Graycor hires Randy Moon as project executive
Leading general contractor Graycor Construction Company has expanded its Southwest executive leadership team, hiring Randy Moon as Project Executive. In his new role, Moon supports high-level operations and business development for Graycor’s Southwest Division, with specific responsibility to lead its warehouse and distribution activity.
Moon is based in Graycor’s Phoenix office, working under Southwest Division General Manager Rusty Martin and in collaboration with other members of the Southwest executive leadership team, including Project Executive Brian Bea, who oversees Graycor’s advanced manufacturing and healthcare projects and opportunities, and Brianna Nessler, who serves as Business Development Manager.
Moon’s career spans almost two decades and includes project leadership roles at firms including The Walsh Group, Meridian Design Build and Alston Construction. His expertise encompasses the entire construction cycle, from design and plan approval through to project completion, with a leadership track record that emphasizes collaboration, accountability, attention to detail and on-time, on-budget deliveries.
“Metro Phoenix is in growth mode and so are we. Randy’s expertise in both construction and private development strengthens our position to capture the many opportunities that this market has to offer,” said Martin. “His knowledge and solutions-focused approach, particularly in the industrial space, complements our efforts to provide superior service in growing sectors across the manufacturing, office, industrial, medical and retail spaces. Randy is an excellent addition to the Graycor team.”
Graycor’s active and recently completed projects in the Southwest include multiple Class A office and industrial buildings at Gilbert Spectrum business park in Gilbert, Arizona; the Rinchem Chemical Warehouses in Surprise and Chandler, Arizona; the 4 million-square-foot Camelback 303 industrial project in Goodyear, Arizona; the award-winning Elliot Gateway industrial park in Mesa, Arizona; and approximately 635,000 square feet of space within the 435-acre mixed-use SkyBridge Arizona master plan in Mesa, Arizona, slated to become a first-of-its-kind Unified Cargo Processing (UCP) facility.
Greystar promotes Wil Hogue to director
Underscoring its growing industrial portfolio in the Southwest, Greystar, a global leader in the investment, development, and management of institutional-quality commercial real estate, has promoted Wil Hogue to Director – Industrial Development.
In his role, Hogue directs Class A Greystar industrial projects from site selection and construction through lease-up. Since joining the company in 2021, Hogue has facilitated $148 million in debt and equity raises, transacted over 180 acres of raw land and completed due diligence for more than 85 potential projects.
He currently manages Greystar’s 2.4 million-square-foot industrial development pipeline, valued at over $385 million. This includes the 2.1 million-square-foot Gateway Grand Class A industrial development in Mesa, Arizona, and the 411,918-square-foot Caliber at Peoria Place Class A industrial development in Peoria, along with the pursuance of future opportunities.
Prior to Greystar, Hogue was Area Manager for Valley Income Properties and Founder and Principal of Sonata, a real estate consulting firm that assisted with the inception of Greystar’s Logistics Platform.
“Wil has been a valued member of our team from the start,” said Billy Cundiff, Managing Director of Development for Greystar Development and Construction Services. “His work ethic, market expertise and collaborative approach are a cornerstone of our industrial growth. We’re very pleased to support his continued success at Greystar.”
Ware Malcomb promotes Melissa Martorano in Phoenix office
Ware Malcomb, an award-winning international design firm, today announced that Melissa Martorano has been promoted to Studio Manager, Interior Architecture & Design in the firm’s Phoenix office. As Studio Manager, she will be responsible for the growth and management of the Interior Architecture & Design Studio in the region.
“Melissa’s dedication and loyalty to the firm, positive attitude, and collaborative approach have strengthened existing client relationships and fostered new ones,” said Lynne Orlowski, Director, Interior Architecture & Design. “She consistently challenges design boundaries while ensuring projects adhere to schedules and budgets.”
