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Avison Young continues to strengthen property management operations across the US with addition of established financial and accounting leader

Avison Young continues to strengthen property management operations across the US with addition of established financial and accounting leader July 7, 2022

Patty Proshek joins as Director of US Property Management Accounting

Minneapolis and Chicago – Avison Young today announced that Patty Proshek has joined the firm as Director, U.S. Property Management Accounting. Based in Minneapolis, Proshek will lead the Real Estate Accounting Services teams providing services to Avison Young’s Real Estate Management Services clients.

“It is exciting to welcome Patty to run our U.S. Property Management Accounting Group. She will be an integral part of our growing property management team as we continue to broaden our platform to meet the complex needs of clients,” said Randel Waites, Principal & Managing Director of U.S. Real Estate Management Services at Avison Young. “Patty is a respected leader in the industry and known for her expertise in developing and running property management accounting services. Throughout her career of building client relations and internal teams, she has demonstrated the leadership and oversight skills required to achieve quality results for Avison Young's clients."

Proshek brings more than 30 years of real estate accounting and organizational management experience. Her expertise includes financial reporting and analysis, forecasting, budgeting and resource management. She also brings a wealth of knowledge to building and developing client-focused transition procedures and maintaining consistent processes within required compliance guidelines. Prior to joining Avison Young, Proshek served as Global Executive Managing Director of Investment Accounting and Reporting Solutions and Shared Service Centres for CBRE. She was instrumental in improving and transforming the organization to produce optimal results for internal and external clients.

Avison Young has strategically bolstered their property management capabilities through recent hires such as Gina Iverson as Director, Operations U.S. Property Management and Eric Stone as Principal & Regional Director of Real Estate Management Services (REMS) who is tasked with growing the firm’s REMS service line across the Northeast.

“I'm excited to  partner with this impressive property management team Avison Young has assembled across the U.S.," said Proshek. "This is a company that is focused on people and culture and where different perspectives and ideas are welcomed. I could not be prouder to be a member of the Avison Young family."

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