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in the firm’s East Rutherford office, joining the team after nearly eight years with Colliers.
“John’s impressive tenure and expertise will be invaluable to our brokers and clients,” said Peter Bronsnick, C&W’s New Jersey managing principal. “He is a strong example of the talent we are actively recruiting for our growing operations in New Jersey. As we continue to
add new talent
to our team
and recruit the
industry’s best
and brightest
across all
business and
service lines,
we are thrilled
to have John
overseeing our research operations. We are proud to be expanding our team with so many talented new hires as we continually strive to be the best workplace in New Jersey.”
Obeid has more than 15 years of experience overseeing and executing commercial real estate market research, including time with CBRE. The firm noted that he specializes in maintaining market data, analyzing trends and providing commentary
around New Jersey’s office and industrial real estate market.
“Cushman & Wakefield has put together a world-class operation
in New Jersey and I am honored to be joining such a successful team,” Obeid said. “I was drawn to the company’s diverse and extremely talented pool of professionals and can’t wait to work alongside them to provide the best possible services to our clients.”
GENSLER DETAILS
KEY CHANGES IN
NEW JERSEY OFFICE
Gensler has announced several key moves in its
Morristown
office, including
partnership with Reid Brockmeier, its co-managing director in the local office for nearly 30 years. She will succeed Brenda Nyce-Taylor, who is retiring as a principal and co- managing director in Morristown after more than 40 years in the industry.
Additionally, Gensler has promoted veteran designer Roger Smith to principal.
“Brenda’s contributions will be sorely missed at Gensler,” Brockmeier
said. “We are so grateful for her outstanding commitment to our office and the design industry as a whole, and for raising the standard for exceptional design in today’s world. We are thrilled to have Becky join
our office as a co-managing director, continuing Gensler’s focus on client service excellence. Her promotion, along with Roger Smith’s appointment to principal, showcase our exciting growth as we strive to create a better world through the power of design.”
The firm said Button, a studio director in the New York office and a global leader guiding the firm’s client relationships, has led projects for high-profile law, tech, professional services and real estate users such as Bloomberg LP, Marsh & McLennan,
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Speyer. In 2014, she earned a spot on Engineering News-Record New York’s Top 20 Under 40 professionals in the industry, while she holds several key certifications and degrees from the State University of New York at New Paltz and the New York School of Interior Design.
Smith, for his part, is a design director who has worked on projects such
as M Station
in Morristown, the renovation of Newark’s Gateway complex
John Obeid
and Valley
Bank’s new
headquarters
in Morristown. He also serves as a member of Gensler’s Global Race and Diversity Committee and is co- chair of the Center for Research on Equity and the Built Environment, overseeing the firm’s research
on addressing systemic racism, unconscious bias and social justice.
Smith has received the 2020 AIA New Jersey Distinguished Service Award and is an adjunct professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology’s
Button, who has spent a decade with the global design firm, will work in
Roger Smith
the appointment of Becky Button as a new co- managing director to succeed one
of its longtime leaders in the state.
Becky Button