**New York People and Company News — Week of April 18, 2025**
**Clarion Partners Welcomes Josh Pristaw to Senior Leadership Team**
Real estate investment manager Clarion Partners LLC has announced that Josh Pristaw is joining its senior leadership team as Managing Director and President. Pristaw comes from Pretium, an investment firm managing $60 billion across U.S. residential real estate, residential credit, and corporate credit.
**Syska Hennessy Group Promotes Two to Associate Partner**
Engineering firm Syska Hennessy Group has elevated Melonee Jenkins, PE, LEED AP+C, and Kenny Trowers to the role of Associate Partner. Both have over 14 years of experience and are based in the company’s New York City office.
**NAI James E. Hanson Launches Institutional Services Group**
NAI James E. Hanson, New Jersey’s largest full-service independent commercial real estate firm, has launched a newly formed Institutional Services Group. To lead this effort, the company has hired Jordan Avanzato as Senior Managing Director. Avanzato was formerly Managing Director at JLL Capital Markets, Americas, and has overseen more than $6 billion in commercial real estate transactions across the Northeast throughout his career.
**Gerstman PLLC Expands Services for Albanian American Real Estate Community**
Prominent New York City law firm Gerstman PLLC is expanding its services to better serve the Albanian American real estate community. As part of this initiative, former Ambassador of Albania to the United Nations, Adrian Neritani, has joined the firm.
**Paul J. Proulx Joins Pryor Cashman as Partner**
Paul J. Proulx has joined the New York office of Pryor Cashman as a partner in its Real Estate Group and Land Use + Zoning Practice. Proulx was previously with Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP, where he advised developers on complex land use and real estate transactions.
**Northampton Capital Partners Invests in Blueprint Data Centers**
Northampton Capital Partners LLC, an alternative asset management firm focused on infrastructure investments in the middle market, is making a strategic investment in Blueprint Data Centers. The company specializes in the development of flexible data centers designed to support high-performance computing workloads. Terms of the investment were not disclosed.
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