Interra Realty has promoted Michael Duckler to managing director. The firm has also hired Jordan Zaroff and Jack Pearson as associates. Duckler previously served as a sports and brand consultant at Creative Artists Agency. Zaroff will work alongside Senior Managing Partner Brad Feldman, while Pearson will work with Managing Partner Lucas Fryman and Director Max Grossman.
Cushman & Wakefield announced the addition of the Buckeye Industrial Group, consisting of Ben Johnson, SIOR, and Zach Rines, to its Columbus, Ohio, brokerage team. Johnson and Rines will serve as executive director and director, respectively.
Matt Waters, CPA, MCR, CGLA, has joined Cresa as senior vice president, global head of lease administration and lease accounting. Waters will oversee end-to-end management of the lease administration and lease accounting operations and serve as practice lead, responsible for sustained growth with a special emphasis on expanding the lease accounting service arm.Â
Colliers announced that Russell Caplin, a seasoned multifamily real estate professional with more than 25 years of industry experience, has joined the firm. Caplin brings a diverse background spanning brokerage, debt and equity advisory, and multifamily development, with a career portfolio totaling more than $2 billion in completed transactions. Caplin’s career includes multifamily development roles with Clover Properties, CRG, and Optimus Properties, as well as finance experience with McEagle Properties.
JLL has appointed David Kristjanson as Global Life Sciences Industry Lead for Project and Development Services. In this role, he will shape JLL’s global Life Sciences strategy, guiding how the firm partners with clients to locate, design, build and scale spaces that accelerate discovery, ensure resilience and deliver lasting impact.
MRI Software has appointed Nihar Malik as Chief Innovation Officer. In this role, Malik will lead the company’s global innovation strategy and delivery, with a significant emphasis on enhancing and evolving MRI’s industry-leading data and software solution capabilities.
Newmark has added Senior Managing Director Matt Ledom to its Central U.S. Multifamily Capital Markets group. Ledom brings 15 years of investment sales experience, having played a key role in the disposition, acquisition and development of transactions totaling more than $3 billion. He will advise institutional and private clients on multifamily investment sales across the Kansas City region.
Clayco announced the creation of a new enterprise leadership role, President of Self-Perform, underscoring the firm’s continued investment in self-perform construction. In this new role, Jason Mrozek will work closely with Clayco’s self-perform businesses across concrete, building enclosure, mechanical and electrical systems to enhance growth and operational performance across the Clayco enterprise.
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