and secretary. In addition, Stuart
Glenn has been named COO of
PB’s international division.
Formerly executive vice president
at Werner Sobek Engineering &
Design, Laufs is known for his
research into glass and building
envelope engineering.
Rodgers
NEWMARK KNIGHT
Hal Stein has joined Newmark
Knight Frank as managing principal. In this new position, he will
head the company’s Downtown
office. For the past 10 years, Stein
was at GVA Williams, where his
major downtown transactions
included Health Insurance Plan of
New York’s 555,000-sf headquarters relocation to 55 Water St.,
which won the 2003 NAIOP
Leasing Deal of the Year Award.
REBNY
Samuel Irlander has been
appointed director of the Real
Estate Board of New York’s
Bernard H. Mendik Education
Center. He has developed and
taught real estate courses and also
rewrote the textbook Modern Real
Estate Practice in New York, 10th
Edition.
Levine
OLNICK ORGANIZATION
George Brodish has been named
vice president of construction at the
Olnick Organization. His new position will make him responsible for
ongoing and new capital improvement projects at all of the company’s commercial and residential
properties.
PARSONS BRINCKERHOFF
George J. Pierson has been promoted to chief operating officer of
Parsons Brinckerhoff’s Americas
operations. He started with PB in
February 2006 as general counsel
SPANDREL PROPERTY
Herminio Torres has been hired as
the first-ever director of operations
at Spandrel Property Services, Inc.
He will help the firm expand its
business with third-party developers. Previously, Torres was a leasing
supervisor with Lemle &Wolf,
where he supervised an eight-mem-ber leasing department and oversaw a portfolio of 375 buildings.
TREELINE COS.
Howard Schor has been promoted
to executive vice president of strategic operations and planning of the
Treeline Cos. He will oversee the
strategic planning operations and
in-house management of Treeline’s
portfolio of office buildings located
primarily in New York City and
Nassau County. Schor was previously senior vice president of the
Treeline Cos.
Brodish
THORNTON TOMASETTI
Thornton Tomasetti, Inc. has hired
Wilfred J. Laufs as vice president.
TSC DESIGN
Wey Lee has been appointed as the
chief operating officer of TSC
Design Associates. He has more
than 30 years of professional experience, including 14 years at Ted
Moudis Associates, where he was a
senior associate. Ira Sanchick has
been appointed as an associate,
also coming to TSC from Ted
Moudis. —RENY
COMPANY NOTES
Torres
Whitman Realty Group. “CresaPartners has an international presence and full line of integrated real
estate services that will not only help our existing
clients but also secure more assignments for the
Long Island office.”
ADVANTAGE GROUPS AFFILIATES
UNDER NEW UMBRELLA
Advantage Title Agency Inc., based in Huntington,
NY, and its various affiliates are now operating
under the banner of the Advantage Group. The new
formation will be made up of Advantage Title,
Advantage Foreclosure, Advantage Legal,
Advantage Settlement and the Mortgage
Advantage. Advantage Group has more than 150
employees as well as five attorneys.
Schor
CRESAPARTNERS TURNS TO WHITMAN
FOR LONG ISLAND PRESENCE
Long Island’s own Whitman Realty Group is affiliating
with CresaPartners in order to expand CresaPartners’ Long Island presence. CresaPartners
already serves corporate tenants in Manhattan,
Westchester County and Connecticut.
“We are extremely excited about joining the
CresaPartners team. It is rare to find such a high
level of like-minded professionals with a single
focus: to serve clients and improve their bottom
line,” says Rich Caputi, founder and principal of
CARLTON PLANS TO ACQUIRE DEBT;
EXPANDS INVESTMENT TEAM
Carlton Strategic Ventures has just hired six distressed debt professionals to its investment team as
part of a plan to acquire $1 billion in high yield commercial and residential distressed mortgage debt.
Carlton will invest its own capital as well as co-invest with a major hedge fund.
The CSV distressed debt group is led by chairman
Howard L. Michaels. The group is also made up of
Michael J. Campbell, partner, and Keith B. Stein, a
former Weil Gotshal attorney and workout specialist
who ran Kimco’s Opportunity Fund in the past. In
addition to 40 professionals in its New York office,
Carlton has seven full-time former bank executives
who trade loans out of Carlton’s West Palm Beach,
FL office.
Lee
