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Essex Realty Hires Two New Directors

Essex Realty Group recently hired Dan Shepherd and Yury Ivanou as director. Shepherd will serve as a director working for the team led by president Doug Imber and principal Kate Varde. Ivanou will serve as a director working on the suburban team led by managing director Brian Kochendorfer and director Brian Karmowski.

Dan Shepherd

As directors, they will concentrate primarily on the sales of multifamily and mixed-use assets. Responsibilities include asset valuation, market research and analytics, and business development throughout the Chicagoland area.

Kochendorfer said Shepherd’s and Ivanou’s “diverse backgrounds in the multifamily space will allow them to contribute right away and bring a unique perspective to their clients.”

Yury Ivanou

Before joining Essex, Shepherd worked as an acquisitions specialist and analyst for Barnett Capital, completing numerous apartment transactions. Ivanou previously founded House Confidant, a short-term rental solutions company that advertised private residences for rent to corporate clients and business and leisure travelers.

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Paul Bubny serves as Senior Content Director for Connect Commercial Real Estate, a role to which he brings 16-plus years’ experience covering the commercial real estate industry and 30-plus years in business-to-business journalism. In this capacity, he oversees daily operations while also reporting on both local/regional markets and national trends, covering individual transactions across all property types, as well as delving into broader subject matter. He produces 7-10 daily news stories per day and works with the Connect team and clients to develop longer-form content, ranging from Q&As to thought-leadership pieces. Prior to joining Connect, Paul was Managing Editor for both Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com at American Lawyer Media, where he oversaw operations at both publications while also producing daily news and feature-length articles. His tenure in B2B publishing stretches back into the print era, and he has served as Editor in Chief on four national trade publications. Since 1999, Paul has volunteered as the newsletter editor of passenger rail advocacy groups (one national, one local).

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