People and Firms 

• Liquid Hires Acquisitions Chief May 25, 2010 10:25 PM

  San Francisco-based Liquid Realty Partners has hired industry veteran Mark Degner to head acquisitions.

• CRE Finance Council Adds Policy Exec May 21, 2010 05:38 PM

  The CRE Finance Council has hired Michael Flood as a v.p. of policy and research.

• CNL Expands Into Texas May 21, 2010 05:37 PM

  CNL Commercial Real Estate has expanded into the Texas market via the acquisition of Dallas-based Drexel Realty Partners. Jimmy Grisham, founder of Drexel, and Jim Wells, former senior managing director at CB Richard Ellis, will head the new office.

• Cresa Opens Norwalk Office May 07, 2010 04:50 PM

  CresaPartners has opened an office in Norwalk, Conn.

• Malkin Family Rebrands Real Estate Businesses May 07, 2010 04:50 PM

  The Malkin family has renamed its real estate businesses as part of a re-branding program.

• Meridan Adds Majeski May 07, 2010 04:49 PM

  Meridian Capital Group has hired Moshe Majeski, who is rejoining the firm as a managing director after leaving in 2008 to launch an investment sales business.

• SunBelt Maps Out Southeastern Acquisitions May 04, 2010 10:05 PM

  SunBelt Capital Solutions, an Atlanta-based real estate investment company, is planning to invest more than $100 million in undervalued loans and properties in the southeastern U.S. over the next 24 months.

• New Broker-Dealer Gears Up For REIT Launch May 03, 2010 01:42 PM

  Denver-based NRF Capital Markets, the new broker-dealer unit of New York-based NorthStar Realty Finance, is gearing up a platform that will source senior mortgages and purchase debt-related securities.

• Hospitality Brokerage Powers Up Staff April 28, 2010 01:50 PM

  Hotel brokerage Molinaro Koger has hired Mark Rousseau from Hardage Suite Hotels.

• Cestari Heads to Cohen & Co. April 26, 2010 10:18 PM

  Philadelphia-based Cohen & Company has hired veteran commercial mortgage-backed securities trader Rob Cestari as a managing director.