Piedmont Office Realty promotes Alex Valente to co-COO

Piedmont Realty Trust announced that it has promoted Alex Valente to co-COO, working alongside George Wells, to oversee all property management and asset management areas of the company. Mr. Valente, who has most recently served as executive VP of Piedmont’s Southeast Region, has been with the company for almost 20 years. In his new role, Valente will lead new operational initiatives across the firm as well as oversee substantially all of the company’s Eastern portfolio comprised of approximately nine million square feet located in Atlanta, Orlando, Northern Virginia/DC, and Boston.