New York People and Company News, Week of Nov. 13, 2026

• CBRE has hired Matt Ogle as an EVP within its New York retail business. Ogle will focus on tenant and landlord representation across the New York market. Having begun his real estate career at CBRE more than two decades ago, Ogle returns to the firm following a career advising many of New York’s leading retailers, investors and property owners. 

• Ansley Park Capital, a leading lending and specialty finance platform, appointed Luca Pasqualini as Senior Managing Director and Head of Strategic Initiatives to lead the firm’s strategic relationship and partnership development across the Investment Banking and Advisory, Institutional Debt, and OEM channels. Pasqualini brings more than 25 years of senior leadership experience spanning equipment finance, corporate finance, commercial banking, and business development, with senior executive roles at Truist, Synchrony, and GE Capital.

• Savills has strengthened its Private Office with three new appointments in London and New York, bringing significant private wealth expertise to the firm and further cementing its position as a global leader in real estate advisory services. In New York, Hugh Dixon has been appointed as a consultant to spearhead the growth of Savills Private Office in North America. In London, Guy Varney joins as Non-Executive Chairman of Savills Private Office, bringing extensive experience in investment banking, asset management and private wealth advisory In January 2027, Charles Penny will join as Director, concentrating on Prime Central London and key international markets.

• Norman Bobrow & Company has hired Barbara Eddington, a seasoned real estate professional with over 35 years of experience in the commercial real estate field.  Previously, Eddington was a Senior Agent at Helmsley Spear from 2023 where she represented many corporations for expansions, relocation or subleasing of their commercial offices. 

• Jason Betesh has joined Andover Properties as COO. He joins from Palatine Capital Partners, where he spent more than 16 years, most recently as COO, and helped scale the firm from under $10 million to more than $1 billion in assets under management across five discretionary, closed-end funds.

• Renew, a resident retention intelligence platform for multifamily operators, today announced that Girish Gehani, COO of Trilogy Real Estate Group, has joined the company as a strategic advisor. His appointment comes as Renew introduces Offer Studio, now in limited preview with select operators. 

• TF Cornerstone (TFC), a leading New York City real estate development firm, today announced the appointment of Michael Gordon as Senior Project Executive at 175 Park Avenue, a nearly 3-million-square-foot mixed-use development project at the site of the current Grand Hyatt Hotel next to Grand Central Terminal. The development – a partnership between TFC and RXR – is slated to begin demolition in 2027. 

• KBD Group, a design-build and general contracting firm and subsidiary of Kajima Corporation, has announced that Motoko Shoboji has joined the firm as Project Executive. Shoboji brings more than 24 years of experience in the design and construction industry, with an extensive background managing complex, high-profile projects and collaborating with diverse project stakeholders

• Link Apartments® QPN, a 28-story, 417-unit mixed-use development in Long Island City, recently received a 2026 Queens Chamber of Commerce Building Award. Developed by Grubb Properties, the project was built by Consigli Construction Co. and designed by Handel Architects. 

• BEB Credit, a private real estate lender providing customized financing solutions for commercial real estate assets, has surpassed $500 million in loan originations across more than 100 transactions. The announcement follows a period of sustained growth for the nationwide lender since its founding in 2020, as it continues to scale its footprint across key asset classes and markets nationwide.   

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