VVA hires Vella and Wagner as senior associates

VVA has hired two new employees at their New York headquarters. Perry Vella has joined as a senior associate with the firm and has project management and real estate business services experience. Eric Wagner has also joined as a senior associate, with a wealth of experience in the fields of design, construction management, and real estate as an architect, project manager, and developer. Vella is a Brown University alumnus with 25 years of experience, including work for many Fortune 500 companies. Prior to VVA, Vella worked for Deloitte as a program manager and was a project director for the northeast region in design & construction. Earlier in his career, he worked at JP Morgan as VP of facilities/project management. While At Deloitte, Vella was responsible for the life cycle of a real estate project, he led National Projects initiatives, consulted with real estate initiatives in Mexico City, Buenos Aires, and Brazil, and supported the Deloitte's national design guidelines initiatives. He was a key member in the search for new or additional real estate to accommodate the firm. Wagner attended Pratt Institute and NYU's Schack Institute of Real Estate where he received a master of science in Real Estate. Prior to joining VVA, he worked for Apple as a development manager and managed the build-out of Apple's retail store at Grand Central Terminal. Previous positions include VP of development at SJP Properties where he worked on $1 billion in construction and design, and project manager for Jones Lang LaSalle. Some of Wagner's clients have included: BMW USA World Headquarters, TD Waterhouse, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, H&M, and Cole Haan. "VVA is delighted by the additions of Perry and Eric to our team, and we are proud to announce the expansion of our firm with the arrival of their talent," said Marc Chiapperino, managing director of VVA. "We look forward to working with Eric and Perry and believe they will be important additions to the future of our team." VVA, LLC is a leading independent construction Project Management firm, headquartered in New York City with affiliated offices throughout the world through its joint venture company, VVA Sweett. VVA provides Project Management Consulting to a variety of industries, including: law firms, financial services, media & entertainment, hospitality, healthcare, educational, new building development, non-profits, retail, and mission critical facilities. The firm assists its clients from the early stages of site selection through design and development, construction and relocation. For more information, please visit www.vvallc.com/Who-Are-We.aspx