Christine Muszynski
Joseph A. Swojenski
DionWatton
Kenneth E. Verne
Margaret Gaca
Scott Mosak
Rashel Campbell
Ryan Worcester
Heather Smalec
Daniel P. Joyce
Christine Muszynski
Christine Muszynski is executive vice president, principal and director of management operations at HSA Commercial Real Estate. She is responsible for overall management of existing client accounts and directing project teams on behalf of third-party owners.
Experience
With more than 30 years of property management experience, Muszynski possesses expertise in lease renewals and expansion negotiations. She has been responsible for more than $50 million in construction projects inclusive of significant tenant build-outs and major capital improvement programs. She also served as the account manager for the Bank One (now JP Morgan Chase) management assignment, consisting of 275 bank facilities in Northern Illinois with an annual operations budget of over $35 million. She has also been responsible for the financial and equitable aspects of properties owned by Equitable Real Estate Investment Management, Lutheran Social Services, The Gateway Foundation, General American Life Insurance, Royal Neighbors of America, Capital Realty Advisors, Five Star Ventures, and Lennar Partners.
Muszynski began her career with Wirtz Realty Corporation at a 35-story Michigan Avenue office building and later worked with Brauvin Realty Services managing a portfolio of suburban office and retail properties.
Affiliations
Muszynski is a licensed real estate professional in the State of Illinois.
Contact
HSA Direct Dial: 312.683.7276
Email: cmuszynski@hsacommercial.com
Joseph A. Swojenski is a general manager in HSA Commercial Real Estate’s Property Management Division, with a focus on the management of assets belonging to non-profit organizations.
Experience
Swojenski is presently directing HSA’s management account with Chicago-based Gateway Foundation, a 35-year old organization providing effective drug and alcohol abuse treatment in community-based and corrections settings for people without financial resources. He is responsible for budget development, cost management, negotiating financing options for construction and renovation, directing facility repair and maintenance issues, directing security and property liability management for a portfolio of 19 properties in four states.
Prior to joining HSA, Swojenski was a corporate real estate manager for Bank One (now JP Morgan Chase), where he coordinated budget management and analysis for more than 100 facilities nationwide with $3.5 million in salaries, $117,000 in occupancy related expenses and $50 million in capital expenditures.
Affiliations
Swojenski is a licensed real estate professional in the State of Illinois, holds a Real Property Administrator (RPA) designation from the Building Owners and Managers Institute, as well as a Management Development Certificate from the University of Wisconsin.
Education
University of Illinois at Chicago, BAS
Contact
HSA Direct Dial: 312.683.7276
Email: jswojenski@hsacommercial.com
Dion Watton is a general manager for HSA Commercial Real Estate and manages HSA’s Wisconsin-owned portfolio which includes the 655,217 square foot Brown Deer Business Park in the Milwaukee suburbs, the 986,980 square foot industrial buildings located at 11100-11500 W. Burleigh in Wauwautosa, a 164,536 square foot industrial property located at 4420 N. Harley Davidson Drive also in Wauwautosa, a 40,543 square foot industrial building at 2000 Airport Road in Waukesha, and a 108,222 square foot office building in Green Bay.
Experience
Watton is located in the Brown Deer Business Park and has both property management and leasing responsibilities for HSA’s growing Wisconsin portfolio. He is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the properties as well as managing a full-time staff of HSA employees who maintain and operate the various properties. Watton also supervises the accounting and financial aspects of the Wisconsin properties and alerts HSA’s acquisition team to possible opportunities to invest in future purchases.
Watton has over 18 years of property management experience and recently earned his Certified Property Manager (CPM) designation, a prestigious designation awarded to licensed property managers who have a minimum of 5 years of full-time decision making activity in real estate management and who complete numerous hours of continuing education certified by The Institute of Real Estate Management. During Watton’s tenure as general manager of Brown Deer Business Park the development has won the coveted “TOBY” award (The Office Building of the Year) from the Wisconsin Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) four times.
Affiliations
Watton is a licensed real estate professional in the State of Wisconsin .
Education
University of Wisconsin , BBA, Real Estate and Marketing
Contact
HSA Direct Dial: 414.357.6800
Email: dwatton@hsacommercial.com
Kenneth E. Verne
Kenneth E. Verne is a vice president-asset manager for HSA Commercial Real Estate where he oversees a 14 building, 3.1 million-square-foot nationwide industrial portfolio located in four states.
Experience
Verne is located in HSA’s corporate headquarters in downtown Chicago and has both property management and leasing responsibilities for this significant portfolio. He negotiates, monitors and adjusts service contracts for the properties with appropriate subcontractors in order to maintain an economical balance between occupancy and production. Verne also supervises the accounting and financial aspects of the properties. In addition, he works with outside brokers to coordinate marketing activities as spaces become available and negotiates lease renewals with ownership.
Verne came to HSA from MB Real Estate Services, where he served as general manager of a portfolio of five buildings totaling more than 750,000 square feet in downtown Chicago and its suburbs.
Affiliations
Verne is a licensed real estate professional in the State of Illinois.
Education
University of Iowa, BA, Business Administration
Contact
HSA Direct Dial: 312.683.7258
Email: kverne@hsacommercial.com
Margaret Gaca
Margaret Gaca is a senior property manager for HSA Commercial Real Estate.
Experience
Gaca is responsible for the management of a variety of office, medical office and industrial buildings located in the metropolitan Chicago area, assignments that engage her in the management of building operations, implementation of tenant relations programs, budget and forecasting, as well as the supervision of accounting and financial control of the properties.
