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New York People and Company News, Week of Nov. 6, 2026
- ORIX Corporation USA has appointed Lourdes (Fisher) Solis as managing director, head of capital formation – Americas. Based in New York, Solis will join ORIX USA’s capital formation & investor relations leadership team.
- Madison International Realty appointed Ariel Milo as co-head of equity capital markets. Based in New York, Milo will help lead the firm’s global equity capital markets efforts, focusing on institutional fundraising, capital formation and investor relations across Madison’s global platform and products.
- JLL has appointed Adam Griff as Managing Director in its Nonprofit, Education & Government Practice. Based in New York, Griff will work alongside David Carlos, Head of the Nonprofit, Education & Government Practice, Tri-State. Griff brings more than 20 years of experience in architecture, urban design and strategic planning. He most recently served as Strategy Director at Gensler’s New York office.
- Colliers appointed John Albal as senior associate and Joseph Hentze Jr. as VP within its Manhattan office. Albal will focus on tenant representation and office leasing in Manhattan, while Hentze will specialize in industrial leasing across the boroughs.
- Global Student Accommodation (GSA), the London-based student housing investment manager, has appointed former Ivanhoé Cambridge executive Simon Lauzier as president, North America. Lauzier will lead GSA’s North American investment and asset management activity to maximize portfolio performance and deepen the long-term partnership GSA has built with Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing and other key strategic relationships.
- ExchangeRight, one of the nation’s leading providers of diversified real estate REIT and DST investments, announced that Paul Dietterich has joined its distribution team as SVP of the Tri-State region. Dietterich will serve representatives, advisors, and their clients in Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Southern New York, including New York City.
- Wheelhouse Capital Group, LLC announced that Michael J. Kromka has joined the firm as associate counsel – real estate. Kromka joins from Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, where he served as special counsel in the firm’s real estate practice since 2018.
- Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. was named Regional Sector Leader and achieved the highest management score for all 529 ranked companies in the Americas. The company achieved the highest possible Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) 5 Star Rating for the seventh consecutive year with a score of 92.3 and an A in public disclosure. ESRT was also globally recognized with the highest scores in leadership, policies, reporting, stakeholder engagement, targets, tenants and community, data monitoring and review, and building certification categories.
- Bilt, a rewards platform, has acquired LAVA, a leading technology platform powering loyalty, membership, and customer experiences for major sports and entertainment organizations, in a transaction valued at $300 million. The acquisition brings LAVA’s technology and relationships with 56 professional sports franchises across the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and MLS.
- SkyREM, a vertically integrated industrial real estate investment, ownership, development and asset management platform, announced a fully committed $150-million credit facility to support an accelerated acquisition strategy targeting modern, mission-critical industrial properties across key U.S. markets. The company is also implementing a selective capital recycling initiative designed to further strengthen portfolio quality and support long-term growth.
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