Sherman Associates has elevated four members of its development team, underscoring the firm's focus on growth and public-sector engagement. Dan Collison has been promoted to vice president of strategic growth and public affairs, while Will Anderson has been named vice president of development. In addition, Meredyth Skemp has advanced to senior developer and Tia Jacobs has been promoted to developer, reflecting an expanded bench across the company's development platform.
JLL has restructured leadership within its work dynamics healthcare division, creating focused practices around ambulatory, outpatient, and integrated health strategies. Managing director Carey Sealy now leads the healthcare division's new ambulatory and outpatient services team, and maintains strategic oversight of healthcare compliance services and ATG, JLL's healthcare facilities management and compliance platform. Fellow managing director Ben Bailey now heads both the integrated health segment, which serves health systems delivering a full continuum of care, and the insurance and payor team, which focuses on health insurers.
Residential brokerage firm Baird & Warner has expanded its presence on Chicago's Northwest Side, adding the Guzzetta | Mercado Group to its Edgebrook office. The multi-generational team brings more than a century of combined real estate experience to the firm. Led by husband-and-wife team Joe and Madeline Guzzetta, the group also includes Joe's father, Kenneth, and Joe's brothers, Brian Mercado and Tim Guzzetta. The team joined Baird & Warner from RE/MAX Properties Northwest, relocating its practice to the Edgebrook location.
Kurv Industrial, the firm recently rebranded from Bridge Industrial, has appointed Greg Scovitch as executive vice president, development. Based at the company's Chicago headquarters, Scovitch will oversee Kurv's national development platform, including execution of its pipeline and the long-term development strategy across key U.S. industrial markets. He brings more than 25 years of development experience, including work in industrial development, regional growth planning, and market expansion.
Poettker Industrial Services, a woman-owned contractor specializing in utility, infrastructure, and renewable energy construction, has received three safety awards from a long-standing client. Among the honors is recognition for maintaining safety excellence for three consecutive years. The company also earned the Ameren-Contractor Best in Class – High Volume award for its above-average safety score in Ameren's high-volume contractors category, which covers firms logging more than 25,000 work hours on Ameren projects in a single year.
Together, these organizational changes and recognitions highlight how Chicago and broader Midwest real estate and construction firms are reinforcing leadership teams, sharpening sector-specific platforms, and emphasizing operational rigor, particularly in healthcare services, industrial development, and infrastructure-related work.
