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Cushman & Wakefield of New Jersey, Inc. has promoted Jonathan S. Meisel to the position of senior director in the firm's East Rutherford office. A resident of Livingston, N.J., Meisel joined the company in 1988 and today serves as an office leasing broker specializing in the real estate needs of the telecommunications industry.

Meisel, who has twice been named among Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.'s Top 100 brokers for annual production nationwide, completed in excess of 70 transactions totaling more than 1.5 million square feet in 2000. Among them, he represented developer Young Woo and Associates in the purchase of-the former Nobody Beats The Wiz distribution facility in Carteret, N.J., and helped to strategize the building's repositioning for telecom use.

Meisel is an active member of the Regional Business Partnership in Newark, N.J., and serves on its nominating committee. He is a member of the National Association of Office and Industrial Properties, recently helping to coordinate a program on real estate and technologies for its members.

He earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Villanova University.

Frank Yedwab has been appointed director of Hunter Realty Organization LLC's newly established retail division, announced principal and chief financial officer Richard Selig.

Yedwab is a Real Estate Board of New York broker with 20 years experience in the textile industry. He was formerly with Fashion Realty.

William C. Hanson, president of NAI/James B. Hanson, Inc., announced the promotion of Kenneth Lundberg to senior vice president. He was previously a vice president at the company.

Lundberg began his commercial real estate career in 1982 and his client list includes such companies as First Industrial Realty Trust, Airborne Express, AT&T Wireless and Bank of New York. He is past president of the Industrial Office Real Estate Brokers Association and sits on the board of trustees of the ARC of Bergen and Passaic Counties. He recently obtained his SIOR designation.

James M. McMillan joined Eastern Consolidated Properties, Inc. as an associate in the investment advisory group, announced president Daun Paris.

McMillan has been involved in real estate finance for the past 8 years. He comes to Eastern from Pan American Bank FSB where he was the regional manager. At Eastern, McMillan will focus on real estate investment activities that include equity and debt recapitalization, along with conventional investment sales. McMillan received his B.A. from Washington State University.

York Hunter announced the promotion of Joseph Gusera to assistant controller. He will be based in the company's Manhattan office and will report to Joel Fivis,. executive vice president and chief financial officer.

As assistant controller, Gusera will oversee various corporate accounting functions and will focus on financial reporting. He joined York Hunter in June 1999 as accounting manager/auditor. In this capacity, he was responsible for addressing and researching various audits, as well as seeing them to their completion.

Prior to joining York Hunter, he was a project accountant for Bovis Construction. His responsibilities included working on various projects, such as the Grand Central Terminal Restoration and the Henry Hudson Hotel, as well as assisting the financial manager with cash management and month-end closings.

Gusera holds a B.S. in accounting from Seton Hall University. He also studied construction management at New York University.

Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn, PLLC, announced that Jeffrey B. Rosen has joined the firm's real estate practice in the New York office. Rosen has experience in all forms of real estate development and project finance.

Prior to joining Arent Fox, Rosen was a partner, at Hawkins, Delafield & Wood in New York, where he focused on zoning and environmental approvals, construction financing, and concession agreements, in addition to representing institutional lenders on a range of issues. Rosen has also represented commercial and industrial property owners, government entities, and nonprofit institutions in development matters.

Max Capital Management Corp. announced that Finnbar Bonner has joined the firm as chief financial officer. Previously, he served as chief financial officer for GVA Williams.

Cushman & Wakefield of New Jersey, Inc. in East Rutherford has promoted Stanley B. Danzig to executive director. A resident of Edgewater, N.J., Danzig joined the firm in 1981 and consistently performs among Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.'s top producers nationwide.

Danzig specializes in industrial real estate product and has an extensive track record in both tenant and landlord representation. As a tenant representative, he has worked with such firms as National Data Corporation, Pharmacia, and Graybar Electric. During the past several years, he has served as landlord's representative for assignments such as Prudential's Exchange Place Center in Jersey City and The Rockefeller Group's International Trade Center in Mt. Olive, N.J.

