Rommie Mojahed named SVN’s 2018 top producer
SVN Desert Commercial Advisors in Phoenix was nationally ranked in the Top 10 SVN offices every month in 2018 by the corporate headquarters. More importantly, Director of Retail Leasing & Sales Investments, Rommie Mojahed was named to the SVNIC’s TOP 100 advisors across the nation in every single month of 2018. With approximately 70 deals closed out in 2018, Mojahed was recently named the 2018 Top Producer of the Year.
Mojahed began last year with closing out over $4.6M in lease & sales transactions before February. He was also named a Retail panelist last February at the IREM/CCIM Economic Forecast at the Arizona Biltmore. He was featured in AZ Big Media as an industry expert who believes that there will be increased attention to more service-and entertainment oriented tenants that will occupy vacant retail centers. The panelists touched on topics regarding the demand for brick-and-mortar tenants, such as healthcare clinics, gyms, dentist offices, and theaters. Case in point, he brought tenant, Creating Vitality into the Pollack Plaza in Chandler; a 6,000 square-foot fitness center for athletes with disabilities and closed on several medical, spa/salon deals.
Over the next few months, Mojahed sold multiple land parcels from the west valley to the east valley. Mojahed was featured in the Phoenix Business Journal as ‘Names to Know’ to recognize his ongoing accolades for his commercial real estate performance in the valley. Throughout the last two years, the director closed over $12M in lease transactions at Gilbert & Ocotillo’s new retail development. Co-brokered by Beau Flahart, the retail development was also named SVN’s 2018 ‘Deal of the Year’.
Molly Gilbert joins CW PICOR office team
After a 17-year career with the University of Arizona Tech Park, Molly Gilbert joined Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR specializing in the sale and lease of office properties in Tucson. While at the Tech Park, she led many initiatives, including Community Engagement efforts, managing community, government, university, and tenant relations.
Gilbert is a co-founder of the Arizona Center for Innovation, one of the oldest business incubation programs in the state. She helped start numerous initiatives designed to bring stakeholders together and promote workforce development including the Arizona Business Incubator Association, Next Steps for Vets, Tucson Innovation Partnership, and Racing the Sun. She has written grants resulting in over $5 million in federal funding. Gilbert was the project manager for The Bridges and oversaw the construction of infrastructure improvements on the property. She has also worked as a middle school educator, retail store manager, and entrepreneur.
Norris Design promotes in Flagstaff, hires in Phoenix
Norris Design, a national planning, landscape architecture and branding firm, has announced the promotion of Kraig Weber to associate in the Flagstaff office and the hiring of Doug Prouty in the Phoenix office.
Associate Kraig Weber joined Norris Design in 2015 and has since become a team asset by creating design solutions for a variety of streetscapes, civic spaces and transit-oriented developments. His designs are often influenced by his previous experience in natural resource management by using the local climate and ecosystems to guide the landscape aesthetic. Currently, Kraig is working on multiple projects in Flagstaff including Mill Town, a mixed-use development and Wanderland, a future luxury camping ground.
Norris Design’s Phoenix office welcomed Landscape Architect Doug Prouty to their team. Doug comes to Norris Design with 21 years of experience in both private and public sector work in the Southwestern United States including Arizona, Colorado and Nevada. His primary experience emphasizes leading multi-disciplinary teams and managing projects from concept through implementation. Doug is currently collaboratively working on a multi-phased single-family residential community called Stonehaven located in Glendale.
JDA names Nathalie Carruthers chief HR officer
JDA Software, Inc., announced the appointment of Nathalie Carruthers as executive vice president and Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO). She joins JDA from Benchmark Electronics, a $2.4 billion worldwide provider of innovative product design, engineering services, integrated technology solutions and advanced manufacturing services. As JDA’s CHRO, Carruthers will further develop JDA’s talent and people strategy to drive financial performance and operational excellence through a proactive approach to talent acquisition and development. Carruthers replaces Brian Boylan who retired from the company at the end of 2018.
“JDA’s pursuit of the autonomous supply chain is taking us in bold directions as it relates to product, delivery models and the use of AI/ML capabilities to deliver value to our global customers. An investment in our organizational structure, talent development and acquisition is critical to our achievement of that goal. That’s why I’m delighted that Nathalie Carruthers is joining the JDA leadership team,” said Girish Rishi, chief executive officer, JDA. “Nathalie’s experience in supply chain, exposure to enterprise software and ability to partner with global business functions to deliver tangible outcomes will play a critical role in our success going forward. We welcome Nathalie to JDA as we continue to drive our Sonoran Spirit and values-driven culture forward.”
City to City adds Patrick Benjamin
City to City welcomed Patrick Benjamin to the team.
Patrick, son of Chris Benjamin, will be continuing on the family’s real estate legacy. He will be putting his efforts towards land for housing developments (both single-family and multifamily). Patrick is currently attending MCC, and plans on pursuing a Masters in Real Estate Development from ASU.
When he isn’t attending college or working, he’s spending time with his family and close friends in and around Mesa, Arizona, where he was born and raised. He enjoys boating more than closing deals and would work from the boat if he could!