Martorano brings strong interior architecture and design capabilities to the Ware Malcomb team. In nearly six years at the firm, she has progressed from Designer to Job Captain to Senior Job Captain and then Project Manager prior to this latest promotion. Her diverse project experience includes corporate office projects, tenant improvements, landlord services, industrial spec and build-to-suit projects, and healthcare developments.
Martorano earned a Bachelor of Science in Interior Design from Arizona State University. Demonstrating her commitment to professional growth, she recently participated in Ware Malcomb’s Emerging Leaders Program (ELP), a cohort-learning program that identifies high-performing team members and enhances leadership skills.
P.B. Bell announces vice president of property services
P.B. Bell, a leading multifamily real estate company, recently appointed Jen Santiago as its new vice president of property services.
In her new role, Santiago will be joining Chief Property Officer Michelle Jenson to lead the operations department and take a hands-on approach to bolster P.B. Bell’s third-party property management arm and help it continue to grow and flourish.
“I am excited to work alongside Jen as part of the new operational leadership team for P.B. Bell,” said Jenson. “Together, we will help foster growth and innovation from an operations management perspective, all while prioritizing the needs of the team.”
Before joining P.B. Bell, Santiago worked for the last year at RPM Living as a regional vice president. She played a large part in the growth of the team and its portfolio. She started her career in multifamily real estate at HSC Real Estate (acquired by Greystar) and held various on-site roles including leasing, assistant manager and manager specializing in lease ups. At the corporate office she started in quality control and worked with numerous departments. She worked as the transition coordinator within new development, as the regional manager of operations, and as the director of training where she ran training and development for the PNW.
“Through my experience working with companies large and small, I’ve learned the importance of keeping up with the evolution of the industry,” said Santiago. “However, it’s important to keep the on-site management teams in mind through these changes and system rollouts. At P.B. Bell, I look forward to empowering everyone to work together to provide the efficiency of a larger management company, while also offering the agility and personalization of working with a family-owned business like P.B. Bell.”
JLL promotes Ryan Bartos
The Phoenix office of JLL today announced it has promoted Ryan Bartos to market lead of its Tenant Rep Advisory Group. In his new role, Bartos is responsible for overseeing all brokerage activity for the company’s Phoenix tenant representation office team.
“Ryan has been a key member of the JLL team since joining our firm more than seven years ago,” said JLL Executive Managing Director Pat Williams. “He is a natural leader and we are confident in his ability to continue to drive our tenant rep success in Arizona.”
The Phoenix office of JLL was formed 25 years ago when it purchased The Staubach Company, at the time ranked as Phoenix’s top tenant representation brokerage. Since that time, JLL has combined its global platform with local industry experts to become a full-service provider spanning the leasing, investment and management sectors, with a mission to shape the future of commercial real estate.
“JLL’s Phoenix tenant representation roots run deep,” said Bartos. “We have a talented team who provides companies with the insight and strategies they need to grow and thrive. This not only supports our JLL clients but also the community at large by creating new jobs and new avenues of economic growth. I am proud to continue that tradition.”
Bartos began his commercial real estate career in 2009 as an Associate Broker in the Office Properties Division of Cushman & Wakefield. He moved to JLL in 2016, advancing from Executive Vice President to Senior Managing Director where he supports high-growth tenants locally, nationally and globally in every stage of the office real estate process.
Across his career Bartos has completed over 15 million square feet of lease transactions totalling over $1 billion in lease consideration.
Bartos was honored as the 2022 NAIOP Arizona Tenant Rep Broker of the Year and in late 2023 completed metro Phoenix’s largest office lease of the year, establishing a 136,194-square-foot inbound contact center for Peckham Inc. that would offer up to 1,000 jobs.
Lisa Perez joins Gottlieb Law
Gottlieb Law PLC, one of the Valley’s fastest growing and most highly regarded real estate firms, today announced the hiring of paralegal Lisa Perez. Perez brings more than 20 years’ experience in business and the legal profession to Gottlieb Law and joins a professional staff that supports the firm’s five attorneys.
