Cushman & Wakefield announced that Anders Pesavento has joined the firm as managing principal for the Minneapolis/St. Paul market. Pesavento will lead Cushman & Wakefield’s market-leading advisory, Project & Development and Asset Services team. Pesavento joins Cushman & Wakefield from Ryan Cos., where he was senior vice president, Capital Markets, for large-scale developments, joint ventures, financings and dispositions.
GI Stone, a stone supplier, fabricator and installer for major commercial real estate and luxury residential projects, celebrated its 30th anniversary on August 20 at the iO Theatre in Chicago. Founded in 1995 by renowned Chicago interior designer, Rani Dandamudi, GI Stone has an extensive portfolio of projects ranges from five-star hotels like The Peninsula Chicago and Four Seasons Chicago to the Obama Presidential Center and historic landmarked buildings like The Tribune Tower Residences.
Landmarks Illinois has announced the winners of the 2025 Landmarks Illinois Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation Awards. The annual program awards program has honored exceptional preservation efforts in Illinois since 1995. This year’s nine winning projects are located in Belvidere, Charleston, Chicago, Granite City, Millstadt, Tinley Park and Waukegan. Award-winning projects range from turning vacant schools and libraries into affordable housing and museums, committed grassroots advocacy efforts, detailed window restorations and the revitalization of Illinois’ cultural landmarks.
MWI Property Group, a national real estate investment company focused on the development, acquisition and management of industrial properties in strategic markets throughout the United States, announced the promotion of Patrick Swiszcz to Director of Development and Acquisitions – Chicagoland Market. In his expanded role, Swiszcz will be responsible for sourcing, underwriting and executing both ground up development and existing building acquisition opportunities in the Chicagoland market along with MWI’s Principals, Michael Androwich and Justin Fierz.
Collete English Dixon, executive director of Marshall Bennett Institute of Real Estate at Roosevelt University, announced the launch of “Brick, Grass (&) Steel,” a podcast exploring how the built environment can support equitable, sustainable and resilient communities. Episodes will address how physical spaces influence survival and recovery in the face of climate change and natural disasters such as hurricanes and wildfire, as well as how redevelopment affects equitable rebuilding. The conversation also explores how inequities in communities were created and prolonged.
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