Cresa strengthens supply chain services; JLL boosts Charlotte, North Carolina, agency leasing; Criterion expands leadership team

Rob Saper joined Cresa's Dallas office, where he will serve as principal in the firm’s supply chain advisory services group. The occupier-focused brokerage said Saper is a 30-year industry veteran who previously ran in-house logistics operations for companies including Advance Auto Parts, Office Depot, hardware chain True Value, Dexter Axle Co. and Brightstar Corp.

He has degrees from DePaul University and Northern Illinois University, and is also a licensed certified public accountant. Sharon Morrison, managing principal for Cresa’s Texas region, said Saper brings an “insider’s perspective” to the requirements of corporate supply chain clients. 

Elizabeth McMillan joined JLL as executive vice president of agency leasing in Charlotte, North Carolina. McMillan previously served as vice president for commercial development at Crescent Communities, where she led multiple projects and launched the firm’s life science platform.

McMillan is a long-standing member of the Urban Land Institute and recently served as ULI’s Charlotte district council chair. This year she was appointed to the Americas executive committee of ULI’s Women’s Leadership Initiative, a group that seeks to increase the number and visibility of women leaders in the national network of the Washington, D.C.-based urban planning and real estate research group.

New York-based Criterion Real Estate Capital hired Ben Milde as its chief operating officer as it looks to increase its nationwide investment profile. The company said it also hired Adam Matos as managing director and promoted Brett Kantor, who has been with the firm since 2014, to managing director.

Milde and Matos will work directly with Chuck Rosenzweig, Criterion’s founder and managing partner, to advance the firm’s investments through structured high-yield debt origination, loans, equity placements and joint ventures, the company said. Milde’s 25-year commercial real estate career includes experience in investments, development and asset management. He previously worked at firms including Richbell Equities, Citigroup and Allegiant Real Estate Capital. Matos joined Criterion from Safehold, a publicly traded real estate investment trust, where his duties included investment sourcing and underwriting.

Cushman & Wakefield tapped Kipper Worthington to be senior director in the firm’s retail practice in Nashville, Tennessee, as the company looks to boost its services in the fast-growing region. The brokerage said he will co-lead the firm’s regional leasing team with industry veteran and senior director Peggy Sells, focused on advising landlord and tenant clients.

He will also work with executive director Evan Halkias to support retail investment sales in the region. Worthington joined the firm from JLL and began his career with Equitable Property Co., leading acquisitions for development in the Nashville area. Cushman & Wakefield’s Nashville office has over 240 team members in the Middle Tennessee area and manages more than 40 million square feet of commercial property across 350 buildings locally.

Zachary Olivet joined Novo Development as vice president of the Phoenix-based company, after prior posts at CBRE and LevRose. A Novo statement said Olivet’s previous work includes sales and leasing of industrial, office and flex properties throughout the Phoenix region, handling numerous national transactions.

Novo is focused primarily on medical, office, industrial and mixed-use development, working on prior Arizona projects that include the Ottawa University student union and residence hall in Surprise, Sierra Bloom Wellness Campus in Scottsdale and Logisticenter at Copperwing in El Mirage.