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| Anthony Sanchez |
LOS ANGELES, CA, July
30, 2020 – Nadel Architecture + Planning,
Los Angeles’ premier architecture and design firm, has continued its strategic
and rapid expansion by adding Anthony Sanchez as Design Director to
oversee the firm’s design and promoting Ancelmo Perez to Studio
Director.
“As clients place their trust in us and award us with significant
projects even during these unprecedented economic times, we are focused on
having the proper team in place to deliver the unparalleled services on which
Nadel has earned its reputation,” says Greg Lyon, Chairman of the Board
and Principal for Nadel.
“In moving
forward with our firm’s extraordinary growth trajectory, we are thrilled to
welcome Anthony to our team and to elevate Ancelmo as an experienced member of
our team.”
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| Ancelmo Perez |
In his new role
with Nadel, Sanchez will focus on designing urban-infill retail and mixed-use
with his experience on large-scale experiential shopping destinations.
“I’m excited to
begin this new chapter with Nadel,” says Sanchez. “Nadel is the iconic L.A.
architecture and design firm, and I’m looking forward to being an integral part
of the next generation of Nadel leadership.”
Before joining
Nadel, Sanchez served as senior project designer for L.A.-based URW (Unibail
Rodemco Westfield), where he led the exterior design for the $1.2 billion
Westfield Century City project, as well as other mixed-use and residential
projects within the firm’s design portfolio.
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| Greg Lyon |
In addition to focusing on densification,
over the past two decades Sanchez has worked in various design capacities with
Architects Orange, WET Design, and KTGY Group, Inc, beginning at Nadel as an
intern in 2001.
“Anthony and I have known each other professionally in the
architecture field for 13 years,” says Lyon. “As design director, he will help
us deliver superior design projects to our clients.”
In Ancelmo Perez’s new role as Studio Director, he is responsible
for leading the studio’s culture and philosophy, financial management,
architectural management, and business development efforts.
An eight-year
veteran with the firm with 15 years of industry experience, Perez was most
recently a senior designer, focusing on ground-up multifamily
properties.
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| Ryan Weller |
“I am exceptionally proud to be a part of a team that consistently
delivers the highest caliber of architectural design projects in the business,”
says Perez. “I’m looking forward to continuing Nadel’s proud legacy.”
Lyon notes that Perez is an integral part of the Nadel team who
will assist in ushering in a new era for the firm.
“We are fortunate to have Ancelmo working with us to help produce
the high-quality projects that solidify our status as the Southern California
architecture and design firm that the commercial real estate industry has known
and trusted for the last 47 years.”
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| Patrick Winters |
The two team
changes come on the heels of Nadel’s hiring of Ryan Weller as Director
of Retail to manage the firm’s new Direct-to-Retail studio of retailer services
and design.
Nadel also recently announced its restructuring to position for
long-term growth. As part of the firm’s evolution into its next chapter, Lyon
and Patrick Winters, veteran principals at the firm, officially took the
helm as Nadel’s next generation of leaders. In the restructuring, Winters was
also appointed President of the firm.
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