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Essex Realty Group has advanced two team members as it continues to build out its suburban investment sales platform. The firm promoted Karla Galva, who joined Essex in 2022 as an associate on the suburban team and has become a key contributor to its suburban investment sales efforts, with responsibilities spanning asset valuation, market research and business development for multifamily and mixed-use investment properties. Essex also elevated Jimmy Donahue, who came on board in 2024 and concentrates on the acquisition and disposition of multifamily assets in Chicago’s South and West suburbs, reflecting the firm’s ongoing focus on suburban multifamily transactions.
DarwinPW Realty/CORFAC International recognized associate broker Laura Perlman as its Broker of the Year for 2025. Perlman works as a generalist across commercial real estate and has completed dozens of transactions this year. Among her recent work, she represented a global manufacturer in a ten-year, 92,955-square-foot lease on Chicago’s Goose Island, underscoring active large-format leasing in an infill industrial and commercial location.
CRG, the real estate development and investment arm of Chicago-based Clayco, has expanded its leadership bench in the data center arena. The firm appointed industry veteran Rohit Kinra as senior vice president and partner, bolstering its growing data center development platform. Kinra brings more than two decades of combined real estate and technology experience, with deep specialization in the data center sector. In his new role, he will lead the strategic growth of CRG’s data center platform, reflecting the company’s emphasis on this specialized asset type.
Draper and Kramer, Incorporated, has elevated a property management leader within its national multifamily portfolio. The firm promoted Martha Gaitan-Manning from property manager to regional property manager, charging her with oversight of five Chicago-area assets. In this expanded role, she is responsible for executing each property’s operational plan and managing budgeting functions for the buildings under her supervision, as the firm continues to refine its operating capabilities at scale.
JLL has made a senior leadership appointment within its Financial Services division. The firm named Mark Kreisman as Global Division President for Financial Services, giving him executive oversight of a global corporate real estate portfolio of approximately one billion square feet. He will guide banking, financial services, investment management, fintech and insurance clients across JLL’s platform. Over an 18-year tenure with the company, Kreisman has held multiple senior leadership posts and most recently served as JLL’s Global Head of Corporate Real Estate, overseeing the firm’s global property portfolio across more than 80 countries.
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