Management Changes:

Accenta Display (Largo, Fla., display designer and manufacturer) has appointed Sandra Sotero to its sales team and has opened an office in New York’s Rockefeller Center.

nParallel (Minneapolis brand communication, merchandising strategy and display agency) has promoted Karen Lindseth to director, account services, and Dan Broady to director, operations.

RGLA Solutions Inc. (Chicago design firm) has appointed Keith Larson to senior architect and has hired Sharon Burdett to its design and marketing team.

Obituary:

Nellie Fink, former executive vp of Adel Rootstein USA (New York), has died. Fink is credited with being the driving force behind Rootstein’s success in America during the ‘70s, ‘80s and early ‘90s.

Business Briefs:

Chute Gerdeman (Columbus, Ohio, design firm) has announced that Denny Gerdeman, principal and co-founder, has been invited to present the Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD) commencement address next month.

TCP Inc. (Aurora, Ohio, manufacturer of compact fluorescent light bulbs) has provided its energy-efficient lighting lamps to MTV’s “The Real World: Hollywood” house for the show’s first-ever green season.

"The Real World: Hollywood" house.

Nakheel (Dubai real estate developer) has announced plans to develop 13 million square feet of new retail space across five projects that would make its integrated retail division, Nakheel Retail, the largest shopping mall developer, owner and manager in the Middle East by 2012 and one of the largest in the world by 2018.

Schréder Lighting USA (Chicago lighting manufacturer) has hired Lighting Systems of Columbus to represent the firm in central Ohio.