BayCoast Bank
Fall River-based BayCoast Bank has hired Richard A. Banks as its latest vice president of commercial lending at its recently opened 85 Sockanosset Cross Road branch in Cranston, Rhode Island.
Bierbrier Development
Lexington-based Bierbrier Development has hired Brian Callahan as vice president of leasing. Bierbrier Development is a commercial real estate development company specializing in service convenience retail shopping centers in Eastern Massachusetts.
Bristol County Savings Bank
Taunton-based Bristol County Savings Bank appointed Fadra S. Northrup to the position of CRA mortgage consultant for Southcoast Massachusetts. In this capacity, Northrup will work closely with affordable housing organizations throughout the region to develop sustainable housing and educational initiatives.
Clinton Savings Bank
Clinton Savings Bank has promoted David A. Harmon to senior vice president and chief lending officer, a position previously held by long-time bank executive Edward M. Powers, who recently retired. Harmon was most recently the bank’s senior vice president of commercial lending.
Eastern Real Estate LLC
Boston-based commercial real estate investment, development and asset management firm Eastern Real Estate LLC appointed David Willett as its managing director of acquisitions, a newly created post. Immediately before joining Eastern, Willett was senior director in American Realty Advisors’ Investment Group.
Freedom Credit Union
Springfield-based Freedom Credit Union has hired Michelle Caron as branch manager at its Feeding Hills branch.
Hancock Assoc.
Hancock Assoc., a local provider of land surveying, civil engineering and wetland science services, announced that Kristan Farr has joined the firm as a project wetland scientist, based out of its Danvers office.
Hunneman
Boston-based real estate firm Hunneman announced the addition of Peter Farnum to the brokerage team as executive vice president and principal. Prior to joining Hunneman, Farnum was an executive managing director at Cushman & Wakefield and an executive vice president/principal with the Trammell Crow Co.
Junior Achievement of Western Massachusetts
Santander Bank branch manager and longtime Junior Achievement of Western Massachusetts volunteer Aieshya Jackson has joined the organization’s board of directors.
North Shore Bank
Peabody-based North Shore Bank has hired John “Jack” Ciesinski as an associate vice president and mortgage originator on the bank’s residential lending team.
NAIOP-MA
NAIOP Massachusetts, The Commercial Real Estate Development Association, has hired Anastasia Nicolaou as its government affairs associate. Nicolaou will support NAIOP’s legislative, regulatory and judicial advocacy efforts on behalf of the commercial real estate industry. She will also manage political giving and fundraising.
The Community Builders
National affordable housing developer The Community Builders Inc. has promoted Jesse Elton as director of finance and hired Jane Loechler as director of asset management in its Boston office. Elton leads TCB’s five-person finance team within TCB’s development department. Loechler, until recently a housing preservation policy specialist for the state of Minnesota, leads the asset management team in strategic planning and analysis of TCB’s portfolio in collaboration with development and property management to bring insight and a long-term operating perspective to key points in the lifecycle of projects.
Walker Development & Construction
Marlborough-based Walker Development & Construction has hired Denise Regan as a senior project manager. Walker Development & Construction is a commercial construction company focused on the corporate, retail, health, education, science and technology industries.
