Morristown, NJ — Jeffrey Heller, Avison Young principal and managing director of the firm’s New Jersey office, announced that Bob Gordon has joined Avison Young as a senior vice president of consulting and advisory. Effective immediately, Gordon will work with Avison Young to help grow the firm’s New Jersey real estate practice focusing on the state’s healthcare sector. Drawing upon more than a decade of experience at large management consulting firms, Gordon will work primarily on business development, focusing on building the firm’s medical client base in New Jersey as it expands its healthcare practice into an industry-leading platform that provides a full range of real estate services to healthcare tenants, buyers and owners. “The pharmaceutical and healthcare industries are major economic drivers in New Jersey, and we are intent on building out a sophisticated practice to meet the real estate needs of companies in these key industries,” said Heller. “The healthcare management experience that Bob brings to the firm will significantly aid our ability to provide high-level solutions to companies in these sectors.” Prior to joining Avison Young, Gordon worked for five years as a management consultant with APM Management Consultants, where he advised on mergers and other strategic projects for major hospital systems.