MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL.Thomas Gutman (photo) has been named director of the National Resource Group in the Asset Services division of Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. In his new position, Gutman will lead the ongoing standardization of policies and procedures Policies and Procedures are a set of documents that describe an organization's policies for operation and the procedures necessary to fulfill the policies. They are often initiated because of some external requirement, such as environmental compliance or other governmental for the firm's 190 million square feet of managed properties in the U.S. In addition, he will have responsibility for Asset Services' education/training program, as well as its quality and best practices programs. Prior to his promotion, Gutman was the C&W operations director for the Pacific south west Area for Asset Services. He joined the firm in 1996 as a senior portfolio manager, with responsibility for overseeing 7.64 million -square feet in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, . Gutman has 20 years of experience in the real estate industry, including Tishman, West and Koll, where-he was a manager involved in industry education, property management and development of property management systems. After earning BA and MA. degrees from UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX , Gutman started his professional life as a teacher, associated for 10 years with the California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology, at Pasadena, Calif.; originally for men, became coeducational in 1970; founded 1891 as Throop Polytechnic Institute; called Throop College of Technology, 1913–20. . Following his teaching years, he operated his own property management firm and spent several years as a real estate/property management executive. Gutman has relocated from Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. to New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . While in Los Angeles, he was active in industry and civic affairs, having served on the Board of Directors of BOMA Boma (bō`mə), city (1984 pop. 197,617), Bas-Congo province, W Congo (Kinshasa), on the Congo River estuary. A port and railhead, it exports tropical timber, bananas, cacao, and palm products. (Building Owners and Managers Association This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. ) of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce The Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce is southern California's largest not-for-profit business federation, representing over 1,500 businesses. Mission "By being the voice of business, helping its members grow and promoting collaboration, the Los Angeles Area Chamber of . Cushman & Wakefield of New Jersey's Jeffrey Heller (photo), of Mendham, NJ, and Jonathan Meisel of Livingston, NJ have been honored as co-recipients of the 1998 Real Estate Broker Award, office category, from the Morris Area Development Group (MADG). The team was recognized for representing PriceWaterhouse Coopers in its 100.000-plus square-foot office lease at 400 Campus Drive in Florham Park, completed in June 1998. The award was presented as part of MADG's Seventh Annual Partnership in Economic Development Awards Luncheon, which took place in May at The Hanover Marriott. The program recognized companies and professionals that made significant contributions to Morris County's economic development during the past year. "The Morris Area Development Group is delighted to honor Jeff and Jon for their contribution to Morris County's economic development," said Christopher Marra, MADG executive director. "Because of New Jersey's mature real estate market and its proximity to New York City, all major real estate transactions are driven by the professional real estate broker. Because of this, state and county economic development offices, and area utility representatives recognize the importance of these professionals in fulfilling their missions." Jeffrey Heller, a Cushman & Wakefield director, has been a broker with the firm for more than eight years. Jonathan Meisel (photo), an associate director, joined Cushman & Wakefield in 1988. Both were named among Cushman & Wakefield's 1998 "Top 100" producers nationwide, based on transactions completed during the year. This included a total of 350,000 square feet in multiple transactions on behalf of PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Heller and Meisel have been actively involved in Morris County real estate. Heller has completed 44 transactions in the county during the past four years, working on behalf of such notable clients as Champion Mortgage, Ayco Company and Bay Networks/Nortel. For many years, Meisel served as exclusive leasing agent for the Prudential Business Campus in Parsippany, and he currently represents several Principal Life properties in the area, totaling 300,000 square feet, and the 440,000 square-foot Rockefeller Group The Rockefeller Group is a global private company based in New York City, primarily involved in real estate operations in the United States. It is fully owned by Mitsubishi Estate Co. Ltd. Corporate Park in Florham Park. Morrison & Foerster LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol announced that Mark S. Edelstein (photo) and John J. McCarthy, Jr. have joined the firm as partners in its Real Estate Group. Both attorneys, formerly with Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, will be based in the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of office. Edelstein is head of Morrison & Foerster's Real Estate Finance Practice; McCarthy is co-head of the firm's New York Real Estate Practice Group. "This is a tremendous coup for us," said Fred Lodge, managing partner of Morrison & Foerster's New York office. "Our real estate practice in New York is quite robust, and the addition of Mark and John enhances our ability to represent clients involved in highly-sophisticated transactions. Mark and John worked closely as a team at Milbank, and Morrison & Foerster will benefit from a continuation of their collaboration. Their real estate finance practice is an exciting addition to our real estate practice and is a great fit with the firm's finance, energy, and bankruptcy and workouts practices." Edelstein said, "Real estate transactions have become increasingly complex over recent years, making a multi-disciplinary approach critical. Morrison & Foerster's broad-based capabilities, especially in financing and securitization Securitization The process of creating a financial instrument by combining other financial assets and then marketing them to investors. Notes: Mortgage backed securities are a perfect example of securitization. May also be spelled as "securitisation. , provide an excellent platform for John and myself to grow and diversify, our real estate finance practices." Edelstein's practice covers real estate finance, corporate finance related to real estate, and bankruptcy and workouts, for large commercial and residential real estate projects. His practice focuses on real estate finance, where he represents a variety of institutional lenders in a broad spectrum of real estate-and real estate related matters, including complex syndicated and participated loan arrangements. Edelstein is the author of numerous articles and a frequent lecturer on topics involving real estate finance