JLL has promoted Michael Raphael to Chief Procurement Officer to lead procurement activities globally across the company and manage annual procurement spend for both JLL and on behalf of its clients. Raphael will manage JLL’s own corporate indirect spend and the procurement of goods and services on behalf of JLL clients. Raphael will lead JLL’s Global Procurement Leadership Team and will serve as 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 at JLL, has joined the firm as managing director in the Office Tenant Representation group. Rubenstein will be joining the Chicago-based team of Ari Klein, Scott Shelbourne, and Jeff Skender, bringing her unique insights and expertise to represent clients both locally and nationally. Her extensive experience in representing Chicago’s top 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 searching for warehouse properties, manufacturing space, and other industrial assets.
John Sheehan has joined Colliers as an executive vice president with its Occupier Services group. A multi-market specialist, Sheehan will advise corporate clients across the U.S., advising on real estate strategy and executing lease and sales transactions. Sheehan joins from CBRE, where, as a senior vice president, he led the pursuit of new portfolio accounts. Over the past five years, he represented U.S. and global occupier accounts, including Buckingham Strategic Wealth, Caleres, SSM Health, and TTM Technologies.
Chicago-based Mary Cook Associates (MCA), a national commercial interior design firm, announced the promotion of Sara Murray from Senior Designer to the newly established 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 Midwest full-service commercial real estate company, announced the promotion of Jordan Valasek to vice president and director of property management. In his new role, Valasek will be responsible for the daily operations of Farbman’s property management department, as well as direct supervision of all the property managers across the company’s Midwest portfolio. Valasek’s leadership will be instrumental in ensuring the continued success and efficiency of the department.
Berkadia’s Managing Director, Aaron Moll, will now be leading the mortgage banking arm of Berkadia Student Housing. Moll sits in the Detroit office and works with both borrowers and lenders in the student housing space. Moll will continue to partner and work closely with Senior Managing Director Kevin Larimer, who leads the investment sales arm of Berkadia Student Housing. Over his career, Moll has been involved in over $3 billion in loan origination volume.
Trilogy Real Estate Group, a Chicago-based real estate investment and property management firm, announced today that Deanna Mayer has joined the company as assistant regional vice president and product specialist. In her new role, Mayer will be supporting the sales efforts of Trilogy’s platform of investment offerings in the Midwest with Regional Vice President Ed Ducett. Mayer has more than 20 years of wholesaling experience working with REITs, BDCs and private placements. She spent ten years as an internal wholesaler at CNL Securities Corp. and held similar roles at MassMutual and Triloma Securities.
