Real Estate Forum

Throughout his 17 years in the industry, Sommer has always understood the importance of placing high value on the relationships he has cultivated. As managing director of community development, Sommer

oversees efforts related to the entitlement, development, construction and marketing of Advance Realty’s portfolio. He helps Advance establish and cultivate relationships with government officials and other representatives of the communities in which the company is active He believes that developments such as Advance’s Willow14 and Riverbend District will breathe new life into New Jersey communities by offering a sense of dynamic accessibility with mass transit and a host of retail and cultural destinations at their doorstep.

ERIKA TOSCANI, 44 Vice President, Property Management Transwestern

Toscani has more than 15 years of experience managing the operations of several million square feet of class A and B office buildings, retail and flex/warehouse space. Currently, she provides direct oversight for

Transwestern’s managed portfolio in the Northeast, which includes more than three million square feet of property. Throughout her career Toscani has worked with many notable

Request for Proposals
Building Manager for PSAC2

The City of New York acting through the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications is seeking a Building Management vendor to provide turn-key building management, operations and maintenance of the Public Safety Answering Center II (PSAC2) facility currently under construction in the Bronx.

The Request for Proposals can be obtained at http://www.nyc.gov/html/doitt/html/miscs/ buildingmanagement.shtml. There will be a Site Visit and Pre-Proposal Conference on May 21, 2013 and Proposals are due July 23, 2013.

clients including Invesco, Principal Real Estate, TIAA-CREF and Schering Plough, and has provided oversight to a portfolio of more than six million square feet. A chair of the membership committee of the Building Owners and Managers Association of New Jersey since 2008, Toscani has sat on its board of directors since January 2012. She’s received several honors during her career, including several awards for Building of the Year from BOMA NJ.

THOMAS WALSH, 34
Senior Vice President
Jones Lang LaSalle Americas

Walsh is responsible for all capital markets transactions for Jones Lang LaSalle in the New York metropolitan region, working with partner Joe Garibaldi. Known for pursuing and executing off-market transactions

on behalf of his clients, Walsh has executed more $750 million of capital markets transactions in Newark alone during his first two years at the company. Prior to joining JLL, Walsh was directly involved in more than $2 billion in investment sales in office, multifamily, industrial and retail properties totaling in excess of 3.5 million square feet of space. Among his notable transactions with JLL are the $54.5- million note sale of luxury residential tower Eleven80 Raymond Boulevard in Newark for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the $104-million investment sale of a 1,100 unit apartment community portfolio in Hudson County. ◆