Mack-Cali Realty Corporation has made changes to its executive management team with the appointments of David J. Smetana as chief financial officer and Nicholas Hilton as executive vice president of leasing. With over 20 years of real estate experience, Smetana most recently served as a managing director and REIT securities analyst on Morgan Stanley Investment Management’s Global REIT. Smetana received his Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and holds a CPA certificate in Virginia. Hilton was most recently a senior vice president at CBRE, where he had been for over 13 years and worked with companies such as Mack-Cali, Bentall Kennedy, Royal Bank of Canada, Ernst & Young and The Boston Consulting Group. Hilton holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from Rutgers University.
Michael J. DeMarco, Mack-Cali’s CEO, stated, “We are excited to add further depth to our executive management team. David’s extensive knowledge of the real estate industry includes over twenty years of REIT experience, and we believe that he will bring significant experience and leadership in his new role as chief financial officer. Nicholas, who we’ve had the opportunity to work with while he was at CBRE, is one of the most talented brokers I’ve had the pleasure of working with. He is extremely knowledgeable about the waterfront and the New Jersey office markets and will help lead and enhance our leasing efforts across all of our office markets as we work to increase occupancy.”
