xecutive
notes
ATALON GROUP
Former Hilton Hotels Corp.
executive Robert M. La
Forgia has left the company to
become a
principal at the
Atalon Group,
a Las Vegas-based real
estate management firm.
La Forgia
La Forgia spent more
than 25 years
at Hilton, serving as executive
vice president and CFO for the
past four years.
GRUBB & ELLIS CO.
The company has added Glen
Esnard as president of its cap-
ital markets division. Based in
the Santa Ana, CA headquar-
ters, he will
direct all of the
firm’s invest-
ment broker-
age business,
including its
institutional
and private
Esnard capital invest-
ment groups.
Most recently in his 30-year
career, Esnard served as president of brokerage services at
Colliers International.
teach undergraduate and
graduate classes this fall.
Hanson is currently the chair of
the Tisch Center’s advisory
board of industry leaders and
has been a guest lecturer and
adjunct professor for 16 years.
HALL FINANCIAL
Rising in the ranks at this
Frisco, TX-based company is
Laurie Biddle, who is now VP
and general
counsel.
Formerly in-
house coun-
sel, Biddle will
continue to
oversee lease
documenta-
Biddle tion and nego-
tiations, ven-
dor contracts and investment
agreements, mortgage loan
agreements, oversight and
handling of transactions and
management of business and
legal matters.
NYU
Bjorn Hanson is retiring from
his post as global industry
leader for hospitality and leisure
at PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP to teach
at the Preston
Robert Tisch
Center for
Hospitality,
Tourism and
Sports
Management
Hanson at New York
University’s
School of Continuing and
Professional Studies. The new
clinical associate professor will
LOWE HOSPITALITY
GROUP
The new CEO of the Los
Angeles-based firm is Robert
J. Lowe Jr. For the past year,
he has been
president of
Lowe
Hospitality,
the hotel,
resort and
resort-resi-
dential com-
Lowe munity acqui-
sition, devel-
opment and management division of Lowe Enterprises. He
joined the firm in 1992.
for PMRG’s Western division.
Previously,
Belger man-
aged the
development
accounting
department for
Shea
Properties.
Belger Meanwhile,
PMRG has
promoted
Gerrie Daly to
controller of its
Eastern division and of
Montecito
Medical
Daly Management
LLC, its JV
with Houston-based Montecito
Medical Investment Co.
Citi Taps Europe Head as President, CEO
New York City—Taking the helm of
Citi Property Investors is
Roger Orf, head of CPI
Europe. He succeeds Joseph
Azrack, who stepped down as
president and chief executive
officer to pursue an “
entrepreneurial career,” says the
firm. Orf will continue to be
based in London to oversee Orf
CPI’s European operations,
but will also spend a significant amount
of time in the firm’s headquarters here.
He will also take on Azrack’s
seat on all Citi Alternative
Investments management
and investment committees,
while retaining his post as
the CAI representative for
the European governance
committee. Orf joined CPI in
2004 from Lone Star
Management, where he was
head of European operations.
COLLIERS
INTERNATIONAL
The company has brought on
David Pinsel as director of its
private capital advisors group
within the
Greater Los
Angeles
region. Based
in Colliers’
Irvine, CA
office, he will
manage the
Pinsel sales staff in
10 offices.
Pinsel was previously a senior
investment advisor at Sperry
Van Ness, working with private
clients in the multifamily arena.
PM REALTY GROUP
Melanie Belger has joined the
firm’s Irvine, CA office as VP
and controller. She will handle
all the accounting and finance
JONES LANG LASALLE
The newest members of the
firm’s markets group are Lynn
Schenck and David
Steinbach. As EVP, Schenck is
responsible for
overseeing
and expand-
ing the firm’s
brokerage
business, with
a focus on
landlord and
Schenck tenant repre-
sentation. She
was previously
an SVP with
CB Richard
Ellis. As VP,
Steinbach will
assist
Schenck in
Steinbach the brokerage
efforts. He has
worked with her at CBRE for
the past three years of his six-year career. Both executives will
be based in St. Louis.
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