JLL has promoted Michael Raphael to Chief Procurement Officer to lead global procurement activities across the firm and manage annual procurement spend for both JLL and on behalf of its clients. Raphael will manage JLL's indirect corporate spend and the procurement of goods and services on behalf of JLL clients. Raphael will lead JLL's Global Procurement Leadership Team and be a member of the Global Work Dynamics Board. After an interim period, he succeeds Juud Tempelman.
Cushman & Wakefield announced that Melissa Rubenstein, a seasoned professional with over two decades of agency leasing experience JLL, has joined the company as managing director in the Office Tenant Representation group. Rubenstein will join the Chicago-based team of Ari Klein, Scott Shelbourne and Jeff Skender, bringing her unique knowledge and expertise to represent clients both locally and nationally. Her extensive experience representing Chicago's leading office investors will now be leveraged to provide tenants with unparalleled advice and creative solutions.
Transwestern Real Estate Services has added Vice President Chris Weirens to the Industrial Services team for the Minneapolis-St. Paul market. With 22 years of commercial real estate experience, Weirens will focus on clients selling or looking for warehouse properties, manufacturing sites and other industrial assets.
John Sheehan joined Colliers as an executive vice president with the Occupancy Services group. A multi-market specialist, Sheehan will advise corporate clients throughout the US, advising on real estate strategy and the execution of lease and sales transactions. Sheehan joins from CBRE, where, as senior vice president, he led the pursuit of new portfolio accounts. Over the past five years, he represented US and global acquirer accounts including Buckingham Strategic Wealth, Caleres, SSM Health and TTM Technologies.
based in Chicago Mary Cook Associates (MCA), a national commercial interior design company, announced the promotion of Sara Murray from Senior Designer to the newly created position of Senior Designer | Innovation. In this role, Murray will build on her experience integrating the latest technologies into the design business process, training staff, staying ahead of emerging trends, optimizing internal workflows and delivering measurable value to MCA's clients.
Farbman Group, a full-service Midwest commercial real estate firm, announced the promotion of Jordan Valasek to vice president and director of property management. In his new role, Valasek will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of Farbman's property management division, as well as direct oversight of all property managers across the firm's Midwest portfolio. Valasek's leadership will be instrumental in ensuring the continued success and effectiveness of the department.
of Berkadias CEO, Aaron Moll, will now head Berkadia Student Housing's mortgage banking arm. Moll is based in the Detroit office and works with both borrowers and lenders in the student housing space. Moll will continue to collaborate and work closely with Senior Managing Director Kevin Larimer, who leads Berkadia Student Housing's investment sales arm. During his career, Moll participated in more than $3 billion in loan volume.
Trilogy Real Estate Group, a Chicago-based real estate investment and management firm, announced today that Deanna Mayer has joined the firm as an assistant regional vice president and product specialist. In her new role, Mayer will support Trilogy's investment offering platform sales efforts in the Midwest with regional vice president Ed Ducett. Mayer has more than 20 years of wholesale experience working with REITs, BDCs and private placements. He spent ten years as an in-house wholesaler at CNL Securities Corp. and held similar roles at MassMutual and Triloma Securities.
