Lendlease, a leading global real estate investment management group, appointed a veteran development executive to strengthen the firm in the region.

Monique Henley joins Lendlease as an executive general manager to lead its Americas development business in the firm's New York City office.

In her new role, Henley will lead the firm's integrated projects in the greater New York market and manage a cross-functional team within its development group. She will focus on identifying and pursuing development opportunities and large-scale urban regeneration projects while supporting the growth of Lendlease's development business and facilitating collaborative relationships to support development efforts nationally, according to the company.

She reports to Mark Dickinson, managing director of development for the Americas at Lendlease.

"Monique's breadth of development experience and proven track record of operational success across the full project life cycle will benefit the entire organization as we continue the growth and execution of our East Coast pipeline," Dickinson said in a statement announcing the hire. "I look forward to working with her to bring pioneering projects to market and further establish Lendlease’s leadership in sustainable, equitable development that enhances the communities in which we operate."

Henley brings nearly two decades of real estate experience, having sourced, developed or managed 8.7 million square feet of institutional real estate in the residential, office and mixed-use property sectors across the United States throughout her career.

Henley joins Lendlease from New York-based Rockefeller Group, most recently as vice president and regional director of Southeast development. In that role, she focused on the establishment of a residential and mixed-use platform in Atlanta that led to the development of a 19-story condominium project as well as overseeing land sourcing and pre-development work on a 60-story multifamily and office tower.

Henley holds a master's degree in real estate with a concentration in finance from New York University and a bachelor's degree in economics from Smith College.

Amid rapid growth in Northern California's life science industry, global real estate brokerage and investment management firm JLL has hired Allison Hoffmann as an executive vice president in its Silicon Valley office.

In her new role, Hoffmann will continue to specialize in tenant representation for life sciences companies in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical device industries.

She joins the life science team led by Scott W. Miller, Grant Dettmer, Cole Smith and Grant Yeatman that has assisted the industry's growth in the region and helped JLL lead roughly 43% of all life science leasing volume in the Bay Area, according to the company. JLL’s 2022 Life Sciences Research Outlook & Cluster Rankings report ranks the San Francisco Bay Area as second in the United States among strongly positioned cluster markets, exhibiting many of the factors needed for continued opportunity and growth.

"The San Francisco Bay Area continues to stand tall as one of the top life sciences clusters in the U.S., and, due to venture capital flows and access to skilled talent, its growth prospects continue to impress occupiers and investors," said Travis McCready, head of life sciences industries Americas for JLL, in a statement. "Allison’s expertise, background and reputation for sourcing innovative solutions makes her exceptionally qualified to advise and service clients and their specific needs. Looking forward, she will be a vital part of our life sciences team both regionally and nationally."

Hoffmann joins JLL from T3 Advisors, a Savills company, where she most recently served as managing director of life sciences. She began her career in healthcare at Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Genentech and Gilead, holding various sales and public relations positions there. Hoffmann earned a bachelor's degree in communications from the University of Colorado and is a member of the board of advisers for Life Science Cares Bay Area.

The Society of Industrial and Office Realtors, the leading industry group for industrial and office real estate professionals, has inducted Kidder Mathews Executive Vice President Patricia Loveall, as its 2022-2023 global president.

Loveall has been an active SIOR member since 1997, and served as SIOR global vice president in 2019. In addition to her involvement with SIOR, Loveall is a fellow and past board director of the Industrial Asset Management Council, past board member with Commercial Real Estate Women, a member of the National Association of Industrial and Office Parks and the King County Board of Realtors.

Loveall began her commercial real estate career more than 35 years ago. She is ranked as a top producer at Kidder Mathews, where she works as an industrial and corporate services specialist in the brokerage's south Seattle office. Throughout her career, Loveall has been involved in sales and leasing transactions valued in excess of $3 billion on behalf of a client list that includes Weyerhaeuser, Home Depot, Nuveen, Dermody Properties, CenterPoint and Clarion.

Loveall and the rest of SIOR's new board of directors were sworn in during the group's CREate 360 event in Dallas. David Lockwood with Colliers in Columbia, South Carolina, took office as SIOR president elect. Mike Ohmes, an office specialist with Cushman & Wakefield in Minneapolis, will serve as SIOR's vice president for a one-year term before being named president elect for a year and then stepping into the global presidency role in the fall of 2024.

Christine Oates, vice president and operations leader of Northeast program management/construction management at Jacobs in New York, has begun a one-year term as chair of the board of directors for the Construction Management Association of America.

Oates is a construction management industry professional with over 25 years of experience leading public- and private-sector building and infrastructure projects.

Oates joined CMAA 20 years ago, supporting the local New York and New Jersey chapter in a variety of roles before going on to serve on the chapter's board of directors and eventually as president of the chapter. During her tenure as president, her chapter received the CMAA Chapter of the Year award, and Oates earned her Certified Construction Manager designation and became a standards of practice course instructor.

Oates was inducted at CMAA2022, the association's national conference held in San Diego. The board of directors for 2022-2023 also includes Khaled Naja with Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Brian McCarthy with CDM Smith, Doug McCutchen with Keville Enterprises, Michael Houston with the Bowa Group, Jim Murphy with STV and Anne Timmermans at Parametrix.

Healthcare real estate brokerage and advisory services firm MedWest Realty has hired medical industry veteran Kellie Hill as a senior vice president in the firm's San Diego office.

In her new role, Hill will expand the firm's presence in the Southwestern United States, offering both landlord and tenant advisory services in the region.

Hill brings more than 25 years of industry experience, most recently as a vice president with JLL, where she oversaw the brokerage firm's healthcare practice in Orange County and served national and local medical clients throughout Southern California, Texas and Arizona. Before that, she worked in a variety of construction and project management roles.

Lee & Associates has promoted Patricia Rainone, née Donahue, to director in the firm's Atlanta office.

In her expanded role, Rainone will continue to focus on tenant advisory services, including location consulting, site selection and build-to-suit coordination for local and national clients.

Rainone transitioned into industrial real estate brokerage as an associate with Lee & Associates Atlanta in April 2021, and before that held marketing roles at Lee & Associates and Cushman & Wakefield.

JLL has hired Jennifer Hara as a vice president with its clean energy and infrastructure advisory team in Washington, D.C.

In her new role, Hara will play a role in expanding the firm's public-private partnership business while managing transportation and energy engagements throughout the region. The group works with clients to address aging infrastructure at a pivotal time.

Hara brings more than 15 years of project development and financing experience for large-scale capital projects on behalf of export credit agencies, multilateral firms and commercial banks. She most recently served as a brand director with Access Intelligence and, before that, as director at the Institute for Public-Private Partnerships, a Tetra Tech company. Hara began her career at Taylor-DeJongh, a boutique international project finance advisory firm.