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Austin, Texas––Alliance Association Management, an Associa company, has appointed Rody Timmons, CMCA, AMS, PCAM, as the company’s new president and CEO. With Alliance, Timmons will be responsible for developer and client services, marketing and new business development, maintenance services and the oversight of corporate programs and training. He was formerly the senior vice president for Associa Company Rampart Properties in St. Petersburg, Fla. While in Florida, he was responsible for client relations, supervision of the company’s 120 employees, staff training and team building. A graduate of Belmont University in Nashville, Timmons carries more than 18 years of industry experience. Before…

Houston–Camden Property Trust has appointed Frances Aldrich Sevilla-Sacasa to the company’s Board of Trust Managers, effective August 9, 2011. Sevilla-Sacasa will serve as an independent trust manager of the company. Sevilla-Sacasa currently serves as executive advisor to the dean of the University of Miami School of Business, and from January 15, 2011 to July 31, 2011 she served as the Interim Dean of the University of Miami School of Business. From July 2007 to December 2008, she was the president of US Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management. From early 2007 until June 2007, . Sevilla-Sacasa was the president…

Washington, D.C.–Jones Lang LaSalle has hired two real estate investment banking experts in the Washington, D.C. office. Shawn McDonald and Mike Yavinsky join the firm’s Capital Markets practice as executive vice presidents. McDonald will partner with multifamily investment sales Managing Directors Al Cissel and Scott Melnick to advance the firm’s financing expertise in the apartment sector throughout the Mid-Atlantic. Yavinsky will work under the direction of Managing Director Wes Boatwright to enhance the firm’s real estate investment banking offerings in the region. McDonald joins the firm from Freddie Mac, where he was a regional director of production and sales for…

Bethesda, Md.–Walker & Dunlop has announced  that Ernest Benjamin has been promoted to vice president and deputy chief underwriter of Walker & Dunlop’s FHA Finance program. Benjamin joined Walker & Dunlop in March of 2009 as senior underwriter, and was then promoted to assistant vice president of FHA Finance, where he was responsible for managing the underwriting and due diligence process for FHA/HUD insured multifamily and healthcare loans. Prior to joining Walker & Dunlop, Benjamin was a consultant with Deutsche Bank Berkshire Mortgage and a Risk Officer/Underwriter with Wachovia Multifamily Capital, Inc. where he worked primarily as a FHA &…

Atlanta–NorSouth Construction Co. recently announced that Colin Edelstein has been named to the position of director. In his new role, Edelstein will service existing clients and cultivate new relationships to augment NorSouth’s growing third-party construction portfolio. Previously, Edelstein was president of Atlas Development, a full-service real estate consulting firm specializing in affordable housing finance.  He also served as development director at Cortland Partners and vice president of development at Capitol Development Group.  Edelstein’s experience spans in excess of $600 million in the capitalization of more than 6,000 residential units. “We are delighted to welcome Colin to the NorSouth team,” says…

Phoenix —Colliers International in Greater Phoenix recently promoted Jeffrey Sherman and Trevor Koskovich to the position of associate vice president. Sherman and Koskovich specialize in the evaluation, marketing, acquisition and disposition of investment-grade, income-producing multifamily properties and portfolios ranging in size from 40 units to 300 units. They have extensive experience working with private capital buyers and sellers, lenders, commercial mortgage servicers and governmental entities. Sherman and Koskovich partner with Bill Hahn, senior vice president, as the Colliers HSK Multifamily Specialists team. The trio joined Colliers in 2009. In 2010, they were ranked as the No. 3 top-producing team in…

Tampa, Fla.–HFF has hired Matt Mitchell as a director in the firm’s multi-housing group in its Tampa office.