Movers: Brodeur jumps to CA Ventures from Onni Group & more

Development firms have been shaking up org charts in Chicagoland this spring.

But even with a sluggish real estate market, new hires are bringing big ambitions, and have kicked off several projects in recent weeks.

➤ Chicago-based student and senior housing-focused developer CA Ventures snagged Brian Brodeur from the local shop of Vancouver-based Onni Group, where he spent 10 years and rose to vice president of development for Illinois and Washington.

While with Onni, he advanced projects such as the 2,650-unit, five-tower residential development Halsted Pointe on Goose Island.

Brodeur is now serving as CA’s executive vice president of construction and development.

CA also promoted Adam Khdach to senior projects coordinator from the project coordinator role he had held for nearly two years.

➤ James Martell’s Logistics Property Company brought on a new hire to help recruit new talent.

The firm added Allie Leterman Sydel as vice president of talent acquisition in April, according to a social media post.

Previously, Leterman Sydel was senior talent manager for Lendlease in Chicago, which followed a stint in a similar position for IBM, her LinkedIn profile shows.

The firm is behind Chicago’s first two-story warehouse proposal, which is part of a more than $150 million development near Goose Island.

➤ Chicago Association of Realtors tapped Kandyce St. Clair to help enhance its partnerships with local community and real estate groups.

As vice president of external affairs for the city’s realtor’s association, St. Clair will work with and help oversee the CAR Foundation, The 77 Diversity Committee, the Global Real Estate Council and other organizations, Chicago Agent Magazine reported.

Previously, she worked in education, most recently as program director and diversity, equity and inclusion coordinator for Near North Montessori. 

➤ JDL Development — the firm that built luxury condo tower No. 9 Walton in the Gold Coast and the newly built One Chicago in River North — promoted Wesley Olker to executive vice president of asset management.

He’s been with the firm since starting as a project manager in 2019.

➤ Chicago-based developer Origin Investments announced two promotions in its local office, among a slew the company made across its other offices in Nashville and Dallas.

In Chicago, Bill Stewart was promoted to senior vice president of development for Origin, a firm he joined last year following a three-year stint with locally based developer Core Spaces.

Origin also promoted Preston Vesely to an acquisitions associate after he had worked as an acquisitions analyst for the firm for nearly two years.