Lynn Van Amburgh has been promoted to senior vice president with the Dallas-Fort Worth office of Weitzman.

At Weitzman, Van Amburgh is responsible for leasing a portfolio of Dallas-Fort Worth retail properties, including Golden Triangle Mall in Denton.

Her retail leasing experience includes some of the most high-profile properties in Dallas-Fort Worth and in Texas, including Galleria Dallas, NorthPark Center, The Crescent, Highland Park Village, El Paso’s Cielo Visa Mall, Town East Mall in Mesquite and The Parks at Arlington.

Van Amburgh is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Education from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Cushman & Wakefield announced today that Campbell Puckett has joined the firm as Executive Director. 

Puckett specializes in representing tenants’ interests in office leasing, transaction management, strategic planning/consulting and acquisitions and dispositions, delivering industry-leading advisory services to corporate occupiers.

“Campbell is a rising star in our profession and brings a unique, innovative approach to our tenant representation efforts,” said Victoria Malkin, Cushman & Wakefield President, Central. “His addition is especially important as we help clients navigate a complex environment and return-to-office strategies. What’s more, his collaborative approach will only strengthen our industry-leading tenant rep group in Dallas/Fort Worth.”

Added Puckett, “We have an extraordinary opportunity at Cushman & Wakefield, and I’m excited to be part of it. The Dallas/Fort Worth growth story will continue, but clients face uncertainty regarding their corporate real estate. We have the right people and platform in place to help them resolve those issues and create a workplace that drives long-term business success and is ideal for employees.”

Puckett joins Cushman & Wakefield from CBRE, where he began his commercial real estate brokerage career after graduating from Texas Christian University in 2015. In the community, he serves on the Board of the American Heart Association and was named 2020 LLS Dallas Man of the Year by the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. 

About Cushman & Wakefield
Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE: CWK) is a leading global commercial real estate services firm for property owners and occupiers with approximately 52,000 employees in approximately 400 offices and 60 countries. In 2022, the firm reported revenue of $10.1 billion across its core services of property, facilities and project management, leasing, capital markets, and valuation and other services. It also receives numerous industry and business accolades for its award-winning culture and commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and more. For additional information, visit www.cushmanwakefield.com.

(ALLEN, Texas)- FTK Construction Services, a nationwide General Contractor specializing in Affordable Housing/LIHTC projects, is pleased to announce the promotion of Paul Mefford to Vice President of Construction, effective 2/1/2024. 

In his role as Vice President of Construction, Mr. Mefford will oversee the Preconstruction and Financial Administration of projects in FTK’s three divisions: Affordable Housing Projects, Market Rate Renovations and Insurance Restoration Projects. Mefford assumes his new position after leading the Business Solutions focus at FTK for the last two years. In that role, Meffordwas responsible for resolving process challenges, conducting contract reviews and estimating audits for an average of 250 projects annually for FTK. Mefford began his career with FTK in 2017 as a Project Estimator, quickly moving into implementing procedures and software to enhance the estimation process. Prior to joining FTK, he managed global logistic strategies with Paragon Offshore. Since 2017, Mefford worked diligently to develop FTK’s Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Project estimating processes, contributing to the completed contracts for over 5,300 units and $310,000,000 in contract value. Mefford graduated from Northwestern State University with a bachelor’s degree in business administration, then received his master’s degree in finance from Sam Houston State University.

Mefford is based out of the DFW area and enjoys spending his free time at his family ranch in Central Texas.

Northmarq has announced the addition of Ryan Shoars, senior vice president, to its debt and equity platform. Shoars is based in Rochester, New York, and will be responsible for affordable housing originations. He brings over 23 years experience as a trusted agency lending expert.

Shoars will report to Cheryl Higley, senior vice president/managing director in Northmarq’s Austin, Texas Debt + Equity office, and work in collaboration with the Austin Investment Sales team.

Before joining Northmarq, Shoars served for 13 years as vice president of Originations for Colliers Mortgage, previously known as Dougherty Mortgage. His responsibilities included debt placements for Fannie Mae, Federal Housing Administration, and Colliers’ bridge platform.

Prior to that, Shoars was a director of Originations at Greystone Servicing Corporation for six years where he co-managed its affordable housing program.

Nuveen Green Capital, a provider of sustainable commercial real estate financing solutions, announced that Christopher Lawton, a veteran of commercial real estate finance, has joined the firm as Head of Originations.

Lawton will play a pivotal role in leading NGC’s origination and growth strategies, and will report to Jessica Bailey, President and CEO of Nuveen Green Capital.

Lawton brings more than 20 years of experience in commercial real estate structured finance, most recently having spent eight years at Bank OZK (formerly Bank of the Ozarks), where he was Managing Director of Northeast Originations for the bank’s Real Estate Specialties Group in New York City. In his time with Bank OZK, Mr. Lawton closed over $8 billion of construction and bridge facilities, formed the bank’s life-science lending program, and built the bank’s loan portfolio in Boston and Philadelphia.

Before joining Bank OZK, Lawton was a Director in the New York office of Frankfurt, Germany-based DekaBank, where, in 2009, he helped establish the bank’s first U.S. office. From 2004 to 2009, Lawton was with Hypo Real Estate Capital where he originated, structured, and closed over $4 billion of senior and mezzanine commercial real estate financings.

Lawton began his real estate career in 2003 as an Analyst with CBRE Capital Markets. He graduated with a B.S in Business from Miami University and an M.S. in Real Estate from New York University.

EMBER Real Estate Investment & Development, a Houston-based private real estate investment and development firm specializing in land acquisition and delivery of master-planned communities, industrial and select residential projects, made two changes to its corporate hierarchy.

Sandra Ferguson has joined the company as director of marketing and Marco Galgo has been promoted to the position of project manager.

Ferguson joins EMBER with over 20 years of experience in real estate marketing. In her new role, she is tasked with identifying and executing key marketing objectives across all company assets, in addition to other responsibilities in collaboration with EMBER Director of Sales Kyle Mikulenka.

Prior to joining EMBER, Ferguson served as vice president of marketing for The Signorelli Company, a diversified real estate firm based out of The Woodlands, TX. In that role, she oversaw the marketing efforts for several business lines, including homebuilding, multifamily, land acquisition and development, commercial, and corporate branding. In addition to The Signorelli Company, Ferguson boasts relevant industry experience accrued from time spent at AIRIA Development, Toll Brothers, and Newland Communities.

Growing up alongside his family’s custom homebuilding firm, Galgo possesses residential real estate acumen as part of his very fabric. A former intern at Concourse Development – one of the firms that merged in late 2023 to establish EMBER Real Estate Investment & Development and most recently an EMBER Assistant Project Manager – Galgo is being elevated to the role of Project Manager, having established himself as a valuable asset with his work on The Grand Prairie and in broader company operations.

In his new role, he is spearheading efforts for the day-to-day execution of EMBER’s civil and amenity projects. Also, he is a liaison between EMBER and its multiple third-party consultants and works closely with its active builders, including David Weekley Homes, Perry Homes, Sitterle Homes, Village Builders, and Westin Homes.