HSA COMMERCIAL - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Senior Property Manager
- Property Management Professionals
Experience
Ms. Shull assists HSA Commercial's property management professionals in maintaining property operations, annual planning and forecasting, and tenant relations. In her role as one of HSA's property management team, Allison is charged with handling numerous property management tasks including consulting with tenants, conducting property inspections, coordinating maintenance personnel, processing service requests, obtaining contractor proposals, and supervising the performance of service providers. Ms. Shull is also involved in the collection of rent and the processing of property accounts payable including preparation of purchase orders and service contracts.
Before joining HSA Commercial, Allison most recently worked as a Property Manager for the University Village Housing Company in Charleston, Ill.
Affiliations
Allison Shull is a licensed real estate broker in the State of Illinois
Education
Eastern Illinois University, BS, Organizational and Professional Development
Job Titles:
- Vice President, Property Management
Angela brings more than 30 years of property management experience to the HSA Commercial team. As a former Controller, she possesses expertise in budgeting, CAM reconciliations and finance. She also has extensive experience in construction management, risk mitigation, strategic planning and has developed and taught a course in lease interpretation and management.
Experience
Angela began her career in Oklahoma City before moving to Wisconsin in 2000. She has worked with clients such as New York Life, Merrill Lynch, Hartford Life and TIAA. She has held leadership positions with IREM International and chaired the International CCIM/IREM Education Conference in Hawaii. While President of the local IREM Milwaukee chapter, Angela led the chapter to being named "Best of the Best" for two consecutive years.
Experience
Mr. Dubose is responsible for maintaining property operations, annual planning and forecasting, and client relations for Urban Partnership Bank's facilities throughout Chicago's south and west sides. As a veteran facilities manager, Christopher has comprehensive experience across a wide range of real estate and facilities management functions. His unique ability to identify and achieve cost savings while enhancing services is beneficial to HSA's third-party management clients.
Prior to joining HSA Commercial, Christopher worked in a similar capacity for Chicago Family Health Center, Heartland Health Outreach, and Blue Cross Blue Shield.
Education
Southern University, BS, Accounting
Job Titles:
- President of Property Management
Claudette Zoch joined HSA Commercial in 2016, bringing over 20 years of commercial real estate and property management experience. She has managed various property types in excess of 1 million square feet, primarily throughout the Midwest and Texas.
As President of Property Management, Claudette oversees the property management division, including property tax appeals, property insurance, and existing client accounts. Her responsibilities ensure owner, client, and tenant satisfaction while maintaining high standards of property operations. Claudette applies her expertise in tenant relations, budgeting, cash management, cost analysis, building operations, project planning, construction support, and regulatory compliance to enhance and create value in the assets under her management. She is based out of HSA's management field office in Brookfield, WI.
Daniel F. Miranda is Vice Chairman of HSA Commercial Real Estate. He is charged with seeking new opportunities for HSA Commercial to engage in new third-party management and consulting assignments, acquire and develop properties and expand the firm's network of institutional clients and capital sources.
Mr. Miranda is a widely respected 30-year veteran of Chicago commercial real estate. Mr. Miranda began his career as an attorney in the real estate practice of Dentons, and later held senior leadership positions at The Westport Company (formerly Hartford National REIT), MB Real Estate as Vice Chairman and President, and GE Commercial Real Estate Services, where he supervised a $1.2 billion loan portfolio. In addition, he has co-founded two companies: Security Capital Preferred Growth, a $1.3 billion investment fund; and First Columbia Corp., a real estate development and management firm.
An honors graduate of the University of California-Berkeley, Mr. Miranda earned his law degree at Columbia University, where he was named a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. He has been involved during his career as an active board member in organizations such as Northwestern University, Kellogg Graduate School of Business, Guthrie Center for Real Estate Research, the Chicago Development Council, Landmarks Preservation Council, Lincoln Park Zoo Auxiliary Board, Greater Michigan Avenue Association, Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago and Chicago Presbytery, Urban Land Institute, National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, the Chicago and Illinois bar associations, and as a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives and the Healthcare Financial Management Association.
