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| Lindsey Senn |
CHICAGO, IL – Chicago-based
developer Fifield
Cos. has
announced the promotion of six executives and one associate, as well as the
addition of a new senior associate, in response to an outlook of continued
growth in top markets such as Chicago, Los Angeles, Dallas, Miami and
Washington, DC.
Promotions include senior vice president Lindsey Senn to
executive vice president, responsible for the firm’s finance and development
team.
At Fifield, Senn, who studied real estate and
urban land economics at the Wisconsin School of Business, has played a key role
in evaluating investment opportunities and overseeing $600 million of
multifamily development in the Chicago market.
Senn’s recent
successes include financing and securing Target as the anchor retail tenant for
Logan, a transit-oriented mixed-use development currently under construction in
Logan Square, as well as leading the redesign of the
recently topped-off 740 North Aberdeen in West Town,
transforming plans inherited from the seller into a financially
feasible,188-unit multifamily mid-rise.
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| Steve Fifield |
“As one of our most innovative team members, Lindsey has excelled
in data-oriented design, complex construction financing, and asset management,
where she often exceeds projections,” said Steve Fifield, chairman of
Fifield Cos.
“Since
joining Fifield six years ago, she rose to become the youngest vice president
in our company’s history and continues to bring her collaborative, visionary
approach to problem solving to our workplace every day.”
Other promotions at the firm include:
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| Jon Schneider |
- Jon Schneider, from vice president to senior vice president on the asset management team, driving the creation and implementation of asset-specific business plan strategies, and the financial performance of Fifield's multifamily assets. Schneider, whose background is in accounting and finance, spent a decade with GEM Realty Capital, where he oversaw a national portfolio of multifamily assets.
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| Givi Peradze |
- Givi Peradze, from vice president to senior vice
president, leading the overall construction management, supervision and
coordination of large-scale projects in Chicago. Peradze, who has a background in civil
and structural engineering, spent a decade working as a senior project
manager for Lendlease and applies more than 20 years of construction
experience to his role.
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| Greg Vance |
- Greg
Vance,
from vice president to senior vice president, managing the construction,
architecture and design of Fifield developments in metro Los Angeles.
Vance, who holds a degree in architecture, worked for several top 25
general contractors throughout the country prior to joining Fifield, and
is involved in all facets of development, from schematic design through
project completion.
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| Navi Sandhu |
- Navi Sandhu, from assistant vice
president to vice president, responsible for underwriting multifamily
development projects and handling debt and equity financing. Prior to
joining Fifield, Sandhu worked as an analyst on development platforms
structured to provide growth capital and on an office investment sales
team. She holds an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of
Management.
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| Joe Pitsor |
- Joe Pitsor, from senior associate to assistant vice
president of finance and development, handling underwriting for multifamily
developments and acquisition. Pitsor has
been involved in the financing of over $150 million of multifamily
investments and oversees the company’s RandyCo division, a Chicago-based
neighborhood property rehabilitation program. A licensed CPA, he
worked in the real estate advisory practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers
prior to joining Fifield.
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| Margaret Hinz |
- Margaret Hinz, from senior escrow officer to assistant vice president,
responsible for the execution of pre-development and construction cash
management, as well as building and maintaining relationships with
lenders, inspectors, vendors and title companies. Prior to joining
Fifield, Hinz was an
escrow officer at the Illinois Real Estate Title Center, overseeing
construction escrow for the firm.
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| Kevin Farrell |
“Fifield has always been structured in a way to recruit top talent
and give them the discretion to grow and succeed,” said Kevin Farrell,
president of Fifield Cos.
“The promotion of these seven individuals is a
reflection of how instrumental they have been in the exceptional developments
we’ve recently completed and that are underway in Chicago and Los Angeles, as
well as other markets across the country where we are active.
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| Justin Westfall |
New to Fifield is Justin Westfall, who joins as a
senior associate in the finance and development group. Westfall was previously
a vice president in the valuation and advisory services group at Jones Lang
LaSalle, and began his real estate career at Cushman & Wakefield as a
transaction advisor.
He has an MBA in finance and real estate from
Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and a bachelor’s degree
in finance from Indiana University.
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| Randy Fiefield |
About Fifield Cos.:
Fifield Cos. is one of the nation’s premier developers of luxury
mid- and high-rise rental apartments. Established in 1977, Fifield has earned a
reputation for creating superb living environments in some of the country’s
most renowned locations, including Chicago, Dallas, Austin, southeast Florida,
Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Honolulu.
Fifield has completed more than 70 projects in
the United States worth more than $7 billion.
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