SIGNATURE ASSOCIATES - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Listing / Database Manager
Experience
Bill has been a property management professional for 27 years. He currently is the manager of a diverse property portfolio of over 550,000 square feet of medical and warehouse space. Bill has extensive knowledge in all areas of property management, including construction, engineering, and maintenance, along with administrative and accounting expertise. He was a chief engineer for a seven-building, 500,000 square foot campus for four years. Bill served as a facility manager for a large real estate REIT, responsible for 70 buildings in southeastern Michigan.
Affiliations & Education
Associate Degree in Environmental System Technology and Facility Management, Oakland Community College
Member, Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM)
Experience
Bill is a Project Manager bringing vast amounts of experience and knowledge to his current position. Prior to joining Signature Associates, Bill worked as a Property Manager for a large portfolio in Southeast Michigan. In this role, he dealt with all day to day aspects of the commercial and residential properties including leasing, renewals, tenant improvements and floor plan alterations.
Bill also has significant construction experience serving as the Construction Manager for the ground up, build to suit for the TMP International building in Plymouth Twp., the Plymouth Tech Center, the Novi Corporate Center and the Novi Tech Center. He also managed the renovation of the former 2-story Michigan Bell building in downtown Mt. Clemens for Internal Medicine Associates, including the installation of electronic imaging equipment.
Affiliations & Education
Member, Commerce Twp. Planning Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals
Job Titles:
- Director of Retail Division
Experience
Cade started at Signature Associates as an intern for the Sale-Leaseback Team in the summer of 2019. The following year, he gained experience on the principal side as a summer analyst for Crestlight Capital, a private real estate investment firm focused on secondary-suburban office markets. He rejoined Signature's Sale-Leaseback Team in September 2020 as a part-time intern and later started as a full-time Associate in May of 2021.
Cade attended the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University, where he graduated with honors. At Michigan State, Cade was a member of the Honors College, Financial Markets Institute, and President of the Alternative Investments Group, a competitive organization that serves to educate and connect peers to careers in various industries.
Experience
Caitlin joins Signature Associates after previously living in Chicago for 11 years. While in Chicago, Caitlin worked as an onsite Assistant Property Manager in a high-rise condominium located in an up and coming Chicago neighborhood. She then made the transition to commercial property management and started working for a REIT, Acadia Realty Trust (AKR) as a Regional Property Manager.
During her time at Acadia she was responsible for managing high-end retail, neighborhood strip centers, suburban shopping centers, residential apartments and small niche office spaces. Her portfolio totaled over 800,000 square feet across four states. Caitlin's approachable nature, attention to detail and strong professional drive make her an excellent property manager who cares about the property as if it were her own.
Affiliations & Education
Experience
Catherine is responsible for managing industrial, retail, warehouse, hi-tech, and residential properties in the southeastern Michigan market. Currently her portfolio consists of managing approximately 200,000 square feet of industrial/commercial property, 60,000 square feet of retail property, 600,000 square feet of office/mixed use and two condominium associations. Catherine has worked for Signature Associates for five seven years, first joining the team as an Assistant Property Manager. Prior to joining Signature, she spent seven years working in commercial real estate and held positions in both property management and marketing.
Affiliations & Education
Chip Hurley joined Signature Associates in early 2018 working out of the Grand Rapids office, serving all of West Michigan. With his primary focus on healthcare and transportation/rail related transactions, he also works with industrial, REO (real estate-owned - bank or government) and general office properties. He has 29 years of combined experience in all facets of real estate brokerage, REO management and environmental consulting.
Chip's experience includes the management of an entire ongoing preservation and disposition process of a local bank's commercial REO portfolio. The estimated value of the portfolio was approximately $40 million and involved all commercial property types and some investment properties.
Chip worked with a national healthcare system and assisted in more than 20 transactions. Their 70 location, 2.7 million square foot portfolio is located in Southwest Michigan. His team handled all aspects of the real estate process, including dispositions, acquisitions, lease renewals, expansions, and Fair Market Valuations (FMVs) while assuring healthcare regulatory compliance.
In 2000, Chip received his CCIM designation that specializes in financial, market, user decision and investment analysis for commercial real estate. In 2006, he received his SIOR designation, a professional symbol of the highest level of knowledge, production, and ethics in the real estate industry.
Experience
Chris began working for Signature Associates in 2016 and works as a Property Accountant for our Property Management team. Within this role, he handles receivables and expenses while also communicating with tenants, owners, and Property Management. He is responsible for preparing monthly operating reports to owners as well as annual CAM reconciliation to tenants and assists in the preparation of annual budgets and the sale of owner properties. Chris also performs monthly property close-outs, including journal entries and bank reconciliation, and more.
