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Capital Square Taps Austin Griffin as CFO

Richmond-based national investment sponsor Capital Square has appointed Austin Griffin as chief financial officer. Additionally, the firm has hired Colleen Nichols as associate general counsel.

In his new role, Griffin will be responsible for the overall financial strategy at Capital Square, including formulating, monitoring, directing and implementing strategic business plans involving the company’s capital and profitability. In his previous roles, Griffin has overseen finance and accounting functions for multiple national retail portfolios, multifamily portfolios with more than 20,000 units and others that included hotel/hospitality, commercial, office and manufactured housing real estate.

Prior to joining Capital Square, Colleen Nichols served as associate attorney with the real estate and securities practice groups of several Richmond, Virginia law firms, including Peake Law Group, Moran Reeves & Conn and Kaplan Voekler Cunningham & Frank.

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David Cohen is Southeast Editorial Director at Connect Commercial Real Estate. David is a media veteran with more than 10 years of experience in journalism, copywriting and communications across a variety of roles. He is responsible for covering commercial real estate news and trends in the Southeast, Florida, Washington D.C. and Boston at Connect CRE as well as specializing in the Student Housing sector. Prior to joining Connect, David was the editor of Northeast Real Estate Business magazine and Student Housing Business magazine at France Media as well as spending time freelancing for ESPN and the Associated Press in the fast-paced field of live sports event production. He is also an owner and investor in multifamily real estate in Atlanta, GA. David currently resides in Atlanta and graduated from the College of Communication & Information at the University of Tennessee Knoxville.

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