Walgreens raises $10M for aid

DEERFIELD — More than $10 million was raised by Walgreens and Duane Reade customers nationwide for American Red Cross Hurricane Harvey relief efforts through donations at store checkouts. Walgreens implemented the fundraising program on Aug. 29 in the aftermath of the storm. The program ran through Sept. 4. Customers were able to make contributions during checkout at any of the approximately 8,000 Walgreens and Duane Reade locations across the country by adding the donation to their purchase amount. The fundraising initiative was in addition to Walgreens commitment to donate $200,000 to the American Red Cross. Walgreens has reopened nearly all of its approximately 500 drugstores in southeast Texas and Louisiana that were impacted by the storm.

Inland Capital exec honored

OAK BROOK — Joe Binder, senior vice president of acquisition structure and finance with Inland Private Capital Corp., was honored as one of Connect Media’s 2017 Next Generation Award winners. The Next Generation Awards recognize young leaders in the commercial real estate industry who are likely to be influential for years to come. Over the past five years, Binder has been instrumental in IPC’s growth, which has nearly tripled its assets under management and become a market leader. He oversaw the acquisition of nearly $4 billion in assets, including shopping centers, single-tenant retail, medical office buildings, multifamily, self-storage and student housing. In conjunction with these acquisitions, he oversaw the placement of nearly $3 billion in financing, across conduit, agency, bank, mezzanine and credit-tenant-lease debt structures, and the offering of a similar amount of equity in IPC-sponsored programs.

Paylocity hires finance chief

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS — Paylocity Holding Corp. in Arlington Heights announced Toby Williams has joined Paylocity as chief financial officer, effective Sept. 18. Williams will lead all accounting, finance, and security efforts at Paylocity. He brings a breadth of experience across corporate finance and strategy, most recently as chief product and strategy officer at Ellucian. Prior to joining Ellucian in 2011, Williams was director of corporate development at Paychex, where he led all mergers and acquisitions and corporate development efforts from 2006 to 2011. Prior to Paychex, Williams worked in investment banking at Citigroup and as a corporate attorney. He holds a B.A. from Houghton College and an M.B.A. and J.D. from The Ohio State University.

Firm to build training facility

WARRENVILLE — Sports Field Holdings subsidiary Firstform Inc. was awarded a contract to design and construct the auxiliary baseball training facility at Whitefield Academy in Mapleton, Georgia. Terms of the contract were not announced. The new 4,000 square foot facility at Whitefield will host state of the art pitching and batting training equipment including multiple portable pitching mounds and retractable cages. It also includes areas for small group workouts and other training activities. “Whitefield represents the company’s latest opportunity to highlight our design, build, turnkey solutions for sports facilities construction,” said Sports Field CEO Jeromy Olson. Whitefield has created a strong tradition of excellence on the field of play as well as in the classroom. In 2015, 88 percent of its graduates participated in student athletics on at least one of the fifty-seven sports teams covering 14 sports at Whitefield.