Gaca previously served as Property Manager of HSA's Chicago Tribune account, responsible for the management of 71 distribution centers comprising over 700,000 square feet. Gaca began her real estate career in 1997 at Cushman and Wakefield as an Assistant Property Manager of two different portfolios consisting of over 2,000,000 square feet.
Affiliations
Gaca is a licensed real estate professional in the State of Illinois.
Education
Indiana University, BS, Marketing
Contact
HSA Direct Dial: 312.683.7255
Email: mgaca@hsacommercial.com
Scott Mosak
Scott Mosak is a senior property manager for HSA Commercial Real Estate, responsible for the administration of tenant leases, managing cash flow performance, budget and forecasting, and supervising construction and renovation projects.
Experience
Mosak is responsible for the 104,000-square-foot Hyde Park Shopping Center in Chicago, owned by the University of Chicago, in addition to six other University-owned properties totaling 400,000 square feet. He also supervises a staff of 12 in the day-to-day management of these properties.
Prior to joining HSA, Mosak was a property manager with Urban Investment Trust for a portfolio of retail, office and industrial properties. In that role, he worked with city inspectors, CTA officials and local community groups on various projects throughout the city.
Affiliations
Mosak is a licensed real estate professional in the State of Illinois, has his certification in “Green” Building and Construction Management from the Chicago Center for Green Technology and is currently a candidate for the Real Property Administrator (RPA), a designation from the Building Owners and Managers Institute.
Education
Northern Illinois University, BS, Liberal Arts
Contact
HSA Direct Dial: 312.458.4300
Email: smosak@hsacommercial.com
Rashel Campell is a Property Manager with HSA Commercial Real Estate and is responsible for managing the daily operations of the Chicago Tribune's Newspaper Distribution Facilities, which comprise 62 locations in Northern Illinois, Northwest Indiana and Southern Wisconsin.
Experience
Campbell's duties include creating an annual operating budget in excess of $7 million and she manages to end each period under-budget and therefore, re-project that overage to future periods, saving the Tribune money. She also oversees a management team on-site in Oakbrook, Ill., and communicates daily with Tribune Building Managers and Maintenance Engineers to ensure that all work orders are completed in a timely manner.
Campbell joined HSA in 2004 as an industrial property manager responsible for the daily operations and asset management of over 1.8 million square feet. Prior to joining HSA, she served as an asset manager at Mid-America Asset Management Inc.
Affiliations
Campbell is a licensed real estate professional in the State of Illinois.
Education
Illinois State University, BS, Marketing
Contact
HSA Direct Dial: 630.368.4037
Email: rcampbell@hsacommercial.com
Ryan Worcester
Ryan Worcester is a Property Manager with HSA Commercial Real Estate and is responsible for a management portfolio which includes retail, office and mixed-use facilities owned by private investors and non-profit and not-for-profit organizations.
Experience
Worcester directs and facilitates the efforts of various internal departments which include accounting, administration, information technology and maintenance. He monitors, review and interprets the financial status of various facilities including creating annual budgets, diagnosing monthly variances and assisting in leasing efforts.
Worcester has over 17 years of prior retail, industrial, commercial and residential property management experience in the Chicago metropolitan area. Among his many clients have been Dominick's Finer Foods, Cub Foods, the CTA Red Line's commercial retail properties, Blockbuster Video, Kinko's, Portillo's, Bank One, Firestone and First American Bank.
Affiliations
Worcester is a licensed real estate professional in the State of Illinois.
Education
College of DuPage, Liberal Arts
Contact
HSA Direct Dial: 312.458.4497
Email: rworcester@hsacommercial.com
Heather Smalec
Heather Smalec is a Property Manager in HSA Commercial Real Estate's Property Management Division.
Experience
Smalec is responsible for a portfolio of 20 office, medical office, retail and industrial properties totaling over 1.6 million square feet. She manages full service day-to-day operations, oversees budgeting and forecasting, and supervises the accounting and financial aspects of these properties.
Smalec was previously employed as a Property Manager by Presidio Commercial Services in Little Rock, Arkansas, where she managed a diverse commercial real estate portfolio.
Affiliations
Smalec is a licensed real estate professional in the State of Illinois and an active member of BOM (the Building Owners and Managers Association).
Education
Arkansas State University, BA, Business Administration
Contact
HSA Direct Dial: 312.683.7239
Email: hsmalec@hsacommercial.com
Daniel P. Joyce
Daniel P. Joyce is a Property Manager with HSA Commercial Real Estate, responsible for a portfolio of over 2,500,000 square feet of industrial product and a 42,000 square foot office building.
Experience
Joyce manages full day-to-day operations of the properties, oversees the implementation of tenant relations programs, handles budgeting and forecasting, and supervises the accounting and financial aspects of the facilities.
Prior to joining HSA, Joyce was an Assistant Property Manager for Trammell Crow Company and CB Richard Ellis, where he managed downtown retail projects in Chicago and Boston, 8 retail shopping centers with 135 tenants, and 3 class-A office buildings.
Affiliations
Joyce is a licensed real estate professional in the State of Illinois and a member of BOMA (the Building Owners and Managers Association), where he is a RPA candidate.
Education
DePaul University's Kellstadt Graduate School of Business, MBA, Real Estate Finance & Investment
University of Iowa, BBA, Economics
Contact
HSA Direct Dial: 312.458.4394
Email: djoyce@hsacommercial.com
