January has been an active month at the working level in the real estate sector. The last bars of 2022 and the first bars of 2023 are closed. important organizational chart changes some of the most relevant companiesto face a year that will be characterized by uncertainty.
Blackstone has been the protagonist of this phenomenon. Spanish asset management subsidiaries Anticipa and Aliseda have lost one of their top managers, Paco Campos, who has been director of Real Estate since 2017. As reported by El Confidencial, the company led by Eduard Mendiluce chose hiring assistant manager After Sareb handed over the management of half of the ‘bad bank’ assets and the Government managed to acquire more than 50% stake. Álvaro Areal joins Aliseda/Anticipa as head of relations with Sareb.
Definitely, the company founded to restructure banks after the collapse of the real estate bubble Expanded Board of Directors this month of Januarywith the inclusion of two State lawyers on leave, Joaquín de Fuentes Bardají, and Cristina Vidal Otero, who will act as private and independent directors.
The president and honorary president of Wires (Woman in Real Estate Spain), the largest association of women managers in the industry, also took on new responsibilities. Carmen Panadero becomes new managing director of Impar Grupo’s venture capital manager; Cecilia Espinosa de los Monteros is a capital manager and will form part of the Board of Directors of Simplifika, a comprehensive real estate management platform.
Another of the most famous appointments is from Manuel Campos’ investment firm Mabel Capital, former minister Abel Matutes and tennis player Rafael Nadal. Luis Arsuaga becomes new CEO. The firm’s CEO is a specialist in the hotel market and has worked in CBRE and JLL consultancies and Minor-NH.
Angelo Gordon and Westmont Hospitality funds, which are among the most well-known names, Kike Sarasola will continue to lead Room Mate as executive chairmanafter this company went bankrupt.
Service provider Altamira doValue has completed the creation of a management department for portfolios acquired by mutual funds. There are 150 employees in this department. To be coordinated by Conrado Cavirówho joined the company in March to form part of the Executive Committee and launch this division.
Allianz executive Elix has added Alex Gebauer, former CEO of the Western Europe real estate division, to its advisory board.
Finally, after announcing an alliance with Axa IM to build a nursing home portfolio, Grupo Lar appoints Javier Cámara as director of healthcare of your company. The Chamber should seek new investment opportunities and manage those that are already operational.
Consultants reorganize their teams
Colliers reorganized its management leadership with the promotion of Mikel Echavarren, its advisor in Spain until now, to president of the company in Spain and Portugal. Also, Joan García, Laura Hernando and Miguel Martínez were promoted in their positions.
In January, BNP Paribas Real Estate signed Luis Muñoz, former director of mall giant URW and consulting firm Cushman & Wakefield, as deputy director of the capital markets business assets department. This incorporation includes Frédéric Stavraky as new director of office rental and sales in Barcelona, Ester Pérez as director of operations and Benjamín Gómez as new director of office business Three of the companies in Spain became official in December.
JLL strengthened its housing team led by Juan Manuel Pardo. Consultant included Max Hap becomes new manager of rental housing. The manager will work with developers, funds and property developers to close new deals.
Savills expanded its capital markets team. Brynn Evans as new director. His role will be to mediate between the advisor’s different investment teams. The company also took advantage of the first days of 2023 to launch a new operational management service for shopping centers to be managed by Tomás Domecq.