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B at LaGuardia Airport, JetBlue
Airways’ commercial development
of Terminal 5 at JFK International Airport and Jamestown’s repositioning and lease-up of Industry City in Brooklyn.
“We are delighted to bring Mitch
on board to help close deals and facilitate smooth operations as our company continues to grow and expand,” said Ron Beit, CEO of
RBH Group. “His experience in real estate leasing, finance and corporate transactions in the New York metropolitan region as well as his legal background will serve us well as we export our Teachers Village social impact brand in Opportunity Zones across the country.”
The firm detailed the hiring alongside the promotions
financing, public approvals and good will for
our projects
nationwide,”
The firm said Barnett boasts nearly 30 years of experience in the design and project management of a mix of building types. He joined Di
Cara | Rubino
in2008asa
senior project
manager,
working with
clients on the
planning and
coordination
of projects
ranging from
renovations to adaptive building reuse and new construction.
As principal, the firm said Allen will use his experience to lead its design teams from project conception to completion.
Having joined Di Cara | Rubino in 2009 as a staff architect, Sroka has
in the academic facility design
and construction process, the firm said, citing his work in school referendums, facility improvement and construction projects and long- range facility plans.
Barnett, Sroka and Watkins continue to provide guidance and oversight on all of their current and future projects.
UNDERWRITER
REJOINS EASTERN
UNION IN HOWELL
Eastern Union has announced
the hiring of TJ Liebes, a former broker on it team who returns to the commercial real estate finance firm as a senior underwriter.
Based in the company’s Howell office, Liebes is responsible for underwriting, analyzing and processing loan opportunities
on behalf
of property
investors,
according to a
news release. He
brings extensive
experience as
an underwriter,
having
underwritten and closed nearly $100 million in transactions over the past several years for Woodlake Properties, a family investment office based in Lakewood.
“TJ has a notable record of accomplishment as a loan underwriter,” said Ira Zlotowitz, president and co-founder of New York-based Eastern Union. “With his proven capacity to present loan opportunities in an optimal light, we’re confident that a bright future awaits him at Eastern Union.”
Liebes held the position of vice
Beit said.
“Having recently
completed
Rutgers-Newark
Honors Living-
Learning
Community’s
residential community despite the challenges of COVID, Mack will be managing multiple new construction projects for RBH in the coming years.”
ARCHITECTS NAMED
PRINCIPALS AT
WAYNE-BASED FIRM
Di Cara | Rubino Architects has named Allen Barnett, Allison Sroka and Roderick Watkins as its newest principals.
In a news release, the Wayne-based practice said Barnett, Sroka and Watkins bring decades of combined experience to their new positions. The promotions were effective Oct. 1, with each coming from the firm’s project management staff to join current principals Jerry Rubino and Joseph Di Cara.
“We are extremely proud to announce that Allen, Allison and Rodney have all been promoted to the position of principal at Di Cara | Rubino Architects,” said Rubino, the firm’s founding principal. “Both Joe Di Cara and I are confident
that the three of them will continue to provide outstanding service
to our current and future clients. Their advancement within the firm reflects their dedication, talent
and technical skills, as well as the relationships that they have forged as they worked closely with all of our clients.”
Alyssa Strumolo
Allen Barnett
Linda Morgan
of Linda Morgan to executive vice president, Mack McAleer to senior vice president of construction and design and Alyssa Strumolo
used her knowledge
Allison Sroka
of complex design methodologies and client relationship- building skills to rise first to the role of project manager, the news release said. The
to vice president of design and construction.
Morgan and McAleer have both been with RBH Group for 10 years in leadership roles, respectively, in predevelopment and external affairs and in design and construction.
“As a valuable member of our leadership
firm touted her detail-oriented approach and ability to coordinate design concepts and drawings with its project teams and outside consultants, as well as with its interiors department.
For his part, Watkins joined the practice in 2001
and has since
helped to design
TJ Liebes
Mack McAleer
team, Linda
has excelled
as a corporate ambassador
for RBH and
as a critical senior project manager, locally and in each
and oversee many of the firm’s flagship projects. He has done so while building an expertise
new community in which we operate, securing community buy-in, public
Roderick Watkins
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