HFF Hires Pappas as Director in Chicago

HFF Hires Pappas as Director in Chicago
Holliday Fenoglio Fowler expanded its debt and equity placement team by adding Stella Pappas as a director in its Chicago office.

Pappas has 15 years of capital markets experience. She joins HFF from Allstate Investments where she worked for eight years in the Real Estate Private Equity Group sourcing, structuring and executing joint venture and fund investment strategies. Prior to that, she spent seven years in structured finance at Tremont Realty Capital in Chicago.

Bellwether Enterprise Appoints Weinstein Vice President in New York
Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital LLC, Cleveland, appointed Ilya Weinstein Vice President in its New York office.

Weinstein has nearly seven years of experience in mortgage lending. In his prior role, Weinstein served as an Associate at Wells Fargo Multifamily Capital in New York, where he was part of a team that originated more than $10 billion in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans nationwide. He also served as an Associate at Red Stone Tax-Exempt Funding and originated, structured and closed more than $750 million in private placement bond transactions. 

Prior to Red Stone, Weinstein worked at Centerline Capital Group, where he held positions on the asset management and affordable housing lending teams.

JLL Adds Yerkes in Nashville
JLL, Chicago, appointed Scott Yerkes Senior Vice President in its Nashville office.

Yerkes will focus on structuring debt transactions for the acquisition, renovation, refinance and construction of apartment assets throughout the Southeast.

Prior to joining JLL, Yerkes was a Vice President with Fayetteville, North Carolina-based mortgage broker Capstone Capital. Prior to that, he served as Director of Multifamily Lending for Legacy Financial Partners.