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Hillier College of Architecture and
Design, the Michael Graves College at Kean University and the Weitzman School of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. He holds a master of architecture from the Weitzman School.
AVISON YOUNG NAMES FINANCE, OPERATIONS LEADS
Avison Young has named its first-ever director of finance for the Northeast region while hiring a new operations manager for its New Jersey offices.
In a recent announcement, the real estate services
with the firm’s corporate financial leadership, while working directly with local market leaders to provide their teams with financial strategy and analysis.
Kwartler, a principal, most recently was Avison Young’s operations manager in New Jersey, a role now held by Sheryl Waldorf after she recently joined the firm. The latter will manage the support teams at Avison Young’s offices throughout the state, collaborating with senior management to develop and implement a regional strategy to organize, manage and coordinate key activities in finance, human resources, information technology, facilities management and other areas.
Both are based in AY’s Morristown office.
“Avison Young is continuing to grow its New Jersey team and expand
its service offerings throughout the state,” said Jeffrey Heller, an Avison Young principal and its managing director in the state. “As director
of finance, Alex will ensure that our internal financial processing is streamlined and efficient across teams and markets. Adding Sheryl
to our team as operations manager fills a pivotal role that effectively coordinates the many working parts of our operations across multiple offices, and has a direct impact
on the bottom line of a successful commercial real estate organization.”
Kwartler served as Avison Young New Jersey’s operations manager for seven years, the company said. He joined the firm in 2014 through the acquisition of Kwartler Associates,
an asset and property management firm, and his role expanded to include supervision of day-to-day operations for New Jersey.
He has been a key participant in
the firm’s growth through hires, acquisitions and office openings, most notably the acquisition of real estate brokerage firm Cresa NJ-North/ Central in March 2017. Additionally, Kwartler earned the distinction of Avison Young New Jersey’s most valuable support professional in 2015 and was named a principal in March 2021.
“As Avison Young regionalizes more of its core business operations,
we were fortunate to already have several corporate financial liaisons in the Morristown office,” Kwartler
said. “That worked out perfectly, letting us easily consolidate financial processing for the Northeast.”
Waldorf brings more than two decades of
commercial
real estate
experience,
most recently
serving as a
data governance
consultant for
PGIM Real
Estate, the news
release said. She previously was operations director for the New York capital markets team at CBRE, having also served in roles such as chief of staff over a 200-person real estate group during her 15 years at Nuveen.
“What impressed me about Avison Young is the talent, collaboration
and innovation rooted throughout
the company,” Waldorf said. “I look forward to being part of this team and enhancing these capabilities for the benefit of clients’ short- and long-term goals.”
The firm in June also announced the addition of Chris Borgese and Paulo Santos, who joined its Morristown- based team as vice presidents. Both
Sheryl Waldorf
Alex Kwartler
firm said Alex Kwartler will take over the newly created finance role, overseeing financial processes for its offices in New
York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Pennsylvania to ensure consistent application of best practices. He will also serve as the region’s primary point of contact