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HFF Hires Debt and Equity Director from NKF

HFF hired Bob Tonnessen as a director focused on debt and equity placement transactions in its New York office. Tonnessen joins HFF from NKF.

At NKF, Tonnessen was a director in the capital markets group. He helped execute and underwrite $10 billion-plus in financings in 2018.

Tonnessen has a wide range of experience in the industry, financing all asset classes across the country, and has held positions at LoanCore Capital and GE Capital Real Estate.

“HFF is always looking to strategically grow the New York City office with individuals that are a cultural fit and that share in our passion of being the most trusted real estate capital markets advisor in the industry,” said Michael Gigliotti, senior managing director and co-head of HFF New York.  “Bob is an example of such a person, and we are pleased to have him as a part of the team.”

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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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