Melissa S. Pielet
Eloise Whitlock
Douglas K. Jones
Melissa S. Pielet
Melissa S. Pielet is executive vice president and principal with HSA Commercial Real Estate. She is head of HSA's Finance Division and responsible for all of HSA Commercial's real estate developments and acquisitions, including procuring acquistion and development loans, construction financing, permanent financing, joint ventures, and lines of credit. Pielet also manages all of HSA's 13 million square feet of owned assets, with respect to financial servicing matters.
Experience
Since joining HSA, Pielet has arranged financing for more than 67 million square feet of commercial real estate in excess of $2.5 billion and has been involved in the acquisition, development and financing for business parks in multiple markets nationwide. Representative projects Pielet has been involved with include a 400,000-square-foot redevelopment for a City of Chicago maintenance facility; a 40,000- square-foot, built-to-suit headquarters for First of America Bank; four downtown Chicago retail redevelopments totaling 550,000 square feet and four senior housing facilities.
Prior to joining HSA, Pielet was with Heller Real Estate Financial Services.
Affiliations
Pielet is a licensed real estate professional in the State of Illinois, a Certified Commercial Investment Manager (CCIM) and a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC).
Education
University of Wisconsin, Real Estate and Marketing
Contact
HSA Direct Dial: 312.683.7240
HSA email: mpielet@hsacommercial.com
Eloise Whitlock
Eloise Whitlock is assistant vice president of finance at HSA Commercial Real Estate. She works directly with the firm’s executive vice president of finance in analyzing both new and existing properties owned by HSA and third-party owners for purposes of acquisition, development, leasing and financing, as well as analyzing prospective tenants.
Experience
Since joining HSA in 2004, Whitlock has assisted in financing more than 12.7 million square feet of commercial real estate development valued at $760 million. She has been involved in analyzing the acquisition and development for such projects as the Ohio industrial portfolio purchased by HSA in 2005 (more than 2.5 million square feet), a Sacramento, Calif. office and industrial development (over 500,000 square feet), and seven regional malls located in Iowa, North Dakota, Illinois and Texas.
Prior to joining HSA, Whitlock served as a commercial mortgage analyst at KeyBank Real Estate Capital.
Education
Albion College, BA, Economics and Management
Contact
HSA Direct Dial: 312.683.7259
Email: ewhitlock@hsacommercial.com
Douglas K. Jones
Douglas K. Jones is an assistant vice president in HSA Commercial Real Estate's Finance Division. He works directly with the firm's senior management to identify potential acquisitions as part of HSA's overall national strategy to develop and acquire commercial investment properties.
Experience
Since joining HSA in 2005, Jones has assisted in analyzing financing for more than 6.7 million square feet of commercial real estate development valued at $340 million. He has been involved in analyzing the acquisition and development for such projects as the Memphis industrial portfolio purchased by HSA in 2007 (more than 1.9 million square feet), a HSA industrial development in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (500,000 square feet), and the refinancing of a HSA owned mixed-use development in Brown Deer, Wisconsin (720,000 square feet).
Jones joined HSA directly from graduating with honors from the University of Dayton, where he was the recipient of a President's Scholarship and an Accounting Excellence Scholarship.
Education
University of Dayton, BA, Finance and Accounting
Contact
HSA Direct Dial: 312.683.7235
Email: djones@hsacommercial.com