A national private-equity real estate investment, development and management company that focuses exclusively on the logistics sector is expanding its C-suite with a strategic hire as the 62-year-old company looks to continue its nationwide growth.

Amy Curry has joined Dermody Properties as a partner and chief strategy officer in its Atlanta office.

In her new role, Curry will lead the company's existing and future investment platforms, advise and support its strategic direction and join its investment and executive committees, according to the firm.

Curry brings more than 22 years of logistics real estate experience, most recently as an executive vice president with Hillwood, where she led the sourcing and stabilizing of industrial joint ventures, developments and acquisitions. Before that, she held various leadership roles at GLP, First Industrial and IndCor, a Blackstone company.

Curry holds a master's degree in real estate from Georgia State University and a bachelor's in industrial engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. She has also held leadership and board positions with NAIOP, CCIM Institute and the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals

The Community Development Trust hired real estate development veteran Maurice Perry as senior vice president of development.

In his new role, Perry will focus on development opportunities within the group's current portfolio while managing new development equity activity for its expanding equity program, which invests in the creation and preservation of quality, long-term affordable housing.

Perry brings more than two decades of experience, most recently at Banc of America Community Development Co., a national developer of affordable housing, where he oversaw the development and rehabilitation of affordable and mixed-income housing in the New England, mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions.

"With the substantial growth of CDT's equity investment business, we have identified development opportunities within our existing portfolio," said Michael Lear, CDT's chief business development officer, in a statement.

CDT has also hired Sade Ogunkeyede as vice president of corporate administration and human resources, tasked with shaping the staffing, technology and operational processes as the firm continues to grow. Before joining CDT, Ogunkeyede managed her own consulting firm.

Monique P. Lacey has joined Commercial Brokers International as an executive vice president in its Los Angeles office.

In her new role, Lacey will focus on office tenant representation for mid- and large-size companies.

Lacey brings more than 39 years of real estate industry experience, most recently as a senior vice president at tenant rep firm Bailes & Associates. Before that, she worked at Knight Frank Faulkner Baillieu in downtown L.A. and at Los Angeles Realty Services in Beverly Hills.

Commercial real estate finance company Greystone is launching a new investment management initiative, and has tapped Clive Lipshitz to lead the charge as a managing director in its corporate finance group.

In his new role, Lipshitz will oversee institutional investor outreach and drive new investment management as the firm looks to expand into the sector.

Lipshitz joins Greystone from Credit Suisse Alternative Investments and Brookfield, where he handled strategy and product development and is credited with building more than 30 new investment businesses. Before that, he advised infrastructure, real estate and private-market investment firms at Tradewind Interstate Advisors. Lipshitz is a guest scholar at New York University and co-authored a book on infrastructure finance.

Franklin Street added two senior directors to its retail leasing team in the Sunshine state.

Heather McMillin joined its Tampa office, where she will specialize in landlord representation. She brings nearly two decades of leasing, sales and marketing experience, most recently as a senior leasing representative at Brixmor Property Group, a publicly traded real estate investment trust with 400 retail centers across the country. Before that, McMillin held a variety of leasing and sales roles at Westfield and Better World Books.

Zack McNamara joined its Orlando office, where he will assist owners and tenants with lease negotiations. He brings over a decade of experience in the Central Florida region, most recently as a leasing specialist at Liberty Universal Management, and before that he worked in Liberty's property management division. Throughout his career, McNamara has brokered more than $100 million in completed transactions for a client list that includes Bravo Supermarkets, T-Mobile, Valvoline, Chicken Salad Chick, Dunkin' and Hibbett Sports.

Avison Young has hired Hillary Steinberg as a vice president and Corina Towle as a senior associate. The duo join the global firm's retail brokerage team in Las Vegas.

Steinberg specializes in landlord and tenant representation and investment sales for multi-tenant shopping centers and single-tenant retail assets throughout Nevada. She began her career at Homart Development Co., a subsidiary of Sears that was purchased by General Growth Properties in 1994, and most recently worked in the Las Vegas office of MDL Group.

Towle specializes in retail leasing, assisting clients in a range of industries including restaurants, retail and government. She also joins Avison Young from MDL Group. Towle currently serves as co-chair of the events committee for Vegas Young Professionals, an organization within the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce.

Bethesda, Maryland-based commercial real estate capital firm Walker & Dunlop has hired James Shiles as a senior vice president in its New York City office.

In his new role, Shiles will work with Executive Vice President of Capital Markets Susan Mello to manage, align and grow the firm's capital markets production efforts throughout the region.

Shiles most recently worked at Guggenheim Partners, where he helped build and run a full-service commercial real estate lending platform. Before that, he held various roles at Morgan Stanley, Bear Stearns and Ernst & Young.

Matin Roshan has joined Los Angeles-based real estate merchant bank Dekel Capital as a vice president.

In his new role, Dekel will focus on originating, structuring and executing debt and equity transactions across all major property types.

Matin joins Dekel after four years with Quantum Capital Partners, where he originated more than $400 million in commercial real estate debt. He has experience in securing financing on complex acquisition, refinancing, recapitalization and adaptive reuse transactions across the country.