Colliers has hired the Liles industrial team headed by Ted Liles, an industry veteran with more than 19 years of experience. Liles joined Colliers in Phoenix and brought team member David Perez, now a senior associate at Colliers and Adrea Pringle, who serves as associate vice president and transaction manager. The Liles industrial team members, all of whom previously worked at Cresa, are based in Phoenix.
At Colliers, Liles will advise tenants across Arizona and the U.S., he said in a LinkedIn post. His team specializes in executing deals for warehouse, logistics, fulfillment, ecommerce and manufacturing space. Liles, who started his career working with tenants and properties in the Long Beach, California, port area, advises companies on complex lease negotiations, site selection, portfolio strategy and other real estate decisions. He worked at Cresa for 14 years before joining Colliers.
Crescent Communities said Brian Natwick, who had served as CEO and chairman of the national development firm for several years, departed the company last week. Jay Curran, who joined Crescent Communities in 2013 and most recently served as president of its multifamily division, immediately replaced Natwick. In a LinkedIn post, Natwick said he was stepping down as chairman and CEO to begin the next chapter of building a business "focused on building a family-owned investment platform and advising partners across the real estate ecosystem."
Newmark named Jack Fuchs president of its Global Asset Services division in a move the brokerage said will fortify the services it provides investors including asset performance, operational oversight and strategic advisory. Newmark said Fuchs will continue to serve as CEO of its Spring11 that includes commercial loan servicing and asset management business lines that it provides to clients including some of the world's largest banks, debt and equity funds, real estate investment trusts and life insurance companies. The brokerage said Fuchs, who has more than 15 years of experience in due diligence, asset management and investing, and previously worked at Accenture, will join Newmark's executive committee.
Cushman & Wakefield named Tom Maloney as chair of Occupier Advisory Services. In his senior leadership role, Maloney will accelerate growth, elevate talent and strengthen the division, the real estate services firm said. An industry veteran with more than 35 years of experience, Maloney joined Cushman & Wakefield from JLL, where he most recently served as an executive vice chairman, with part of his role focused on mentoring and recruiting talent across that firm's business lines. He's based in Los Angeles.
Opus, a Minneapolis-based group of development, design and construction companies, said it promoted Pete Conlon to chief financial officer and head of capital markets, and Su O'Sullivan to executive vice president of accounting, effective this week, as the company implements what it calls its next-generation strategic plan. In his role as CFO, a position that Opus said it redefined to emphasize capital formation, capital relationships and investment strategy, Conlon will be accountable for the firm’s financial strategy and oversight of all enterprise-wide financial and control functions, Opus said. He previously served as executive vice president of capital markets. O’Sullivan’s promotion supports the expansion Opus' financial structure and enables it to fully leverage her accounting leadership experience, the firm said.
McDowell Housing Partners, or MHP, an affordable housing developer and investment company, appointed industry veteran Brian Villa as chief investment officer. In his Miami-based position, Villa will lead MHP's finance and legal departments and collaborate with its principals and department heads to advance the firm’s vision and operational strategies, the firm said. He previously served as chief investment officer of KCG, an Indianapolis-based affordable housing developer. At KCG, he oversaw the closing of transactions, managed its real estate portfolio and worked with its financing partners.
Bison Partners, a retail-focused real estate investment and operating company targeting opportunities across the Western U.S., added Todd Huber as head of asset management. Huber, who joined Bison from Paragon Commercial Group, is based in Los Angeles County’s South Bay district, where Bison is establishing a new office as it grows its presence across the West Coast. Bison said Huber's hire marks the latest milestone as it fortifies its retail investment strategy. Founded in 2022 by Brad Rable and Wil Smith, the firm has built a team with more than 75 years of combined investment and development experience.