xecutive notes
GRUBB & ELLIS
Jack Van Berkel has been
promoted to EVP and COO.
The Santa Ana, CA-based
executive
joined NNN
Realty
Advisors as
SVP of human
resources in
August, before
the firm’s
Van Berkel merger with
Grubb. Van
Berkel has held posts with CB
Richard Ellis, First Data Corp.
and Gateway Corp.
DC office, will advise clients on
environmental, regulatory and
permitting issues, especially
those related to commercial
and government projects.
Most recently, he was with
Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP.
PARKWAY
PROPERTIES
Joining this Jacksonville, MS-based office
REIT as CFO,
executive vice
president and
secretary is J.
Mitchell
Collins. He
was previously
Collins executive vice
president and
CFO of hotel REIT Equity Inns.
attain LEED
certification for
their space.
She will also
direct the
Manhattan-based firm’s
Millar efforts to gain
LEED accred-
itation for its brokers.
serve as executive managing
director, han-
dling tenant
and agency
representation in
Westchester
and Fairfield
Counties.
Siles Siles comes
to the firm
from CB Richard Ellis.
AKERMAN
SENTERFITT
Robert M. Andersen, former
chief counsel of the US Army
Corps of
Engineers, is
the latest addition to the law
firm’s environmental practice. Andersen,
a shareholder
Andersen in the
Washington,
STUDLEY
Olivia Millar has been
named director of sustainability and workplace strategies
for the newly launched sustainable real estate practice, which
will advise tenants on eco-friendly strategies and how to
NAI GLOBAL
This brokerage network has
tapped Gerald S. Monash to
serve as executive director of
investment
services.
Based in the
Atlanta office,
he will lead
the organiza-
tion’s institu-
tional invest-
Monash ment services
practice as
well as head product-specific
teams of the company’s senior investment professionals
nationwide.
PIRCHER, NICHOLS
& MEEKS
Pablo L. Petrozzi is now a
partner in the law firm’s real
estate department. Specializing
in commercial property
acquisitions and disposi-
tions,
Petrozzi also
has experi-
ence in the
areas of
financing,
joint ventures
and leasing.
Petrozzi Based in the
Chicago
office, he joined the firm in
2003 as an associate.
IHG Duo Head Up Development in Americas
Atlanta—InterContinental Hotels
Group, the UK-based lodging chain, has
moved two company veterans into new
roles within the Americas region. COO
Tom Murray picks up the added respon-
sibility of directing
all business
development
activities for the
InterContinental
Hotels & Resorts
and Crowne Plaza
brands as well as
overseeing the Murray
distribution of
equity to further the expansion of the
Hotel Indigo flag. As COO, Murray heads
the operations of owned and managed
hotels in North and Latin America and
Mexico. Now serving as senior vice
president of franchise development is
Jim Anhut. He is charged with maximizing the distribution of the company’s
franchised hotels
as well as strategic market planning for the
development of
both franchised
and managed
properties. Most
Anhut recently Anhut
was senior vice
president of brand development. Both
executives are based in IHG’s Americas
regional office here.
TRIBUNE CO.
The Chicago-based media
company has appointed
Stephanie Pater as its new
director of
real estate.
She is
charged with
maximizing
the value of
the company’s real
Pater estate assets
and reducing
costs. She was most recently
with law firm Kirkland & Ellis.
NEWMARK KNIGHT
FRANK
New to the services firm’s
Greenwich, CT office is
Hilarie S. Siles. She will
CRESA PARTNERS
Jon C. Olmstead has moved
into the position of principal at
this corporate advisory firm.
Based in Washington, DC, he
will participate
in developing
the compa-
ny’s overall
strategic plan
and will con-
tinue to
advise clients
Olmstead in the Metro
DC area.
Olmstead has been with the
company since 1997. ◆
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