Stars To Watch
CPE’s 2013 Stars to Watch: Rising Leaders in Commercial Real Estate
CPE's 2013 Stars to Watch include 17 rising leaders sure to stay at the forefront of industry success. Read about their transactions, their secrets to success and their advice to the next group of rising stars.…
Stars to Watch: Toby Bozzuto
President, The Bozzuto Group Memorable Achievements: Working with the development group to start more than 2,500 apartment units valued at over $650 million in the past one-and-a-half to two years—the most prolific in the Mid-Atlantic developer’s 25-year history. Formulating a $150 million equity fund in partnership with Pritzker Realty Group…
Stars to Watch 2013: John McDonald
Vice President of the Portfolio Bids Group, Hudson Realty Capital L.L.C. Memorable Achievements: In 2012, Hudson Realty acquired $175 million in outstanding principal of mortgage loans. The portfolio bids group acquired the assets in six separate transactions, three of which closed in the same month. McDonald was involved in the…
Stars to Watch 2013: Matt Mousavi
Director of the Investment Advisory Group, Faris Lee Investments Memorable Achievements: Last year, he closed $213.4 million worth of deals, including work on “the marquee assignment of my career,” a long-term assignment to dispose of about $150 million worth of Ruby Tuesday properties through sale-leasebacks. The deal, gained through a…
Stars to Watch 2013: Chad Buchanan
Chief Investment Officer, Tryko Partners L.L.C. Greatest Accomplishments:“Leaving Atlanta to come up here.” Also, refinancing the then foundering Sears Tower in 2006-07 while working for Carlton Group. And at the beginning of this year, closing the purchase of the Crestbury Apartments in Camden, N.J., a very complex transaction two years…
Stars to Watch 2013: Larry Sajdak
President, Inland National Real Estate Services L.L.C. Memorable Achievements: Sajdak’s first major task after rejoining Inland was moving 100 employees from Inland’s main corporate office into an adjacent building, which he called “baptism under fire. I got thrown in with very little experience, and it really sparked my interest and…
Stars to Watch 2013: Robert Hodge
Vice President, Behringer Harvard Memorable Achievements: Acquisitions his company made in 2009, during confusing times for investors. His team decided to be brave during that period, and invested when prices were at an all-time low, and today, they are watching the fruits of that labor prosper. Last year, Beringer Harvard’s…
Stars to Watch 2013: Malcolm Marshall
Executive Director of Brokerage Services, Cushman & Wakefield Inc. Memorable Achievements: For the past two years, Marshall’s team completed 2.1 million square feet of lease transactions and $4.9 billion in aggregate lease value. Last year, he was named one of the top 10 brokerage professionals in Washington, D.C., by GWCAR…
Stars to Watch 2013: Joe Judge
Managing Director & Broker Lead, Washington, D.C., Tenant Representation Group, Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. What Others Say About Him: “One of his secret strategies is to over-deliver to clients so he has them for life. It sounds obvious—and it is obvious—but very few people really do it,” said Robb Johnson,…
Stars to Watch 2013: David Schechtman
Executive Managing Director & Principal, Eastern Consolidated Memorable Achievements: Last year, Schechtman sold The Chatsworth on the Upper West Side for $151 million. The 110-year-old building had been owned by a private family for 67 years and was sold in the last week of December. He also sold 3.7 acres…
