Lee taps industrial team to compete in Las Vegas
Lee & Associates opened a new Las Vegas office led by John Sharpe, to compete for business in the fast-growing region. Sharpe, who serves as president of Lee & Associates Las Vegas, has nearly three decades of experience in industrial investment sales, leasing and land transactions. He is joined by principals Danielle Steffen and Geoffrey West and office manager April Wesley.
Sharpe, who co-founded the brokerage’s Illinois office, will now lead the industrial-focused office in Las Vegas as Lee & Associates said it plans to recruit teams in the Las Vegas area to grow its office, retail and multifamily transaction business. Several national brokerages have recently announced new or expanded operations in Las Vegas, including Avison Young, Cresa and Colliers.
Hanley pursues retail investments with new hires
Ayda Kach and Jacob Fahner joined Hanley Investment Group as vice presidents to help grow its nationwide operations focused on retail property sales, the company said. Kach has more than a decade of industry experience, having worked on more than $60 million in sales transactions. Hanley said Kach will be based at its headquarters in Corona del Mar, California. She served most recently as managing director at PacWest Management, where she helped to double the company’s retail property portfolio to more than 1 million square feet.
Fahner also has more than decade of experience and has executed acquisitions and dispositions of build-to-suit properties for brands including Heartland Dental, Dutch Bros Coffee, Texas Roadhouse, NextCare Urgent Care and other healthcare-related clients. He previously worked at Marcus & Millichap. Hanley said Fahner will be based at Hanley’s newly opened office in San Diego, which is led by partner Jeff Lefko.
MGAC targets global consulting growth
MGAC hired Bob Pell as executive managing director in its New York office, to help expand its project management consulting services in North America and the United Kingdom. The Washington, D.C.-based firm said Pell previously advised MGAC on projects including its acquisitions of Stonemark Construction Management in the U.S. and Flint + Partners in the U.K.
Pell’s prior senior roles included serving as managing director and chief operating officer at international design firm EDAW and as chief operating officer of buildings and places at consulting firm AECOM. He worked most recently as managing director at Hatch, an international consulting firm. MGAC has 10 offices in the U.S., Canada and U.K.
Cushman bolsters senior housing finance services
Brett Gardner and Josh Jandris joined Cushman & Wakefield’s Chicago office, where each serves as a vice chair in the company’s senior housing capital markets practice. Both worked previously at Walker & Dunlop in senior housing investments. Gardner and Jandris have a combined 40 years of experience, closing investment sales totaling more than $15 billion.
They will represent institutional and private-capital investors in their new positions at Cushman, the real estate services firm said. Their work will include transactions involving skilled nursing, assisted living and memory care facilities, as well as continuing-care retirement and age-restricted communities, according to Cushman.
Trammell Crow expands Austin residential team
Developer Trammell Crow Co. grew its executive team in Austin, Texas, with the hiring of Sean Wolff as a senior vice president. The Dallas-based company said Wolff will oversee development opportunities for its High Street Residential subsidiary. He joined the company from Slate Real Estate Partners in Austin, where he served most recently as managing director, handling land acquisition, design, permitting and related construction matters.
His work at Slate included completing 10 multifamily projects totaling about 3,000 units and valued at more than $700 million. Wolff worked earlier at Holliday Fenoglio Fowler and Oden Hughes. He will report to Brad Maples, managing director and market leader for Austin operations, at Trammell Crow.