16C — October 12 - 25, 2018 — Pennsylvania — People on the Move — M id A tlantic
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Providing clients with creative site design & entitlement services Eleni Jones, Jacob Martin, and Joe Lutz join RGS team F
Lee&Associatesappoints Shrader as vice president
and broker of record. "His back- ground and experience as a corporate real estate executive is a tremendous asset to the firm and will greatly benefit his future clients.” Prior to joining Lee & As- sociates, Shrader held vice president positions at both Ahold USA and Giant Food Stores, and has also served as director of real estate for Giant. “I’m accustomed to the dynamic between broker/ agent and client, and know what the client expects,” said Shrader. "I look forward to bringing that perspective to bear as part of the Lee team."
MECHANICSBURG, PA — Lee &Associates of East- ern Pennsylvania has ap-
rom sculpting land that shapes a community to solving mathematical equations that reduce storm- water output, our profession- als create outcomes that affect how we experience everyday life. Eleni Jones, Jacob Martin , and Joe Lutz have recently joined the RGS team, each adding their unique tal- ents and strengths to grow our capacity, enhance our capabilities and further our development. Jones joined RGS as a de- signer after graduating from Penn State University with a Bachelor’s in Landscape Architecture, and receiving an ASLA PA-DE Chapter Student Honor Award. Jones has already enjoyed playing a part in projects including Hershey West End, Pleasant View Retirement Community, and Moravian Manor’s War- wickWoodlands. In addition to traveling, she enjoys photog- raphy and playing tennis. She currently lives in Mountville. Martin, EIT, joined RGS as a designer after graduating from the Pennsylvania College of Technology with a Bachelor’s of Science in Civil Engineer- ing Technology with a minor in Mathematics. Working on stormwater management at LCBC’s Hanover Campus has been one of Martin’s highlights so far. He currently lives in
pointed Bill Shrader as vi ce pres i - dent. Shrad- e r b r i n g s 20+ years of exper i ence in site selec- tion, evalu- a t i o n a n d
Bill Shrader
Eleni Jones
Jacob Martin
Joe Lutz
development to Lee & As- sociates and their client base. "Bill has a proven track record of success as vice presi- dent of Real Estate for Ahold USA and we’re excited he’s joined the team,” said John Van Buskirk, SIOR , principal
design an outdoor classroom in Baltimore City, where he worked closely with teachers and students throughout the design process. At RGS, Lutz is responsible for working on urban redevelopment projects in Lancaster City and residen- tial garden design throughout the region. Lutz currently lives in New Holland, where he enjoys visiting gardens with his family and reading aloud to his two daughters. Founded in 1993, RGS spe- cializes in the thoughtful de- sign of senior living communi- ties, commercial centers, ur- ban centers, open spaces, and residential neighborhoods lo- cated throughout south central Pennsylvania. As an award- winning consulting firm of registered landscape architects and civil engineers, we provide our clients with creative site design and entitlement ser- vices beginning with initial feasibility investigations and continuing through project construction. Myers Squibb, Crown Proper- ties, eResearch Technology, GE Capital; Kaplan, Pitney Bowes, TMS International, Inc., and Wolters Kluwer. Before moving to JLL, he held senior executive and di- rector positions with Cresa, Newmark Knight Frank and Cushman&Wakefield. P r i o r t o e n t e r i ng t h e c omme r c i a l r e a l e s t a t e industry,Finnegan worked in finance with Bristol Myers Squibb, GlaxoSmithKline and PwC. Finnegan’s many industry accolades include Broker of the Year awards from Newmark Knight Frank and Brandywine Realty Trust. In addition, he has been recognized as a Co- Star Power Broker on numer- ous occasions. Finnegan is active in the real estate industry as a member of the National Association of Realtors and Tri-State Realtors Commercial Alliance.
Mount Joy where he spends his free time playing golf and chess, enjoying outdoor activi- ties and expanding his educa- tion through any opportunity he finds. Following a recent move from Baltimore, Lutz, RLA became our newest project landscape architect, bringing 15 years of experience with him. Lutz became a registered landscape architect after earn- ing a Bachelor’s degree in Ornamental Horticulture from the University of Delaware, along with a Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture fromMorgan State University. There he received an ASLA Merit Award for design work in an urban community. While practicing in Baltimore, Lutz enjoyed working on the design of the WoodrowWilson Bridge/ Potomac River Community Park, a portion of which spans I-95 utilizing a green roof system to support tree, shrub, and perennial plantings. Lutz also had the opportunity to ground, coupled withmore than 20 years of experience in real estate, is a perfect fit for our solutions approach to servic- ing clients,” comments Fahey. “Bill specializes in providing a myriad of services to his cli- ents, including sophisticated real estate-based financial advice with a primary focus on financial-statement enhance- ment, tax mitigation and the most efficient application of clients’ capital resources. As a certified public accountant, Bill will also offer expert guidance to his extensive CFO network on the recent changes to the lease-accounting standards.” Fahey adds: “Bill will play a vital role in growing our Center City presence, and we couldn’t be more excited to welcome Bill to help lead our Center City team." Finnegan’s past and cur- rent clients have included: Amerimar Enterprises, Inc., Behringer Harvard, Bristol-
DESCCO hosts trade scholarship event
Shown from left: Nick Stoltzfus - President at DESCCO Design and Construction, Inc., Ken Fulmer – Great Valley Consultants, Allen Cornman and Mel Barns – Crossroads Advisors Group, Kyle Filiac, Dave Filiac.
Bill Finnegan joins Avison Young in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA, PA — David Fahey, Avison Young principal and managing di-
The VF Outlet Team winning highest overall team score of 339 From Left to Right: Chris Claassen, Jim Rothermel, Rick Ott, Chris Lang, Steve Snyde.
rector of the c o m p a n y ’ s Philadelphia reg i on, an- nounced to- day the stra- tegic hiring of highly re- garded indus- try veteran Bill Finnegan .
hands,” said Kay Stoltzfus of her late husband. “This scholar- ship is an appropriate way to imprint his standard of quality on the building trades that will last for generations to come.” Over the past 13 years, more than $90,000 has been contrib- uted to the endowed scholar- ship fund. This year’s Sporting Clays Classic raised more than any other year, with a total of $17,000 being contributed to the scholarship. 94 shooting participants along with numerous sponsors and supporters all had a part in making this an outstanding, successful event! DESCCO would like to say ‘Thank You’ to everyone who had a part in making it possible to send $17,000 to PA College of Tech- nology this year!
HAMBURG, PA — DESC- CO Design & Construction, Inc. hosted its 14th Annual Dwight E. Stoltzfus Memo- rial Trade Scholarship Event on at M&E Sporting Clays in Hamburg. The Sporting Clays Classic was held to benefit an endowed scholarship at PA College of Technology. The scholarship has been established inmemory of Dwight E. Stoltzfus, founder of DESCCO Design & Con- struction. Dwight believed that education was essential to keep- ing a high standard of quality and excellence in the building trades. The purpose of the scholarship is to aid and encour- age a young person to pursue further education in the trades. “Dwight held in high regard people that worked with their
Bill Finnegan
Ef f e c t i ve immed i a t e l y , Finnegan becomes a principal of Avison Young with a man- date to help grow the company’s Philadelphia Center City office. He will also continue to focus on his specialty of corporate ten- ant representation. Finnegan brings 20-plus years of com- mercial real estate experience to Avison Young, most recently as a Senior vice-president with Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) in Philadelphia. “Bill’s deep financial back-
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