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status as experts in building systems engineering services.”
Before joining Becht, Conlon was an associate principal at PS&S in Warren, where he worked for the last 23 years. Prior to that, he was project engineer and project manager at Brownworth Engineering Associates and a project engineer and project manager at Tighe, Doty, Carrino.
His experience includes feasibility studies, existing conditions assessments, MEP/FP design and sustainable design, the firm said. He has expertise in a range of market sectors and facilities types, including education, offices, multifamily, mixed- use, pharmaceutical, labs, health care and industrial facilities.
Conlon earned a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering from
Rutgers University and a certificate focused in electrical design from
New York University. He is a licensed professional engineer in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Maryland and a LEED Accredited Professional.
BRC ADDS NEW ASSOCIATE TO BROKERAGE TEAM
Bussel Realty Corp. has added to its sales team with the hiring of Tamika Jones.
As a sales associate with the Edison- based firm,
Jones will
analyze the
experience with real estate firms such as Staubach Retail and Colonial Properties Trust, both of Atlanta, and NAI DiLeo-Bram & Co. in Piscataway.
“Bussel Realty is well-known to be an industry leader in commercial real estate and I am so excited to
be a part of the team,” Jones said.
“I look forward to working with all the professionals and growing the BRC industrial presence throughout central and northern New Jersey.”
ONYX MAKES KEY PROMOTION AMID PORTFOLIO GROWTH
Onyx Equities has promoted Kristen Pappas to senior vice president
of property management and construction amid the ongoing expansion of its office portfolio.
The move, which follows a string of recent
residential projects in Ridgewood.
“We own and operate commercial properties throughout the metro New York area and Kristen gives us the best-in-class operational expertise
to further our intention to make sure the Onyx tenant experience has no equal in our marketplace,” Saraceno added. “We purchased (1.5 million) square feet in the last 12 months, necessitating our need to advance Onyx’s management and construction functions.”
Pappas holds a bachelor’s from Gettysburg College and a master’s from New York University’s Schack Institute of Real Estate, with a concentration in finance and investment.
SOLOMON TOUTS
PROMOTION IN
PROPERTY MGMT.
The Solomon Organization has promoted Diana Gardner to president of property management to help oversee its nine-state, 17,000-unit multifamily portfolio.
In the new post, her latest in more than a decade with the apartment
REALESTATENJTM 25 operator, Gardner will spearhead the
management division for more than 50 communities in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina.
“Diana’s operational and team management skills have made her
an invaluable
member of the
Solomon team
and supported
our ability to
aggressively
expand our
portfolio to
doubling in size
since 2015,”
said Marc Solomon, founder of The Solomon Organization. “We are always gratified when we have an opportunity to promote from within and we are confident that she will lead property operations to continued success.”
Gardner has served in a variety
of senior management roles with
the Summit-based firm since 2009, including managing director and vice president of operations, Northeastern region.
Diana Gardner
Kristen Pappas
high-profile acquisitions and capital programs, comes a year after Pappas joined Onyx.
It also comes after a stretch in which she
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northern and
central New
Jersey industrial market while
working with
BRC’s sales
team on existing clients and properties.
Tamika Jones
was integral in crafting and executing the company’s COVID-19 office repopulation plan.
Pappas will build upon her previous responsibilities as office tenant relationship manager in addition to overseeing all capital improvement and base building upgrade projects, the firm said.
“Kristen has been an invaluable asset to Onyx, enabling us to expand our portfolio and our construction and management teams,” said John Saraceno Jr., a managing principal of Onyx Equities. “Her ability to respond to our tenants’ needs during the unprecedented circumstances
of a global pandemic with grace and professionalism indicates a level
of leadership that will allow us to continue to provide a superior office product to tenants in the NYC-Metro area.”
Pappas, previously Onyx’s vice president of property management and operations, will spearhead a team that manages tenant relationships and improvements for the firm’s 7 million-square-foot office portfolio. Robert Rediker, senior vice president of development, will oversee building additions and the developer’s two
“Mika will be responsible for new business generation and relationship building throughout the central
and north New Jersey commercial real estate marketplace,” said Steve Bussel, the firm’s president. “Her industry knowledge, work ethic and ‘go-getter’ attitude are a great value- add to the BRC team.”
Jones is a licensed New Jersey realtor with 18 years of real estate marketing and administration experience, BRC said. She has held marketing and administrative positions within the real estate departments of national franchisors such as Ruby Tuesday and Atlanta Bread Company and has