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New York People and Company News, Week of June 27, 2025
- Cushman & Wakefield announced that after more than a decade of service to the company, Brett White will retire from its board of directors. He will continue to serve as a strategic consultant through Feb. 28, 2026. Steve Plavin, who is retiring at the end of July from his role as head of Europe for Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies, will become the board’s non-executive chairman. Susan Daimler, who recently stepped down as president of Zillow, will join as an independent director. Timothy Wennes, the former CEO and country head of Santander US, will also join as an independent director.
- Arrow Real Estate Advisors, a real estate finance advisory firm, has expanded its team with the addition of Zachary Strauss and Jonah Schultz as analysts. Before joining Arrow, Strauss worked for Kushner Companies and Cushman & Wakefield, while Schultz worked at Matthew Real Estate Investment Services.
- KeyBank Real Estate Capital, the commercial real estate business unit of KeyCorp, has expanded its affordable housing platform with the appointments of Shana Daby and Brian Zhao. New York City-based Zhao joins KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment as a senior relationship manager, while Daby has joined Key’s Commercial Mortgage Group as a senior mortgage banker, based in Portland, OR.
- Denholtz, a leading privately held investment management firm, has hired Kira Doyle as director, human resources. She joins Denholtz from Mutual of America Financial Group, a New York City-based retirement services company, where she served as senior human resources business partner.
- National architectural and design firm Vocon promoted senior associates Khyati Shah, Michael Christoff and Christine Norberg and associate Wyett Baker to the position of studio directors. Christoff and Norberg are based in the Cleveland office, and Shah and Baker are in the New York office.
- Ware Malcomb, an award-winning international design firm, promoted Damian Melo to regional director and Sean Van to director, regional business operations, based in the firm’s New York City office. Melo joined Ware Malcomb in 2017; Van joined the firm in 2021.
- Larken Associates, a regional leader in real estate building, development and management, promoted Jamie Kerr, ACoM, to director of commercial asset management. Since joining Larken Associates in 2020, Kerr has emerged as a key leader within the firm’s commercial division, advancing through roles as commercial property manager and commercial asset manager.
- East Coast Warehouse & Distribution, a leading temperature-controlled logistics provider to the food and beverage industry, named Eric Carlson VP of business development for Safeway Logistics Solutions. In this role, Carlson will focus on developing new client relationships.
- Bilt, a housing and commerce platform, appointed Margette Hepfner as executive director of resident loyalty effective August 1. Hepfner brings more than two decades of multifamily operations leadership experience, most recently serving as COO of residential management at Willow Bridge Property Company, where she oversaw daily operations for more than 227,000 apartment homes and 5,000 employees.
- Link Logistics, a leading operator of last-mile logistics real estate, announced $2 million of investments through its 2025 Community Grants Program. Launched in 2022, the Link Logistics Community Grants Program provides infrastructure grants to nonprofits addressing hunger, education and hyperlocal needs across the U.S. With this year’s round of investments, the Link Logistics Community Grants Program has distributed a total of $8 million.
- Ladder Capital Corp announced that its subsidiaries, Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP and Ladder Capital Finance Corporation, have priced a public offering of $500 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.500% senior notes due 2030. The sale of the notes is expected to be completed on or about July 3.
- Seaport Entertainment Group Inc. announced that it has been approved for uplisting to the New York Stock Exchange from the NYSE American LLC. As a result, the company’s common stock will cease trading on the NYSE American after market close on June 27 and commence trading on the NYSE on June 30. The company’s common stock will continue to trade under the symbol SEG.
- Greenbrook Partners, a privately held, vertically integrated real estate operating and investment company headquartered in New York City, completed a transformative mixed-use project at 499 Grand St. in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 499 Grand was severely damaged during a three-alarm fire in August 2022. Greenbrook completed a comprehensive renovation without government subsidies, delivering four residences and reviving two retail spaces.
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