Chicago-based national developer Fifield Companies announced today that it has hired commercial real estate finance leader Alex Walenta as executive vice president and head of asset management.

“With nearly two decades of experience in the multifamily sector, Alex joins Fifield with deep expertise in everything from asset and portfolio management to acquisitions, dispositions, financing and mixed-use development,” said Erin Spears, president of Fifield Companies (“Fifield”). “The versatility of her background dovetails perfectly with the Fifield formula of engaging top talent who have the know-how and desire to be involved in every aspect of the development process.”

Walenta spent more than six years at Goldman Sachs, where she was most recently vice president of multifamily asset management in the firm’s Dallas office. During her time at Goldman Sachs, she oversaw more than $7 billion of multifamily real estate and led dispositions of over $3.14 billion. Prior to Goldman, Alex began her career with Archon Group and then spent time at Equity Residential and UDR, two leading multifamily real estate investment trusts. Walenta graduated from Southern Methodist University’s Cox School of Business with a bachelor’s in Finance and received her MBA in Real Estate from the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver.

“My passion is to build assets that people want to live in, and there is no better place to do that than at Fifield,” said Walenta. “It’s exciting to join a firm with a legacy of setting the bar for new-construction luxury apartment development throughout Chicago, Los Angeles, Dallas and beyond. With a strong pipeline of projects in South Florida, Denver and other high-demand markets, I couldn’t ask for a better time to join this dynamic team.”

Walenta adds to the ranks of Fifield’s female-led development team, one of the few in the industry, which has been at the helm of some of the company’s most financially successful developments and expansion into new markets. 

About Fifield Companies:

Fifield Companies is one of the nation’s premier developers of luxury mid- and high-rise rental apartments. Established in 1977, Fifield has earned a reputation for creating superb living environments in some of the country’s most renowned locations, including Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Austin, southeast Florida, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Honolulu. Fifield has completed more than 70 projects in the United States worth more than $7 billion. For more information, visit www.fifieldco.com.