Starwood Retail Partners

3Q2013

Allium Partners recently completed a search on behalf of Starwood Retail Partners, placing Jeff Dyrda as Director of Accounting in its Chicago office.

Dyrda will be responsible for accounting, reporting, cash management, information technology and general office administration. He will work with senior professionals at Starwood to ensure that best practices, controls and strong back office capabilities are implemented. Jeff had most recently worked at Hyatt and Pritzker Realty as a Vice President of Finance and Accounting, and earlier in finance and accounting roles at Tishman Speyer Properties and Jones Lang LaSalle. He is a CPA and started his career at Pricewaterhouse Coopers.

Starwood Retail Partners is a retail real estate platform that acquires, redevelops and repositions retail real estate assets nationwide. Formed by Starwood Capital Group, the global private real estate investment firm and its affiliates, the firm seeks to capitalize on opportunities in the regional mall, lifestyle, and power center sectors.  Since its inception in the fall of 2012, the company has acquired seven regional malls with a total capitalization of approximately $1.0 billion. Pending other transactions, by year-end, the total number of assets under management will be close to 20 properties and $3 billion in value.

Allium Partners continues to play a key role in the building of successful teams as the real estate and investment industry continues to recover. Our national network of professionals working in finance, capital markets and accounting within public and private real estate owner operators was very helpful in this search.