Equity One CFO Named EVP

Howard M. Sipzner, chief financial officer and treasurer of Equity One Inc., North Miami Beach, Fla., has been appointed executive vice president of the real estate investment trust.The shopping center REIT said Mr. Sipzner will continue as CFO, but that David W. Briggs has been named vice president and treasurer. Mr. Briggs will also continue as chief accounting officer of the REIT. Mr. Sipzner, 42, has been with Equity One since 1999 following a 15-year career with Chase Securities, Chemical Banking Corp., and Merrill Lynch, the REIT said. Mr. Briggs, 43, spent 15 years with Westfield America and Ernst & Young LLP, joining Equity One in 2002.