CHICAGO — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB), a Chicago-based real estate services firm, has hired Steve Gilleland as chief development officer.
In this role, Gilleland focus on business development and client outreach, while also participating in company strategic planning.
Gilleland served as managing director and head of the Healthcare Finance Group at CapitalSource for 16 years. He was responsible for leading the healthcare team in developing financing opportunities for the long-term care and seniors housing industry, directing origination efforts and the initial structuring of transactions as well as managing all closings for the group.
Prior to joining CapitalSource, Gilleland was vice president of business development for Centennial Healthcare, where he executed numerous long-term care and home healthcare transactions for five years. Prior to Centennial, he served as director of marketing for Healthcare Capital Finance/ PRN Mortgage Capital for five years where he originated and closed long-term care mortgage financings. From 1987 to 1993, he was a manager and senior accountant with the accounting firms of Price Waterhouse and Bennett/Thrasher.
Upon restructuring on Jan. 1, 2019, SLIB has embarked upon several new initiatives that helped the company increase its total number of transactions almost 40 percent to over 60 in 2019.