DAS's Shane Mallory, the long-term Administrator of Statewide Leasing and Property Transfer, retired last July, but has since worked in a temporary capacity through the resulting transition, with Thomas Pysh assuming the lead of the team’s day-to-day operations.
Shane officially left state service on March 26, after 23 years in the role of Administrator of Statewide Leasing and Property Transfer. He was affectionately called the “state real estate deal maker” by the Hartford Business Journal (3/25/2013).
We have all benefited from his expertise and guidance in real estate, and he will be sorely missed. We wish him all the best in his next chapter.
During Shane’s tenure, the DAS team, sister agencies and a host of stakeholders:
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Worked to right size the state’s real estate portfolio, reducing the leased portfolio from 3.6m square feet to 1.7m square feet, saving over $10.0m annually in base rent.
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Purchased numerous properties for DAS and other state agencies and the Judicial branch, in support of their individual missions, including community college properties, courthouses, and office buildings throughout the state.
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Sold several surplus buildings, the most recent being 18-20 and 30 Trinity Street properties and 129 Lafayette, both in Hartford.
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Consistently managed over 220 leases statewide.
Thomas Pysh has been promoted from within the team and will continue to provide excellent service to DAS and the agencies it serves. He has served the State of Connecticut in multiple capacities across 4 different agencies over the last twenty years, including UConn Health, The Connecticut Airport Authority, The Department of Transportation and the last six and half years with DAS Statewide Leasing and Property Transfer.
He has been in the real estate industry for the last fifteen years and served as a CT Realtor with one of the largest privately owned real estate firms in New England to one of the smallest community supportive brokerages in his hometown of Plainville.
Tom has been a member of the National Association of Realtors, the Greater Hartford Association of Realtors and the Midstate Association of Realtors and is a Licensed CT Real Estate Broker/Owner.
Tom has broad experience in the public and private sectors in both real estate and business. He holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial technology, a master’s degree in technology management from Central Connecticut State University and a certificate in commercial real estate from Cornell.
We wish Shane the best in his retirement, and we welcome Tom to this new and exciting challenge.
Sincerely,
DAS Deputy Commissioner Darren Hobbs
