Cresa has created a new executive position and named Julie Northcutt-Dunn as president, markets. Based in the firm's Chicago headquarters, she is tasked with advancing growth across Cresa's market operations through strategic planning, operational execution and organic expansion efforts. Northcutt-Dunn previously served as executive managing director at Colliers, where she oversaw operations in Chicago, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Omaha, St. Louis and Nashville.
The Inland Real Estate Group has strengthened its institutional asset management platform, Inland Institutional, with two senior appointments. The company named Jacqueline Dagan as associate general counsel and Dhaval Parikh as head of institutional capital formation. Dagan brings more than 20 years of legal experience spanning investment management, real estate funds and alternative assets, while Parikh has nearly two decades of background in capital raising, investor relations and product development within the real estate investment sector.
Buffalo Grove-based PREMIER Design + Build Group announced that Stacy Reid has been promoted to vice president of the firm's new Reno office. The move supports PREMIER's ongoing national expansion. Reid's track record includes delivering complex projects across the Western United States, covering adaptive reuse, tenant improvements, healthcare, office and large-scale industrial developments.
JLL has appointed Chris Fernandez to lead its workplace management business across the Americas. In this role, he will oversee teams and drive operational performance while implementing future-oriented capabilities to support growth. Drawing on roughly two decades of corporate real estate experience, Fernandez will guide strategy across workplace optimization, facilities management, engineering, employee experience, technical building services, sustainable operations and occupancy management.
PsiQuantum has hired Josh Koons as vice president of facilities in Chicago, where he will help steer development of the company's facility at the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park. Koons has more than 20 years of experience and most recently served as the Department Head of Utility Systems and Infrastructure Engineering at Argonne National Laboratory. At PsiQuantum, he will support efforts to build and scale the facilities and infrastructure needed for fault-tolerant quantum computing.
Cushman & Wakefield reported that Matt Hiatt has joined its St. Louis office as a director on the office leasing team. Hiatt will advise both occupiers and landlords in St. Louis and other key markets across the country, bringing more than two decades of commercial real estate experience to the firm's office platform.
In Ann Arbor, Michigan, life science company Sartorius obtained LEED v4 Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council for its Center of Excellence for Bioanalytics. The recognition highlights the facility's sustainable construction and energy-efficient operations. Representing a total investment of more than $100 million, the center serves as a hub for developing and manufacturing bioanalytical instruments along with related reagents, consumables and software solutions for biopharma applications.
