miner, who serve as co-leads of the Phoenix office. Prior to joining JLL, the team was a part of CBRE’s Phoenix Multifamily Investment Properties team. Most recently, Smuckler and Seaman held positions as executive vice presidents and co-leads of the team, and …