matters. He received his JD degree, magna cum laude cum lau·de adv. & adj. With honor. Used to express academic distinction: graduated cum laude; 25 cum laude graduates. , from Benjamin Cardozo School of Law in 1982. He joined Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy in 1982, becoming a partner in that firm in 1992. John McCarthy (person, artificial intelligence) John McCarthy - A pioneer of artificial intelligence (he coined ther term). He invented Lisp at MIT in the late 1950s and later worked at SAIL. ftp://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc. E-mail: <jmc@cs.stanford.edu>. (photo) handles all aspects of commercial real estate transactions for a wide variety of clients, including financing, sales and acquisitions, leasing, development, loan restructuring, construction agreements and partnership and limited liability company matters. He has extensive experience in financing transactions, including construction lending, REIT REIT See: Real Estate Investment Trust REIT See real estate investment trust (REIT). loans, investment fond loans, sale leaseback transactions, industrial development bond transactions, multi-state loans, commercial mortgage-backed securitization matters involving performing and non-performing loans and the establishment of commercial loan conduits and the preparation of standardized loan documentation for all aspects of such programs. McCarthy received his JD degree from Fordham Law School in 1970. He joined Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy in 1987 as of counsel. Prior to joining Milbank, McCarthy was senior real estate counsel at CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. Inc., where he was responsible for approximately 700 properties worldwide and handled all commercial real estate matters for the corporation. Jerry Anderson Jerry Anderson (born 22 September 1955) is a Canadian golfer. Anderson was born in Cambridge, Ontario. He played on the European Tour for through most of the 1980s. , senior vice president for Coldwell Banker Real Estate Corporation and national director of Coldwell Banker Commercial, announced the promotion of Jacklene M. Chesler (photo) to director of Marketing and Administration. Chesler is based at the company's Parsippany, New Jersey headquarters. In her new position at Coldwell Banker Commercial, Chesler will be responsible for all marketing, product development, public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most and advertising. Previously, Chesler served as manager of Commercial Services at Coldwell Banker Commercial. She joined the company in 1998. "In a very short period of time, Jackie Chesler has dramatically enhanced our company's ability to communicate the broad array of commercial services we offer to both our clients and affiliates on a national basis," said Anderson. "Jackie has been instrumental in revitalizing our company's grand identity and will be an invaluable asset and team member as we prepare for significant growth as a company," Anderson added. Prior to joining Coldwell Banker Commercial, Chesler was employed as the business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets manager for Grubb & Ellis Company's NJ division. Chesler was responsible for directing the firm's finance, administration, facilities management The management of a user's computer installation by an outside organization. All operations including systems, programming and the datacenter can be performed by the facilities management organization on the user's premises. and marketing. She is a graduate of Rutgers University Rutgers University, main campus at New Brunswick, N.J.; land-grant and state supported; coeducational except for Douglass College; chartered 1766 as Queen's College, opened 1771. Campuses and Facilities Rutgers maintains three campuses. School of Management and is a licensed real estate agent. John M. Cefaly (photo) - has been named vice chairman and elected to the Executive Committee of Cushman & Wakefield, Inc., the international real estate services provider. Cefaly, a 28-year veteran of Cushman & Wakefield, has established a reputation for negotiating some of the NY Metropolitan area's most complex and high-profile real estate transactions. He has, over the past few years, represented such prestigious tenants as Fidelity Investments, Fuji Bank, UBS UBS Union Bank of Switzerland UBS United Bible Societies UBS United Blood Services UBS United Buying Service UBS Used Bookstore UBS University Business Services UBS Universal Building Society (UK) UBS Ulaanbaatar Broadcasting System , Commerzbank AG and Hughes Hubbard & Reed. Currently he is representing both NASD/AMEX and CIBC CIBC Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce CIBC Centres Interinstitutionnels de Bilan de Compétences CIBC Commonwealth Institute of Biological Control (Trinidad) CIBC Commercial International Brokerage Company Oppenheimer in their real estate evaluations. "John Cefaly is an acknowledged industry leader. His expertise and talent in consistently delivering results for our clients in complex real estate transactions is exceptional. Both Cushman & Wakefield and our clients benefit from his insight and commitment to excellence," said Arthur J. Mirante, II, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Cushman & Wakefield. Cefaly, who was previously an executive director of the firm, will remain a member of Cushman & Wakefield's Board of Directors and Compensation Committee. "Based on his historical production and substantial professional achievements, John Cefaly's promotion to vice chairman is well deserved," said Thomas P. Falus, president of Cushman & Wakefield of New York, Inc. Cefaly has been one of Cushman & Wakefield's top producers consistently, and was recognized as one of Real Estate Forum's superstar brokers in 1997. Cefaly, who is based in the Downtown Manhattan office of Cushman & Wakefield, is a member of the Real Estate Board of New York and the Downtown Lower Manhattan Association. He was born in Ashley, PA and is a graduate of Wilkes University. Philip R. Weiss (photo) has been appointed senior managing director in Insignia/ESG's Midtown office. The announcement was made by Joseph R. Harbert, COO of Insignia/ESG's New York Metro For the region, see . Metro New York is a free daily newspaper in New York City started in 2004. Its main competition is AM New York, with which it practices many of the same distribution and marketing strategies. region. Weiss joined Insignia/ESG as a managing director in 1994. His expertise ranges from financial engineering to tenant services, including project management, architectural/technical advice and construction administration. Weiss received the Henry Hart Rice Achievement Award for the "Most Ingenious Deal of the Year" in 1997 for the sale of the Henry Hudson Hotel and the leasing of broadcast/production facilities there to Channel Thirteen/WNET. In 1992, Weiss received the Real Estate Board's "Most Ingenious Deal of the Year" award for representing Bertelsmann, Inc. in its acquisition of a one million square foot office building in Times Square. Prior to joining Insignia/ESG, Weiss was a vice president at Peter R. Friedman, Ltd., where he was responsible for the management of 2 million square feet nationally for Ogilvy Mather Worldwide. He is a member of the Real Estate Board of New York. |
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