Binswanger Adds to National and International Staff

PHILADELPHIA-Locally based Binswanger has made two appointments designed to add strength to its national and international expansion. Fernando F. Gonzalez, an attorney with 20 years of experience in corporate real estate, was named to the newly created post of international operations counsel. Larry M. Spinelli, who once served as the firm’s president of North American operations, returned as president, national group.

Spinelli interrupted an 18-year tenure with Binswanger to take a post as SVP of Chicago-based First Industrial’s integrated industrial solutions corporate real estate program. Prior to that, he headed the industrial services group at Jones Lang LaSalle. In his new post, he will manage and oversee expansion of the company’s national sales force.

Gonzalez previously worked in the real estate department of United Parcel Service, most recently as Northeast region real estate manager, based in New York City. He is also a former site selection specialist with Levitz Furniture. With Binswanger, he is charged with providing legal support for international operations and the company’s multinational corporate clients.