Seattle & Northwest + Seattle + Retail | January 9, 2019

Drew Heitstuman Joins HFF’s Seattle Team from JLL

HFF expanded its team in the Puget Sound with the hiring of Drew Heitstuman as a director focused on debt and equity placement transactions in its Seattle office. He joins HFF from JLL, where he was an associate in its capital markets group.

“HFF’s Seattle office officially opened for business a little over a year ago,” said Tom Wilson, senior managing director and co-head of HFF’s Seattle office. “In that time, we’ve successfully grown our headcount with new-hires such as Drew that embody HFF’s culture and trusted advisor-style of business. We are pleased to welcome him to the team.”

Earlier in his commercial real estate career, he worked as an analyst at Marcus & Millichap.

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Dennis Kaiser is Vice President of Content and Public Relations for Connect Commercial Real Estate. Dennis is a communications leader with more than 30 years of experience including as a journalist and in corporate and agency marketing communications roles. He is responsible for Connect’s client content operations and is involved in a range of initiatives ranging from content strategy, message development, copywriting, media relations, social media and content marketing services. In his most recent corporate communications roles, he led a regional public relations effort across Southern California for CBRE, played a key marketing role on JLL’s national retail team, and was responsible for directing the global public relations effort at ValleyCrest, the nation’s largest commercial landscape services company. In addition to his vast commercial real estate experience, Dennis has worked on communications and launch strategies for a number of residential projects such as Disney’s Celebration in Florida, Ritter Ranch in Palmdale California (7,200 homes, 22,000 acres), WaterColor in Florida and PremierGarage in Phoenix. Dennis’s agency background included firms such as Idea Hall and Macy + Associates. He has earned an outstanding reputation with organization leaders as a trusted advisor, strategic program implementer, consensus builder and exceptional collaborator. Dennis has developed and managed national communications programs for Fortune 500 companies to start-ups, both public and private. He’s successfully worked with journalists across the globe representing clients involved in major-breaking news stories, product launches, media tours, and company news announcements. Dennis has been involved in a host of charitable and community organizations including the American Cancer Society, Easter Seals, BoyScouts, Chrysalis Foundation, Freedom For Life, HOLA, L.A.’s BEST, Reach Out and Read, Super Bowl Host Committee, and Thunderbirds Charities.