Savills adds 20 Minneapolis brokers; JLL looks to Las Vegas offices; Newmark focuses on Atlanta industrial property

Savills expanded its Minneapolis office with the addition of 20 brokers formerly with Cresa. Led by Tim Carlson and Steve Dorgan, the new hires include tenant representatives, project managers and property tax appeal advisers. They have expertise serving clients in industries including medical devices, technology, healthcare, transportation and professional services. Savills CEO David Lipson said the addition of the brokers “allows us to significantly scale our operation in a key Midwestern market.” The brokers will help Savills grow its market share in industries such as life sciences, industrial and nonprofit representation, said Savills North America President Janet Woods. 

JLL hired 10-year Las Vegas commercial real estate veteran Travis Landes as the firm expands its brokerage business in the region. Landes joined JLL from CBRE, where he focused on office and medical office leasing. At JLL, he will specialize in leasing and marketing office properties on behalf of owners in Nevada, with a primary focus on Las Vegas, the brokerage said. JLL Managing Director Bret Davis said in a statement that Landes has several years of experience representing landlords in the region, “which continues to grow as companies look to capitalize on the labor pool and as investors/developers look to satisfy tenant demand.” Landes is a graduate of the University of Nevada, Reno, and has completed transactions valued at over $600 million. 

Ryan Bellows joined Newmark’s industrial capital markets team as senior managing director in Atlanta, as the brokerage looks to expand its Southeast profile in that category. Bellows will focus on industrial investment sales, portfolio aggregation, financing and equity placement.

Bellows previously worked in Cushman & Wakefield’s capital markets group, where he specialized in areas including disposition of industrial properties and land, pre-development planning, speculative construction and build-to-suit project financing for clients throughout the Southeast. “His knowledge in the industrial sector will be invaluable as we continue to drive innovative capital markets solutions and expand our capabilities across key U.S. markets,” said Chad Lavender, Newmark’s president of capital markets for North America. 

Commercial real estate development and investment firm Denholtz Properties added Paul Paschal as director of acquisitions for the mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions and Kyle Kostakis as development manager. After prior stints with Lee & Associates, Marcus & Millichap and NAI in South Carolina, Paschal will work out of North Carolina and will lead the company’s industrial and multifamily acquisition strategies in markets across the two regions, Denholtz said. Kostakis, formerly with Toll Brothers, will be based in Denholtz’s headquarters in Red Bank, New Jersey, and work with Development Director Steve Lidster to carry out the firm’s growing development pipeline, a company statement said. 

The Beck Group, a Dallas-based design-build services company, added Lisa Charrin as the national director of medical equipment planning. She has more than 30 years of experience and has contributed to over 15 million square feet of planned healthcare and research facilities nationwide, having guided clients from project starts to move-ins. Charrin's "experience and ability to navigate the complexities of healthcare facilities align with our commitment to delivering innovative, patient-centered environments,” said Sarah Mueller, Beck’s national director of healthcare, in a statement. Beck works with nonprofit healthcare systems and academic medical centers to build acute care facilities, surgery centers, specialty hospitals and teaching institutions.