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come to the firm after seven years with JLL and will focus on business development, AY said, touting their role in sparking several highest- profile commercial real estate deals in recent years.
“Paulo and Chris have earned a stellar reputation for bringing commercial real estate solutions to the challenges confronting New Jersey’s leading employers, landlords and tenants,” Heller said. “As Avison Young continues to grow and expand its capacity for serving new and existing clients, Chris and Paulo will fuel a steady pipeline of client needs for New Jersey’s occupier, investor and specialty teams.”
Borgese and Santos worked together at Real Estate
he served as a relationship manager at Real Estate Strategies Corp. and as vice president of sales at PATRINA Corp., having also directed trading operations at Caliber Financial Management.
“Our complementary styles enable us to cover a lot of ground,” Borgese said. “Our sole focus is connecting business decision makers with the right resources to help them to achieve their real estate objectives. We are excited to quickly integrate and collaborate with the Avison Young team to make an immediate, positive and lasting impact.”
STRO ADDS DIRECTOR OF CONSTRUCTION
The STRO Cos. has hired Mark Jackson as a director of construction to support its in-house team and the ongoing growth of its commercial real estate portfolio.
Jackson, a 15-year construction industry
Chris Borgese
Strategies Corp. before joining JLL as a business development team in 2015, Avison Young said in a news release.
According to the firm, they have
been instrumental in developing relationships with and providing commercial real estate services to the likes of Brother International Corp., Dassault Falcon Jet Corp., Hunter Douglas, International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., Schindler Elevator Corp. and Sharp Corp.
Santos has more than two decades of experience working with database
technologies,
web
development,
programming
and growing
businesses, the
news release
said. Before
JLL, he served
as vice president of operations, technology and innovation while serving more than 12 years at Real Estate Strategies Corp.
“Chris and I take a yin-and-yang approach to business development,” Santos said. “He has a relationship driven, people-first style that garners great results, while my focus is on the tech side, using artificial intelligence and data tools to do my business development.”
For his part, Borgese has more than 15 years of sales and relationship management experience in the commercial real estate and financial services industries. In addition to JLL,
Mark Jackson
veteran, joins the Ridgewood- based firm after serving
as director
of project management
at Colliers. In his previous
Paulo Santos
role, he and his team partnered with real estate investors on new development projects across the country.
“We are very pleased to have Mark join our firm,” said Jeffrey Buchman, STRO’s chief operating officer. “His vast experience and knowledge of project management and ground-up development will prove invaluable as we launch our multistate expansion and continue to meet our strategic growth objectives.”
The firm, which serves as the
real estate arm of the Millstein family office, said Jackson holds a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering from the University of Rochester and a master’s in construction management from New York University.
“I look forward to building key partnerships and collaborating with the talented team at STRO on new projects, elevating our construction services and expanding our footprint nationally,” Jackson said. RE
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