Chris has over three years of accounting experience. Previously, he worked as an intern for South Redford School District for six months where he handled accounts payable and various other projects before moving to Hantz Group where he was a staff accountant. While there, he was responsible for the full accounting cycle, processing reimbursements, cash flow reporting, and software training in LegacySoft for coworkers and clients. Chris brings a strong work ethic and skill set to the Signature team.
Affiliations & Education
BBA in Accountancy with a Minor in General Business; Western Michigan University
Experience
As the Market Research Analyst, Christina is responsible for entering all new listings into Signature's in-house property database while continuously maintaining each broker's listings to ensure accuracy. She is also responsible for managing and updating our in-house database with competitor listings and comparables while keeping our information databases current. Frequently she assists brokers with traffic counts, demographics, property/availability searches, researching building owner information, and on occasionally assists external appraisers. Christina also compiles Signature's quarterly reports and market statistics for both industrial and office property types.
Christina got started in research working for Ducker Worldwide beginning in 1996 conducting business to business market analyses. She then spent 3 years as a Market Researcher for Cushman & Wakefield before joining the Signature team in 2006. Christina's attention to detail and strong work ethic make her a crucial member of the Signature Marketing Department.
Affiliations & Education
Bachelor of Science in Human Resources; Oakland University
Job Titles:
- Accounts Payable Specialist
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- Creative Marketing Specialist
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- Assistant
- Property Manager
Job Titles:
- Account Executive
- Account Executive, DBA Office
Experience
Felecia is an Account Executive who administers the strategy and management for a 20 million square foot portfolio for the City of Detroit. She is a real estate and finance professional, with management experience and a hands-on understanding of risk and return. She is well-versed in underwriting, due diligence and closings from the buy, sell and financing perspectives, as well as implementing measurable value add strategies. She is also proficient in Argus and ProCalc.
Prior to joining Signature Associates, Felecia was President & Managing Broker of a real estate advisory firm in Detroit. In that capacity, she provided real estate investment and consulting services for a variety of clients, including analysis and reporting for investment decisions in excess of $100 million. She also provided property management services for approximately 500,000 square feet of suburban office and industrial real estate.
Affiliations & Education
Job Titles:
- Certified Property Manager
Job Titles:
- Marketing Coordinator
- Marketing Coordinator for the Investment Division
Experience
Jackie is the Marketing Coordinator for the Investment Division at Signature Associates. Her creative and organizational skillset has proven to be a significant benefit to the Sale-Leaseback Team's process. Prior to joining Signature full-time, Jackie was a two-year intern with the firm where she contributed to marketing materials for lease and sale transactions of all property types. She graduated with honors from Michigan State University's Eli Broad College of Business and minored in graphic design both of which help her excel in delivering results for the Investment Division.
Job Titles:
- Property Management Accounting Team Member
- Senior Property Accountant
Experience
Janice is a Property Management Accounting team member with over 20 years of experience in property management, including corporate accounting, property development, commercial real estate, and multi-family tenant accounting. Her experience with residential/corporate insurance programs, as a legal assistant, and as an office manager in other industries makes Janice a valuable asset to the Signature team.
Affiliations & Education
Jason Sheppard joined Signature Associates in 2009. Jason's previous experience as a Project Manager for a commercial/residential real estate developer has given him experience with development projects from start to finish. He specializes in the sale and lease of land, investment and industrial property in both southeast Michigan and northwest Ohio.
Job Titles:
- Associate Broker
- Senior Associate
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- Senior Client Services Specialist
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- Assistant Asset Manager, DBA Office
Job Titles:
- Retail Director
- Vice President
Job Titles:
- Creative Marketing Specialist
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- Market Research Associate
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- Marketing / Administrative Assistant
Job Titles:
- Officer
- Chapter President
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- Director of Property Management
Job Titles:
- Market Research Associate
Experience
Tricia is responsible for researching and collecting market information regarding the commercial real estate market. She also continuously updates the 30+ competitor industrial market comparing their information with our in-house industrial database. Tricia's primary focus is the industrial market where she receives daily updates from CoStar as well as daily competitor emails to help better her research.
In addition to these responsibilities Tricia handles our marketing materials inventory and our personalized company items (i.e., clothing, hats, duffels); as well as providing relief for our receptionist. Every day she also provides help to all departments concerning various administrative and research needs. In the nine years she has been working at Signature. Tricia has demonstrated a strong work ethic, a willing attitude, and a great team spirit.
Job Titles:
- Manager, Property Management Accounting