Perez is certified by the Board of Legal Document Preparers and the Arizona Supreme Court and is also certified by the Arizona Attorney General’s Office in court mediation and conflict resolution. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in law and science from the University of California at Santa Barbara, and is working toward her Masters of Business Administration.
As a certified legal document preparer, she has been responsible for drafting legal documents for uncontested pro se litigants; filed documents with the appropriate courts; and served legal process according to the Arizona Revised Statutes, among other duties.
She formerly served as director of client relations for Legal Ace, where she supervised a team of CLDPs; trained corporate clients on the company’s web platform; and addressed all end user questions regarding the platform, filing requirements, and service of legal process.
GCU adds 4 new board members
Grand Canyon University has added four new members to its Board of Trustees. These business and faith heavyweights will join the board’s five existing members to continue supporting and growing GCU.
The new board members are:
- Shawn Boskie, founder and CEO of Christian film production company Canyon Productions and former Major League Baseball player.
- Jerry Colangelo, advisor to GCU and sports business icon; former owner of the Phoenix Suns and Arizona Diamondbacks and director of USA Basketball.
- Dave Donaldson, co-founder and Chairman of CityServe, a collaborative network of faith-based nonprofits, corporate, retail, farm and food supply partnerships that provide resources and empower them to make a greater impact in the world.
- Mike Ingram, founder of El Dorado Holdings, Inc., one of the largest private land holdings in the greater Phoenix and Maricopa County region.
“What these men bring to the board is something a little more unique, because what we’re looking at is an expansion of our university on a global basis,” said Dr. Fred Miller, board chairman. “And to do that, you need people who have a big foothold, not only in the local community but on a national basis.”
All four new board members have been involved with GCU for some time. Colangelo has been an advisor to the university for 15 years and has helped shape the university into a driving force in higher education. “This is an amazing story of leadership and teamwork in building a world class university and having billions of dollars in economic impact to the local economy,” said Colangelo. “I am proud to be associated with this institution.”
Boskie is in the GCU Alumni Hall of Fame and has been involved with the university for two decades. “I continued to be impressed by Brian Mueller and (Provost Dr.) Randy Gibb and all of the professors and instructors,” said Boskie. “They’re really interested in educating students in a (Christian) framework to build those foundations. I’m grateful to have found a university with a biblical philosophy that reflected my worldview.”
Donaldson’s relationship with GCU started in 2020 when the university partnered with CityServe to distribute food boxes to families in need. Since then, GCU has built a CityServe warehouse on its campus that has distributed more than $13 million worth of household goods to more than 50,000 families. “I felt from the beginning I was part of the DNA of GCU,” said Donaldson. “It’s an honor to serve alongside these heroes of the faith.” Donaldson was also a 2021 recipient of GCU’s Colangelo Servant Leadership Award, which honors leaders who exemplify servant leadership, ethics and entrepreneurism.
Ingram, who received GCU’s Colangelo Servant Leadership Award in 2019, has worked with Colangelo for more than three decades and got connected to GCU through him. “I’ve been involved with higher education at several universities…but I must say, my first love has grown to be Grand Canyon University over my alma mater and the others,” Ingram said. “Grand Canyon is very unique. The leadership has a tremendous vision of where they want to go and how they’re going to get there.”
Miller noted that GCU is the largest Christian university in the country and on track to become one of the largest universities in the country. “It’s not about being large and being huge in terms of growth, it’s about the product that you try and provide for the community as it relates to communication, providing an academic and challenging environment and value-based curriculum, and global citizenship,” Miller said. “These new board members will have the ability and the resources to help us with these goals as we go forward.”
GCU’s already impressive board includes Miller, a retired medical director, as well as former health care CEO Peggy Chase, educators Dr. Lupita Hightower and Dr. Jim Rice, and community affairs director Marion Kelly.
