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12B — February 8 - 21, 2013 — New Jersey — Mid Atlantic Real Estate Journal

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P eople on the M ove

Karen J. Hall assumes new post Regal Bank appoints VP and controller

IVINGSTON, NJ — Gebroe-Hammer As- sociates , a Livingston- Named to executive management positions Gebroe-Hammer Associates promotes four sales associates L new and existing clients in the years to come.”

LIVINGSTON, NJ — Re- gal Bank recently appointed Karen J. Hall as its vice p r e s i d e n t and control- ler. In this role, Hall is responsible for oversee- ing the day- to-day activ- ities of the bank’s gen- eral accounting system and financial reporting. Prior to joining Regal Bank, Hall was senior vice president and chief financial officer of a community bank based in Saddle River. There, she man- aged all aspects of the account- ing department and developed branch profitability models for new branch offices. Hall also Karen J. Hall PARSIPPANY, NJ — Mi- chael A. Taylor , senior vice president of LincolnProperty Company , announc ed that Robert E. Lee , a vet- eran of the commercial real estate industry, has joined Lin- coln Property Company as a vice president in the Parsippany office. Lee is joining Lincoln Prop- erty Company after a success- ful 14 year career as senior vice president in the Fairfield office of Grubb & Ellis Company. Robert E. Lee

directed the preparation of all financial, shareholder, and government regulatory agency reports. “Karen’s 26-year career in banking will be a tremendous benefit to our customers and business,” said Regal Bank chairman David Orbach . “Her strong leadership skills will be a great addition to our senior management team.” Hall completed her under- graduate degree in accounting at Pace University and is a member of the NY/NJ chapter of the Financial Managers Society. “I’m honored to join such an innovative community bank,” adds Hall. “I’m looking for- ward to forging long-lasting relationships with my custom- ers and colleagues.” n Prior to that, he spent 17 years with CB Richard Ellis in their NewYork City and then north- ern New Jersey offices. He held the position of sales manager in their downtown Manhattan office before moving to CB’s midtown office. Lee is a licensed broker in New Jersey and had been di- rector of the office group while at Grubb & Ellis. “We are pleased to welcome such an experienced and knowledgeable individual like Bob to our team here in New Jersey and look forward to hav- ing him continue to assist in the growth of our company in this region”, said Taylor. n From 1986 – 1998, Kelley was founder and president of Artek Inc. an import/export company which distributed chemicals from and to Europe and the Far East. Kelley sold his company to J.H. Calo Inc. in 1998 where Robert was executive vice president/COO until 2005. In addition, Robert has taught and consulted on international business and has been anAdjunct Professor teaching international busi- ness at Baruch College in NYC since 2005. “We are extremely pleased to welcome Robert,” said Udell. “Robert comes to us with vast experience in the corporate, international business, sales and education sectors which will be an asset to our team as well as to his clients.” n

Follman has been with Ge- broe-Hammer for nine years, playing a key role in expand- ing the firm’s activities in the Ocean and Monmouth County submarkets. In less than five years as a multi-family investment bro- ker, Tragash has emerged as one of the region’s most promi- nent urban market specialists. Since joining Gebroe-Hammer in 2008. Nicolaou, who joined Gebroe- Hammer’s training and men- toring program three years ago, specializes in investment real estate sales throughout New Jersey’s urban markets along the Hudson River Waterfront. Pomerantz joined Gebroe- Hammer in 2011 to focus on Northern New Jersey’s Bergen and Passaic county markets. n Cotter, an associate in the Firm’s Haddonfield office, concentrates on corporate, in- tellectual property, trademark and patent law. As a member of the Corporate Services De- partment, Cotter assists non- profit organizations, for-profit corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships and their principals with mat- ters such as entity formation, preparation of governing docu- ments, authorizing resolutions, mergers and dissolutions. As a patent attorney, Cotter repre- sents clients before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office by preparing, submitting, and prosecuting patent applica- tions across a spectrum of technologies. n agement. We also would like to thank Harold Harris for his many years of service – he has been an important factor in our company’s growth.” “I am very happy to be join- ing Levin Management – it is a great opportunity,” said DeCola, who has relocated his family to Martinsville. “The firm is well known throughout the industry with a reputa- tion for quality of services and professionalism, and I am looking forward to contribut- ing to the company’s continued progress.” n

based multi-family investment brokerage firm, has named four sales associates to executive management positions, an- nounced president Ken Ura- nowitz. Steven Follman, Ste- phen Tragash and Nicholas Nicolaou have been appointed vice president while Debbie Pomerantz has been promoted to assistant vice president. “This group of real estate professionals has become in- valuable to our firm, and each has helped to strengthen Ge- broe-Hammer’s presence as an industry leader,” said Uranow- itz. “As a company, we have a strong commitment to growing leadership from within our organization, and look forward to the continued success each one of these individuals will bring to their new roles. With

these four promotions, we are even better positioned to serve Top row shown from left: Steven Follman, Stephen Tragash; bottom row shown from left: Nicholas Nico- laou, Debbie Pomerantz

Lee joins Lincoln Property Company’s New Jersey office

Haddonfield, NJ — Archer & Greiner’s Jason Cotter has recently been Junior Achievement of South Jersey elects Archer & Greiner’s Jason Cotter to the board of directors grams in the southern part of the state.

where he similarly served as CFO, and previously held the same position with The Com- monwealth Group and also with McConnell Development, Inc. He will be responsible for all aspects of corporate finance and risk management at Levin for company-owned and man- aged properties as well as for real estate tax and financing reviews. “Tim’s prior experience with a company very similar in its scope of services as ours is a perfect fit,” said Harding. “We welcome him to Levin Man- JANJ is dedicated to educat- ing young people about busi- ness, economics and free en- terprise. Through a dedicated volunteer network, JANJ offers in-school and after-school pro- grams for students in grades K-12. JANJ programs focus on seven key content areas: busi- ness, citizenship, economics, entrepreneurship, ethics/char- acter, financial literacy and career development. Junior Achievement programs reach more than 4 million students per year in 124 markets in ur- ban, rural and suburban areas in all 50 states – a total of 115 million students since the or- ganization began in 1919.

a p p o i n t e d to the board of directors o f J u n i o r Achievement of New Jer- sey – South Board. J u n i o r Achievement

Jason Cotter

NORTHPLAINFIELD, NJ — Timothy G. DeCola has been named vice president and chief finan- cial officer of Levin Man- a g eme n t , announc ed M a t t h e w H a r d i n g , president of the retail real estate servic- es firm. He replaces Harold Harris , who has retired. DeCola joins Levin from Pet- tinaro Construction Company, of New Jersey (JANJ) is a non- profit organization providing a series of business, economics and life-skills programs to en- hance the education of young people. The South Board, com- prising individuals from South Jersey, has specific oversight responsibility for JANJ pro- Timothy DeCola

Robert Kelley joins Weichert Commercial

MORRIS PLAINS, NJ — JohnG. Udell , president of Weichert Commercial Bro-

kerage, Inc. announced tha t Rob - ert Kelley has j o ined W e i c h e r t Commercial Br oke r ag e as vice presi- dent. Kelley

Levin Management names DeCola new vice president-cfo

Robert Kelley

has over seven years of experi- ence in commercial real estate and an entire business career revolved around international business. Kelley specializes in all phases of industrial real estate. Prior to joining Weichert Commercial, Kelley was a corporate sales associate with Sheldon Gross Realty, Inc.

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