Mr. Miranda has appeared as a featured speaker on real estate, finance and business technology issues before bar associations, national real estate forums and other industry and groups.
Education
Columbia University Law School, JD
University of California at Berkeley, BA
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President of Finance and Portfolio Management
- Senior Vice President of Finance and Portfolio Management / Finance
Experience
Since joining HSA Commercial Real Estate in 2005, Jones has closed $1.0 billion of debt placements on more than 15 million square feet of commercial real estate. Jones has financed projects such as The Mayfair Collection, a $100+ million retail redevelopment; the Silver Cross Hospital Medical Building and Cancer Center, a 75,000-square-foot medical development; and over 12 million square feet of industrial product. Doug also negotiates purchase and sale agreements, leases, and joint venture agreements on behalf of various HSA partnerships.
Affiliations
Jones is a licensed real estate broker in the State of Illinois
Education
University of Dayton, BS, Finance
University of Dayton, BS, Accounting
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President of Acquisitions and Development
Experience
Prior to joining HSA, Ogden was director of multi-family finance at Prairie Realty Advisors. Previously, he served as the vice president of real estate acquisition and development at LaSalle Bank, where he closed more than $300 million in loans over three years. Ogden has also worked as a real estate development specialist with American Family Insurance, and held positions at the Rifkin Group, Allianz Investment Corporation, and Andersen Consulting.
Affiliations
Ogden is a licensed real estate broker in the State of Wisconsin.
Education
University of Wisconsin, MSA, Real Estate Appraisal and Investment Analysis
University of Wisconsin, BBA, Finance, Investment and Banking
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Founder
- Member of the Society of Industrial
Experience
Mr. Shaffer founded HSA in 1981. He has been directly involved in the construction and development of more than 70 million square feet of industrial, retail and office space; and in the acquisition of over 100,000 acres for the development of business parks, shopping centers and industrial properties.
Some of Mr. Shaffer's projects include the development of the 63 acre Broadview Village Square, the 300 acre Kensington Business Center, the 550 acre Turnberry Lakes International Business Park, three Covington Corporate Center business parks totaling over 300 acres, the 10 acre Oakbrook Terrace Office Park,. the 33 acre Highland Oaks Office Park, the 30 acre Opus West Office Park and the 1,200 acre Governors Gateway Industrial Park.
Prior to forming HSA, Mr. Shaffer started MRX/Midwest Realty Exchange in 1977 and, before that, he held executive positions as: partner and executive vice president of Hawthorn Realty Group, vice president and director for Northwest Industries (Northwestern Rail) and New York Central Railroad, and manager of industrial real estate development for the New York Central Railroad. He was involved in the development of the 6,800-acre new town of Park Forest South in Illinois and the purchase of 6,500 acres for the $1.5 billion Jones & Laughlin Steel Plan in Hennepin, Illinois.
Affiliations
Mr. Shaffer is a member of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors, Industrial Development Research Council, National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, and Lambda Alpha. He has completed hundreds of transactions with the largest of national and international companies such as: Nestle, Siemens, Goodyear, Carrier Corporation, J&L Steel Co., Phillips, Motorola, International Paper, FedEx, DHL, US Steel, ITW, DuPont, BP, Dow, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Home Depot, Lowe's, Wal-Mart, Target, Mitsubishi, and Sony.
Education
University of Illinois, MS, Business
University of Illinois, BS
Job Titles:
- Chief Financial Officer
- Executive Vice President
- Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer / Division - Leadership
Experience
Klein has developed an expertise in real estate tax accounting over his career which includes extensive experience in tax planning, compliance, and IRC 1031 exchanges.
Previously, Klein served as a Partner and Managing Director in the National Real Estate Group at McGladrey where he was responsible for management of tax engagements, tax planning and research projects, and compliance review for partnership, corporate, and individual tax returns. His clients included real estate developers and managers, opportunity funds, and high net worth individuals.
