Global real estate brokerage CBRE has hired a life science industry veteran in New York City and promoted an industrial sector leader in Northern California. Both will fill vice chairman roles, the highest rank for producers within the firm's advisory and transaction team.

William Hartman has joined CBRE's advisory and transaction team in New York, where he focuses on life science landlord and tenant representation.

Also this week, CBRE announced the promotion of Tom Davis to vice chairman. He becomes the only individual in California's Central Valley region to earn the title and joins just three other industrial-sector advisory and transaction professionals at CBRE who have earned the title statewide.

Dallas-based CBRE is the world's largest commercial real estate services and investment firm based on 2021 revenue and employs more than 105,000 professionals in over 100 countries.

Hartman joins CBRE from Cushman & Wakefield, where he most recently served as executive managing director. Throughout his 33-year career, Hartman has been involved in more than 15 million square feet of leasing and sales transactions across the region. He shifted his focus in 2005 to the life science sector and since then has been involved in some of the sector's most prominent assignments in San Francisco, Houston, Boston and London.

"Adding an expert with Bill’s breadth and depth of expertise enhances CBRE’s ability to counsel life sciences clients across dozens of markets and multiple subsectors," said Matt Gardner, CBRE’s Americas life science practice leader, in a corporate statement announcing the move.

Davis currently leads CBRE's Central Valley industrial practice group in Stockton and supports the company's business across the region while working with occupiers and institutional investors to market, sell, reposition and develop industrial properties. Throughout his career, Davis has completed more than 105 million square feet in lease and sale transactions and over 8,200 acres of land deals valued in excess of $8.3 billion in gross consideration.

Before joining CBRE in 2016, Davis served as a president with Lee & Associates Central Valley.

Hartman earned an MBA from New York University Stern School of Business. Davis holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of California, Berkley, and the SIOR designation from the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors.

Nick Santangelo has been promoted to executive vice president with CBRE's Portland, Oregon, office.

Santangelo joined the brokerage firm in 2011 and currently works with its debt and structured finance group, where he advises developers and commercial property owners on originating capital across all major property types. During his tenure at CBRE, Santangelo has been involved in more than $3.5 billion in financing across the West Coast.

Before joining CBRE, Santangelo worked for six years at Berkadia Commercial Mortgage and its predecessors GMAC and Capmark Finance as an analyst and associate producer. He holds a master's degree in business administration and management from the University of Portland, a graduate certificate in real estate development from Portland State University and a bachelor's degree from the University of Florida.

Transwestern Real Estate Services has hired Trinette Wacker as a vice president in Minneapolis.

In her new role, Wacker will co-lead the firm's Minneapolis healthcare property group alongside Vice President Frank Richie. The team provides brokerage services to a diverse roster of local and national medical practitioners, landlords and developers. She will also work with the downtown leasing team to provide agency support.

Wacker most recently worked with the tenant advisory team at Cushman & Wakefield, representing both office and healthcare property occupiers. Before entering the commercial real estate industry, she spent 13 years as a human resources executive and holds a master's degree in human resources from Concordia University in St. Paul.

Macro, a Savills company, has hired Brian Lees as a senior director in the firm's New York office.

In his new role, Lees is tasked with expanding the firm's project management and strategic advisory services in the Northeast. Since Savills acquired Macro Consultants in 2020, the group has grown its leadership teams and market exposure across the country.

Lees brings more than 25 years of experience as an operational executive in the audio-visual, information technology and digital storage industries, in addition to leading cross-functional teams in support of large business enterprises and digital integrations. He joins Macro from Diversified, a global managed services firm.

Hospitality industry development veteran Thatcher Dilley has joined KSL Resorts as a senior vice president of development for the West region.

In this newly created role for the firm, Dilley will oversee all capital planning and development activity for the company's Western properties. KSL Resorts invests in and manages world-class destination resorts, hotels and clubs.

Dilley brings more than 25 years of experience as a developer and general contractor in the hospitality industry, most recently as a senior vice president of development and construction for the San Manuel band of Mission Indians. Before that, he held similar roles at JMA Ventures, Caesars Entertainment Corp., Morgans Hotel Group, Harrah's Entertainment and Mandalay Development. Throughout his career, Dilley has been involved in more than $7 billion in developments, including the building or renovation of more than 13,000 hotel rooms, according to Scott Dalecio, president and CEO of KSL Resorts.

Alex Hilgenberg has joined Cushman & Wakefield as a director with its retail services team in Reno, Nevada.

In his new role, Hilgenberg will continue to specialize in mixed-use and retail development, sales and leasing on behalf of landlords, tenants and investors.

Hilgenberg began his commercial real estate career in 2013 with Reliance Commercial in Phoenix, where he worked for a client list that includes Advance Auto Parts, Sherwin Williams, Aaron Rents, Freddy's Frozen Custard, Stanley Steemer, Burger King, Great Clips, Verizon, Subway, Anytime Fitness and Everbowl for projects spread across the Southwest. Before that, he operated multiple Anytime Fitness franchises in northern Nevada.

Lee Chesapeake Property Management, the asset management arm of Lee & Associates | Maryland, has promoted Katie Harrison to director of operations in Towson, Maryland.

In her expanded role, Harrison will oversee client relations, management contracts, personnel supervision, contractor selection, management operations, budget preparation and lease administration. Lee handles asset management services for more than 3 million square feet of commercial space throughout the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan region.

Harrison joined Lee in 2011 as a property manager and was promoted to director of lease administration in 2018. She has more than 15 years of commercial real estate experience.

International design firm Ware Malcomb has promoted Fernando Navarro to studio manager of site supervision in the firm's Mexico City office.

In his expanded role, Navarro will oversee the growth and expansion of the firm's site supervision team, which oversees construction progress and quality throughout the bidding process and construction phase.

Navarro has more than 20 years of experience in speculative, industrial, logistics and manufacturing development projects. Since joining Ware Malcomb in 2018, he has expanded the group's offerings and its client list while building a team of more than 15 site supervisors throughout Mexico.