Chicago & Midwest + Greater Chicagoland + Finance | May 18, 2023

Wingspan Development Hires Fund and Investor Relations Manager

Wingspan Development Group, a national real estate development firm active in mixed-use and multifamily properties, hired John Sclafini as fund and investor relations manager focusing on institutional investors and investment advisors. Through WDG Finance, LLC, Mt. Prospect, IL-based Wingspan has raised millions of dollars to fuel its continued development, and Sclafini will help the company tap into a national network of investors who are increasingly attracted to directly investing in multifamily, mixed-use and industrial properties.

In his new role, Sclafini will join forces with Todd Younger, Wingspan’s fund and investor relations manager who is focused on raising assets primarily from individual investors and family offices.

Sclafini most recently worked for First Trust in Wheaton, Ill., where he focused on RIA and institutional investors, offering ETF and SMA products. Prior to that, he was a financial analyst with Merrill Lynch and a floor trader for CME Group.

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Paul Bubny serves as Senior Content Director for Connect Commercial Real Estate, a role to which he brings 13-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 15-20 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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