HSA COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE PROMOTES TWO IN ASSET MANAGEMENT DIVISION
February 17, 2005
(Chicago – February 17, 2005) HSA Commercial Real Estate's Christine Leonard, executive vice president and director of management operations, announced that the firm has promoted Margaret Gaca and Denise Polak to the position of senior property manager in the firm's asset management division. Both previously held the position of property manager.
w Margaret Gaca, 32, joined HSA in 1999 and is responsible for the management of a variety of office, medical office and industrial buildings located in the metropolitan Chicago area. She also serves as senior property manager in the firm's Prime Care division which focuses on health care real estate services. Gaca previously served as property manager of HSA's Chicago Tribune account and is a graduate of Indiana University .
w Joining HSA in 2001, Denise Polak, 42, manages several retail centers in the Chicago metropolitan area, as well as 3 industrial properties in northern Illinois. A DePaul University graduate, Polak holds the Real Property Administrator (RPA) designation from the Building Owners Managers Institute.
“I am very pleased to announce these hard earned promotions,” commented Leonard. “These individuals play a significant role in adding value to our client's diverse assets.” HSA is one of the Chicago area's largest and most active property management firms, named 7th in portfolio size by Crain's Chicago Business in its December 1, 2003 list of “Largest Property Management Firms” in the Chicago metropolitan area.
Celebrating more than 24 years of excellence in commercial real estate, Chicago-based HSA Commercial Real Estate is a full-service real estate firm specializing in office, industrial, retail and health care real estate leasing, management, marketing, development and financing on a national basis. The firm and its principals have developed and acquired more than 30 million square feet of commercial real estate with total consideration in excess of $1.5 billion, its brokerage divisions have completed more than 6,500 transactions in over 30 states representing both owners and tenants, while the asset management division currently manages a property portfolio in excess of 18 million square feet.
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