CHICAGO, June 07, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Becknell Industrial announced today that it has hired Peter Shaplin as Executive Vice President - Operations. A 20-year veteran of the commercial real estate industry, Peter has extensive experience in portfolio and asset management, acquisitions, dispositions and join ventures investments. Peter comes to Becknell from a long successful career at UBS Realty Investors. In 2013, he began his career at UBS serving as Director - Asset Manager, managing an industrial joint venture totaling 150 assets valued at $1.7B.