JLL Valuation Advisory hired Tom Kim as managing director to lead its Chicago operations and expand the office's footprint in the Midwest as part of its national growth strategy.

Kim joins JLL from CBRE, where he most recently served as the industrial and self-storage practice leader for its Chicago office. Since 2006, Kim has grown his experience in the valuation of a wide variety of asset classes throughout the Midwest.

In his new role, Kim will focus on driving growth in the market through recruiting and mentoring new team members and collaborating within the valuation advisory group and across the global brokerage's other service lines.

"We have a solid foundation within our Chicago office with a core group that are experts in the market and driven to provide exceptional service," Kim said in a corporate statement announcing his hire. "JLL’s commitment to technology and the valuation group, combined with the strength of the Chicago market, provides an exciting opportunity for continued success and growth."

Kim succeeds managing director Joe Miller, who formerly ran the office and will now focus on leading the group's retail sector nationally. JLL Valuation Advisory employs 2,000 sector-based professionals in 50 countries.

Multifamily development company Trammell Crow Residential, an affiliate of Dallas-based Crow Holdings, is opening a new office in Tampa, Florida, and has tapped Steven Epps to lead the charge.

Epps, currently a vice president with TCR's Atlanta office, will transition to Central Florida to focus on sourcing and executing new ground-up development opportunities for multifamily properties across the region.

"Our activity in the Southeast region of the country has continued to accelerate in recent years, supported by the secular trends of domestic migration and undersupply of housing options," Jim Berardinelli, TCR managing director, said in a corporate statement announcing the move.

This will be the company's 17th office in the United States and its second development office in the Sunshine State. Last year, the firm developed five apartment projects totaling 1,444 units in Central and South Florida and it has identified another 11 that could add 3,747 apartments. Four complexes totaling 1,152 apartments are currently under construction in the state.

Tracey Gedlich, senior vice president with Kidder Mathews, has been promoted to asset services market leader in greater Portland, Oregon.

In her new leadership role, Gedlich will develop and direct property teams while assisting clients with value strategies, financial reporting, risk management and business development.

Gedlich brings nearly 30 years of commercial property experience, including the management of 1.3 million square feet of commercial real estate across the region while leading management teams and overseeing more than $10 million in capital improvement projects and renovations. She holds the certified property manager designation from the Institute of Real Estate Management.

Nevada-based Logic Commercial Real Estate has promoted Saffron Kow to director of property management.

In her expanded role, Kow will oversee the property management, accounting and brokerage divisions while expanding portfolio growth and client outreach efforts.

Kow joined Logic in 2016 as a property manager, handling day-to-day operations and commercial property management with a focus on tenant retention. Before that, she oversaw mixed-use portfolios as a property manager at Sun Commercial and Gatski Commercial Real Estate Services.

CBRE has promoted Erika Maston to vice president in the firm's Charleston, South Carolina, office.

In her new role, Maston will continue to assist property owners with the acquisition and disposition of multifamily investment properties across South Carolina and coastal Georgia as a member of the brokerage's capital markets team.

Maston joined CBRE in 2020. Before that, she worked as vice president and managing partner at Iron Lion Realty and as a vice president and member of the Carolinas multifamily investment sales team at JLL.

Darwin Realty | Corfac International has promoted Chris Mergenthaler to vice president in the firm's office in Elmhurst, Illinois.

In his new role, Mergenthaler will continue to focus on landlord and tenant representation, investment sales, site acquisitions and build-to-suit projects in the West Cook and O'Hare industrial markets.

Mergenthaler joined the team as an associate in 2017 after graduating from Florida State University, working closely with Darwin Realty President Rick Daly during the past five years.

International design firm Ware Malcomb has promoted Kara Matthies to studio manager in Southern California.

In her new role, Matthies will lead the growth and management of the office's interior architecture and design studio and manage select projects in the region.

Matthies joined Ware Malcomb as a designer in 2016. She has more than eight years of experience in project design, space planning, schematic design, development, coordination and contract administration for a project portfolio that includes corporate office, retail, restaurant and workplace design.

Ware Malcomb also promoted Sam Bellomio to engineering manager in its Sorrento Valley-San Diego office to help lead the growth of the civil engineering team and manage select projects. Bellomio joined the firm in 2020 as a project manager and has 13 years of industry experience.

Claire Cressman and Omari Turner have joined Patterson Real Estate Advisory Group in Georgia.

Turner will serve as an analyst, working with deal teams on investment underwriting, model preparation and investment offerings. He previously interned with Patterson, working with the transaction team on debt and equity assignments while earning his Bachelor of Business Administration in real estate from the University of Georgia.

Cressman will serve as an operations associate and handle marketing, social media, IT, regulatory and compliance matters, budget tracking, accounting, client events, human resources and other tasks. She previously worked in residential real estate and mortgage lending, and holds a master's degree in sustainable energy and environmental management with a focus on the built environment from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

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