Danzig is a graduate of Rutgers University. His professional affiliations include membership in the Industrial Office. Real Estate Brokers Association, the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties and Leadership New Jersey, Class of 1990.

Arbor Commercial Mortgage, LLC announced the appointment of Peter Blass as vice president of structure finance in the firm's New York City office. His new responsibilities include all facets of bridge, mezzanine, and preferred equity transactions.

Blass joins Arbor with 12 years of experience in commercial real estate sales and financing. To date, he has handled transactions worth more than $250 million. Prior to joining Arbor, he was an assistant vice president at Apple Bank, a commercial mortgage originator at Finova Realty Capital, as well as a mortgage broker at Pergolis Swartz Associates.

Blass earned a B.A. from Franklin and Marshall College in 1988 and an M.S. in real estate from New York University in 1991, with a concentration in development and investment.

Ismael Leyva Architects, P.C. announced that Daniel Heller has joined the firm as senior architect. He will focus on The James A. Farley/Pennsylvania Station Redevelopment Project.

Previously, Heller was an associate principal at David Lauren Associates Ltd. Development Consultants, where he worked on Savoy at, Staten Island Assisted Living for Savoy Senior Housing Corp., Camelot Village Assisted Living for Vanguard Homes Inc., arid the East Meadow Nursing Home and North Woodmere Assisted Living for Engel & Burman Developers.

Prior to that, he worked at Larsen Shein Ginsberg + Magnusson LLP Architects, where he served as senior project manager. His clients included Beth Israel Medical Center, Mount Sinai Medical Center and Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center.

Heller is a registered architect in New York State. He is affiliated with the American Institute of Architects, the New York Society for Health Planning, and the Architecture Research Institute. He holds a bachelors of architecture degree from the University of Florence.

Julien J. Studley, Inc. announced the appointment of Margaret Luberda as senior vice president of human resources. Based in the firm's New York headquarters, Luberda will be responsible for strategic human resource policy and programs as well as day-to-day operations.

Luberda previously was director of human resources for international law firm Cravath, Swaine and Moore, where she was responsible for developing and managing the company's human resource policies in the areas of employment, compensation, performance management, employee relations, benefits, human resource information systems, employee training programs and other" human resource related matters for more than 1,400 employees.

Luberda earned a bachelors degree from Michigan State University and a masters from the University of Pennsylvania. She resides with her family in Rye Brook.

Julien J. Studley, Inc. has named Mark Stewart to corporate managing director of the firm's Midtown office.

An expert in the financial analysis and execution of all types of real estate transactions, Stewart has a strong knowledge of the New York marketplace. He counts Accenture (formerly Anderson Consulting), Arnold & Porter, Credit Agricole Indosuez and Time Inc. among a long list of clients. Stewart has played an integral role advising AOL Time Warner in the development of the new AOL Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle.

Stewart graduated from Hamilton College with a bachelor's degree and earned a master's degree in real estate from Columbia University.

Cushman & Wakefield of New Jersey, Inc. in East Rutherford has promoted H. Gary Gabriel of Franklin Lakes, N.J., to senior director.

He serves as a member of Cushman & Wakefield's financial, services group, providing comprehensive real estate investment, banking services for income-producing real estate on behalf of owners, developers, corporations, domestic and financial institutions, pension funds and real estate advisors.

As one of Cushman & Wakefield's top producers on a consistent basis, Gabriel has orchestrated more than $2 billion in transactions on behalf of prestigious clients, including Principal Financial Group, General Electric and, among others. Last year, Gabriel and his team negotiated the $105 million sale of the International Paper Building in Stamford, Conn. Other recent activity in New Jersey includes the $12.4 million sale of 2 Campus Drive in Parsippany and the $22.1 million sale of 45 Eisenhower Drive in Paramus.

Gabriel earned a bachelor's degree in finance from George Washington. University.