Management Personnel

Real Estate Weekly, Oct 11, 2000

New York-based Helpern Architects has named Margaret Castillo and Susanne Mackiw as principals.

Margaret Castillo joined Helpern Architects in 1996. Named a senior associate in 1999, she currently serves as project architect for Carnegie Hall, Marble Collegiate Church, and Columbia University's Low Library. She recently was responsible for the restoration of the historic Skinner-Trowbridge house for Yale University's School of Management, and also for the State University of New York at Oswego's comprehensive five-year capital plan for facilities improvements.

Castillo received a B.A. from Boston College and a master of architecture from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. A New York City resident, she is on the board of The Carl Schurz Park Association.

Susanne Mackiw, who joined Helpern Architects in 1982, leads the group responsible for the building technology aspects of restoring, renovating, and recycling historic and older structures. Among her former clients are Con Edison, the City University of New York, Yale University, and the NYC School Construction Authority. As head of Helpern Technical Services, she also provides interior and exterior building inspections.

Mackiw holds both a B.S. and a bachelor of architecture from City College of New York, and a masters of architecture from the University of Pennsylvania. A member of the Construction Specifications Institute, she lives in New York City.

Ellie Dalton, AIA, has been named a principal of Swanke Hayden Connell Architects. Dalton was a principal of Taylor Clark Architects, a firm specializing in the planning and design of healthcare and assisted living facilities that was acquired by Swanke Hayden Connell in June.

Dalton will head up a new specialty division, to be known for now as Swanke Hayden Connell Architects/Taylor Clark Healthcare Group, and will be responsible for establishing the course of the project from programming phase to completion of construction.

Dalton's 22 years of professional architectural experience include programming, master planning, and design of health-related projects, as well as corporate and commercial facilities. She was responsible for the development of the original comprehensive facilities master plan for the 3 million SF New York Hospital campus. Currently, she is directing the inter-institutional strategic plan for the New York Presbyterian Hospital at both Weill Cornell Campus and the Columbia Presbyterian Campus, totaling 8 million SF.

She received a B.A. and an M.A. in Architecture from North London University's School of Architecture & Environmental Design in the United Kingdom.

The Roosevelt Hotel has named Lillian R. Kreppel senior business travel manager.

Kreppel, a hotel industry veteran who has more than 10 years' experience, will be responsible for managing The Roosevelt's corporate transient market, a significant portion of the hotel's annual revenues. As senior business travel sales manager, Kreppel will create corporate meetings and incentive packages to increase sales traffic, develop corporate contracts and perform rate negotiations, meet with travel agents and meeting planners, and oversee a business travel staff.

Prior to joining The Roosevelt, Kreppel served as corporate sales manager with The Holiday Inn Wall Street Hotel and the Fitzpatrick Grand Central Hotel. She also worked in group sales at the Omni Berkshire Place Hotel in Manhattan, and early in her career, served as a marketing and sales coordinator for Club Med, Cancun, Mexico.

Kreppel earned her bachelor of arts degree in communications from the University of Hartford.

Boston Properties, Inc., a real estate investment trust, announced that Douglas T. Linde, 37, currently senior vice president for financial and capital markets, has been appointed chief financial officer, succeeding David G. Gaw, who will work with him on transition matters during the next month. David G. Gaw will leave the company effective Oct. 31.

In addition, Boston Properties announced that Terence D. McNally, 42, vice president and controller, who has been with the company for 16 years, has been named chief accounting officer.

Gerard Marinaccio has been promoted to senior project manager at Ambassador Construction. Ambassador president Jay Koven made the announcement.

Marinaccio has been an important member of the Ambassador team for more than 20 years. In recognition of his field leadership and project management ability, Marinaccio has been elevated to this position of higher visibility and increased responsibilities. As senior project manager, he will oversee all aspects of the construction process from start to finish and provide hands-on direction.

Marinaccio recently supervised several major interior construction and renovation projects in Midtown Manhattan, including Mass Mutual's 65,000 SF office renovation at 530 Fifth Ave.; Putney Twombley's new 18,000 SF law offices at 521 Fifth Ave.; and the new Lenscrafters store at 530 Fifth Ave.