Affiliations
Klein is a member of REIA, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and is a Registered CPA in the State of Illinois.
Education
DePaul University, MST, Taxation
University of Illinois, BA, Accountancy
Job Titles:
- President of Corporate Real Estate Services and HSA PrimeCare
Experience
Having been in the industry for more than 25 years, Wilson is one of Chicago's most respected commercial real estate leaders. He has been successful in all aspects of the industry, including tenant representation, property marketing, real estate development, land transactions and owner representation. Wilson has negotiated hundreds of lease transactions valued in excess of $1 billion on behalf of a variety of prominent tenants and landlords. Some of those clients include The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Kemper Financial Services, Honeywell and Bank of America.
In 1995, Wilson initiated a healthcare real estate advisory initiative which has grown into a separate operating division of HSA called PrimeCare. Wilson has led the growth of this group, which serves clients such as Good Samaritan Hospital, Christ Medical Center, Lutheran General Hospital, Provena St. Mary's South Suburban Hospital, and M & M Orthopaedics, to name a few. The group has also developed and purchased healthcare facilities across the Midwest totaling more than 1,000,000 square feet in size.
Affiliations
Wilson is a licensed real estate professional in the State of Illinois, a charter member of the Chicago Office Leasing Brokers Association and a member of The Healthcare Financial Management Association, The Center for Health Design, and on the Advisory Board of B.U.I.L.D.
Education
Benedictine University
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President of Acquisitions and Development
Jon E. Boley is a Senior Vice President of acquisitions and development for HSA Commercial Real Estate and HSA PrimeCare. In his role at HSA PrimeCare, Jon is responsible for sourcing, underwriting and closing medical facility developments and acquisitions, as well as providing market and financial analysis, risk analysis, asset evaluations and related economic modeling for PrimeCare‘s healthcare real estate portfolio as well as prospective medical office transactions.
Jon works carefully and diligently with healthcare institutions to determine their financial needs and to strategically structure real estate transactions to suit their levels of risk and desired capital investment. In the case of the Silver Cross Health Center, Silver Cross Hospital decided to build a multi-tenant medical office building at the site of its future replacement campus in New Lenox prior to obtaining a Certificate of Need (CON) to construct the proposed hospital facility. Jon helped identify how to apportion the costs of constructing a common lobby and necessary infrastructure improvements while negotiating a ground lease with Silver Cross Hospital. When Silver Cross elected to joint venture with the University of Chicago Medical Center on its cancer center project the following year, Mr. Boley worked with both parties to determine the budget projections and allocations for the partnership in the context a fixed rent transaction. Conversely, Jon was able to structure a flexible rent structure for Franciscan St. Anthony Health whereby the hospital shared the risk for construction of its cancer center in Michigan City, Indiana.
Since joining HSA in 2005, Mr. Boley has performed numerous market and financial feasibility studies for healthcare organizations including a market assessment for a $32 million bond financing for the Illinois Medical District.
Prior to joining HSA, Mr. Boley was a Senior Analyst at Klaff Realty, LP, in Chicago, where he underwrote large retail portfolio transactions including Service Merchandise and Mervyn's valued at over $1.4 billion. He also served as an analyst at Economics Research Associates where he performed market and financial feasibility analysis for retail, office and healthcare projects across the country.
Education
Michigan State University, BA, Economics
London School of Economics, MS, Social Policy
Helsinki School of Economics, MBA, Finance
Job Titles:
- Vice President, Development
- Vice President, Development / Development
With over 12 years of experience in the construction and real estate development fields, Ken Osborne brings an array of skills to HSA Commercial's Development team, including project management, risk management, land entitlement, stakeholder management and communication, value engineering and technical knowledge.
Experience
Ken has been consistently recognized for his performance and promoted within the firms where he has previously worked. Prior to HSA, he was a Development Manager for CenterPoint Properties, where he managed overall development of projects valued from $5 million to $100 million and completed development of over 5 million square feet in industrial construction, as well as $20 million in related infrastructure projects.
