CBRE bolsters Mid-Atlantic industrial services
CBRE promoted Mike Roden to vice chair, the company’s highest rank for advisory and transactional professionals, as it looks to bolster industrial services in the Baltimore and Washington, D.C., regions. The brokerage said Roden joined CBRE in 2004 and ranked among the top 10% of its producers in 2023, serving on its Baltimore industrial team.
During his CBRE tenure, Roden has completed warehouse, flex and other industrial transactions in the Baltimore and Washington areas totaling more than 82 million square feet and valued at nearly $5 billion. Roden is a graduate of Towson University in Maryland and an active member of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors. He also serves as a board member of the Maryland Food Bank.
TDK Construction names CEO
Tina Khatri was named CEO at Houston-based general contractor TDK Construction, where she joins the ranks of the 2% of chief executives in the industry who are women, according to consulting firm McKinsey. TDK said Khatri has worked for more than 17 years in the construction industry, joining the firm as vice president in 2008.
She is involved in organizations that include Commercial Real Estate Women, National Association of Women in Construction and South Asian Women’s Entrepreneur Alliance, and serves on the board of trustees for the Eternal Gandhi Museum of Houston. The family-run TDK Construction was founded in 1993 by President Dan Khatri and has completed more than 500 commercial projects in the Houston region, including retail, warehouse, office and hotel properties.
Newmark adds to Southern California debt financing team
Newmark hired Lowell Takahashi and Vince Punzi as executive managing directors in the firm’s office in Irvine, California. They will focus on multifamily debt placement and structured finance on behalf of Southern California clients. The brokerage said the pair brings nearly 40 years of combined experience in commercial real estate debt financing.
Punzi and Takahashi joined Newmark from Berkadia, where they originated financing across Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, FHA and other debt and insurance company transactions. Both also worked previously at Capital One, and Takahashi spent nearly five years at Fannie Mae. Takahashi also worked for Berkeley Point Capital for more than a decade before it was purchased by Newmark in 2018.
Greystar taps new digital technology director
Global apartment development and investment firm Greystar appointed Jordan Kobert as senior managing director of digital technologies, reporting to Chief Operating Officer Andrew Livingstone. The company said Kobert is based in Truckee, California, and brings more than 20 years of experience leading technology, product development and related business operations.
He will lead Greystar’s product and engineering teams to enhance and scale digital services of the Charleston, South Carolina-based company. Kobert previously led Breakaway Industries, a coaching platform backed by venture capital firm YCombinator, and was a founding team member at Urbandoor, where he led product development through its acquisition by Airbnb. He had earlier stints at tech firms Strava, Google and HomeGain.com.
Northmarq adds to multifamily investment offerings
Northmarq added Brett Benton as a senior vice president in its Houston office, where the firm is expanding its multifamily investment sales services. The brokerage said Benton joined Northmarq from Disrupt Equity, where he was director of capital markets. He previously worked for nine years at Newmark as an investment sales director, advising clients in the disposition of multifamily properties.
Benton will report to Taylor Snoddy, regional managing director in Northmarq’s Dallas office. Snoddy said the expansion of multifamily investment offerings in Houston “represents a major milestone” for the Texas operations of Minneapolis-based Northmarq.