Ken also has experience as a Pre-Construction Manager at Clayco and a Cost Estimator at The Concord Group, both based in Chicago.
Education
Illinois State University, BS, Construction Management
Job Titles:
- Senior Property Manager
- Property Management Professionals
Experience
Mrs. Galvez assists HSA Commercial's property management professionals in maintaining property operations, annual planning and forecasting, and tenant relations. As a member of the property management staff, Kristen is responsible for a variety of property management tasks including interaction with tenants, handling service requests, coordinating maintenance staff, securing contractor bids, conducting property inspections, and monitoring the performance of service providers. Mrs. Galvez is also involved in the collection of rent and the processing of property accounts payable including preparation of purchase orders and service contracts.
Prior to joining HSA Commercial, Kristen served as a Property Manager for the University Village Housing company in Charleston, Ill.
Education
Eastern Illinois University, BS, Early Childhood Education
Job Titles:
- Vice President, Property Management
Experience
Ms. Gaca is currently responsible for the management of a variety of office, medical office and industrial buildings located in the metropolitan Chicago area, assignments that engage her in the management of building operations, implementation of tenant relations programs, budgeting and forecasting, as well as the supervision of accounting and financial control of the properties.
In addition to her experience in management and property finance, Ms. Gaca is knowledgeable in the operations of building systems and building improvements.
Ms. Gaca previously served as Property Manager of HSA's Chicago Tribune account, responsible for the management of 71 distribution centers comprising over 700,000 square feet.
Ms. Gaca began her real estate career in 1997 at Cushman and Wakefield as an Assistant Property Manager of two different portfolios consisting of over 2,000,000 square feet.
Affiliations
Gaca is a licensed real estate professional in the State of Illinois.
Education
Indiana University, BS, Marketing
Job Titles:
- Vice President, Development & Acquisitions
- Vice President, Development & Acquisitions / Development
As a key member of the Development team, Dillon supports full cycle development projects including site selection, due diligence, underwriting and market research.
Experience
Dillon comes from a legal background and practiced law at Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP in their Indianapolis office.
Dillon has also spent time at Buckingham Companies where he gained experience on their acquisitions and development teams.
Affiliations
Dillon is licensed to practice law in the State of Florida and the State of Indiana.
Education
Indiana University - Robert H. McKinney School of Law, JD
DePauw University, BA, Economics
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer
- President
Experience
Robert Smietana is President and Chief Executive Officer of HSA Commercial Real Estate. He is responsible for overall corporate strategy and direction, managing existing client accounts, directing project teams on behalf of third party owners, developing new business, and managing day-to-day company operations.
Under his supervision, HSA's diversified real estate portfolio has consistently ranked in the top 20 in Chicago and has grown to include more than 16 million square feet of office, industrial, retail, and corporate facilities in 14 states. The firm currently has development in progress of over 3,000,000 square feet and ranks as one of the top developers in the U.S.
Bob has completed over 200 building developments comprising over 50,000,000 square feet valued at $5 billion. Bob's diverse development experience, which began in 1978 as an architect, includes industrial buildings, shopping centers, hotels, suburban and high-rise urban office skyscrapers, senior housing and medical office buildings. His national experience has included all phases of real estate responsibility including land acquisitions, entitlements, design development, financing, construction management operations, property and asset management and brokerage.
Affiliations
Smietana is a licensed real estate broker in the State of Illinois and a licensed architect in the State of Wisconsin.
Bob is a member of ICSC/International Council of Shopping Centers, NAIOP/National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, and Young Presidents Organization. He is a past President of the Chicago Chapter of NAIOP. He is a Governing Board member of Chicago Commons, a 125 year old social service organization, was a founding member of the University of Illinois Real Estate Alumni Forum, the University of Illinois' School of Architecture Professional Partners Committee and is a former Village Trustee and Chairman of the Village of Kenilworth Plan Commission.
Bob was an Adjunct Professor in The College of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology. He has also been a featured speaker before the AIA, the Indiana University Center for Real Estate Studies, Commercial Property World, NAIOP, Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry, Bisnow, Chicago Building Congress, and the Big Ten Real Estate Forum, among other professional societies. He has also guest lectured on real estate topics at DePaul University and the University of Illinois.
Education
University of Illinois, BS, Architecture
Job Titles:
- Executive Vice President in the Corporate Real Estate Services and PrimeCare Divisions
- Executive Vice President of Corporate Real Estate Services and HSA PrimeCare
Experience
Robert L. Titzer is an Executive Vice President in the Corporate Real Estate Services and PrimeCare divisions of HSA Commercial Real Estate and brings a broad background of commercial real estate experience to his client's assignments. His thorough understanding of the transaction process includes a strong background in construction, financial analysis, and lease negotiation in addition to experience in markets across the country as well as the Chicago metropolitan area.
Mr. Titzer's work has earned repeat business with clients such as The University of Chicago, Ingalls Health System, Central DuPage Hospital, McCormick Theological Seminary, Advocate Healthcare, and Fitness Formula Clubs. He has significant experience in working as an advisor to various businesses including a concentration in work for not-for-profit and healthcare organizations. He has also represented leading property owners such as JMB Properties and Prime Group Realty Trust and national companies including Waste Management and Storage Technology Corporation in property leasing and asset disposition assignments in over 50 different markets across the country.
Most recently, he has directed transaction services growth at HSA in the health care sector. He is responsible for developing leasing strategy and oversight of leasing activities for the HSA/PrimeCare portfolio which includes fourteen medical office properties in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. He provides an extensive knowledge base in healthcare leasing and development through his work with hospital systems, physician groups and individual practices.
Prior to joining HSA, Mr. Titzer was Vice President at Prime Group Realty Trust. He started his commercial real estate career in 1985 as development manager for a Chicago area developer/landlord where he was responsible for the successful construction, management and leasing of suburban office properties. Before entering the real estate business, Mr. Titzer designed mechanical systems for high-rise office buildings, including several Chicago skyscrapers, at Skidmore Owings and Merrill.
Job Titles:
- EVP
- Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Industrial Brokerage
Experience
In the last 10 years, he has played a major role in HSA's development of over 8 million square feet of new industrial product in the Chicago metropolitan area, identifying development sites and overseeing the leasing teams that market the finished product.
Since joining HSA Mr. Thompson has represented Landlords and Tenants in negotiating hundreds of industrial lease and sale transactions valued at over $700 million. He has worked with prominent clients such as: Midwest Warehouse and Distribution System, Inc., ML Realty Partners, CenterPoint Properties, First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc., ProLogis, Duke Realty Corporation, MIRVAC Industrial Trust, Computer Discount Warehouse, Morgan Realty Partners, Motions Industries, Fifield Companies, Bridge Development Partners and the Chicago Tribune.
In addition he has actively participated in the acquisition and disposition of investment grade properties in excess of $250 million.
Mr. Thompson has been honored by the CoStar Group's Power Broker Award (2016, 2014, 2012, 2005), named one of the top Chicago Industrial Brokers by transaction volume by Commercial Forum and was nominated for Chicago Industrial Broker of the Year.
Affiliations
Prior to joining HSA, Mr. Thompson served as Executive Director of Insignia/ESG's Chicago Industrial Services Group. He is a former President of the Association of Industrial Real Estate Brokers (AIRE) and is an active member of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR).
Education
Dominican University, MBA
Northeastern Illinois University, BA
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President of Accounting and Controller With
Experience
Wanda Melendez is the Senior Vice President of Accounting and Controller with HSA Commercial Real Estate where her responsibilities include: managing and leading day-to-day operations for HSA's skilled team of accounting professionals, ensuring compliance with lender requirements, preparation of capital calls and distributions, reviewing construction draw requests, assisting in due diligence for property acquisitions and dispositions, and budget review.
A 25-year accounting veteran, Ms. Melendez has worked with HSA Commercial Real Estate for over six years in various managerial roles where she has gained vast experience with complex corporate and property accounting issues.
Education