Chuck Arnott Email & Phone Number

Report to President, responsible for market planning, maintaining a strong pipeline of prospective deals that meet the goals and guidelines laid out by the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors. Manage a small, but effective staff of deal makers and real estate support personnel.

Report to Senior Vice President of Rooms To Go. Responsible for a variety of new site selection activities including market analysis, analysis of site specific characteristics, negotiations assocoated with land acquisitions

Southeast Region, Based In Atlanta Ga

Regional Director of Real Estate (Darden, Inc, purchased Rare Hospitality)• Assigned to portions of the Southeast and Midwestern United States. • Since the Darden Restaurants Inc. acquisition of Rare Hospitality, achieved approval of approximately 100 deals. Deals included a mix of Olive Garden, Longhorn and Red Lobster locations. • Coordinate the activities of ten outside brokers, two site development engineers, outsourced site engineers and attorneys assigned to my region. • Maintain a philosophy that the corporate real estate function is a key focal point in achieving a corporation’s goal for growth. The development of a sustainable pipeline of opportunities for the company to choose from, and the effective coordination of the many disciplines required to bring a project to successful completion are key goals in the position.• During my tenure, at Darden, I have been a prolific and successful Regional Director. • Restaurant opens per year are as shown below: Fiscal 2008: 10 LongHorn Steakhouses Fiscal 2009: 6 LongHorn Steakhouses, 8 Olive Garden, 2 Red Lobster Fiscal 2010: 13 Olive Garden, 4 LongHorn Steakhouse Fiscal 2011: 12 Olive Garden, 5 LongHorn Steakhouse Fiscal 2012: 13 Olive Garden, 6 LongHorn Steakhouse Fiscal 2013: 14 Olive Garden, 7 LongHorn Steakhouse

Rare Hospitality International, Inc.Regional Director of Real Estate• Assigned to the southeastern United States. • Achieved over 26 corporate approvals. • Responsible for, and have a strong working and practical knowledge of, the entire real estate development process, from market analysis, site selection, contract and/or lease negotiation, due diligence, permitting, construction and turnover of the restaurant to operations.

Various

As Director of Deleopment at Ruby Tuesday, I was responsible for a complete development team. This Team consisted of Dricetor of Construction, Facilities Manager, and a Real Estate Coordinator. My Team was responsible for all development activities in our assigned region. This included Real Estate site selection and maintaining a development pipeline, entitlement activities, construction, facilities and reporting functions.• Assigned to the Southeastern and Midwestern United States. • Achieved over 125 corporate approvals and have opened approximately 110 restaurants, both freestanding and mall based and end cap locations. • Managed a staff consisting of a Construction Director, Facilities Manager and Development Coordinator. • Managed the Ruby Tuesday activities of ten outside brokers working in various site selection capacities. • Coordinated the activities of outside Attorneys, Architects, Civil Engineers, and Environmental Engineers. • Have substantial negotiating experience from both sides of the deal. • Understand all legal aspects of commercial real estate. Achieved the highest life-time ROI calculation at Ruby Tuesday, as well as the largest number of deals completed and opened. Possess the skills necessary to lead a team of deal making professionals in a coordinated effort to meet a company’s real estate and ROI objectives. Instrumental in the creation of the current format for the site trip packages and pre-closing checklists. Proposed and instituted many cost savings ideas representing several hundred thousand dollars per year in cost savings.Director of Property Management, Mobile, AL 1994 to 1996• Responsible for creating a reporting structure for property management issues.• Resolved Landlord conflicts, and prepared financial analysis for the write down or possible closure of locations. .  Responsibilities ranged from dispositions of surplus property, to creating a lease renewal tracking system, renewals.

Louisville, Ky

Director of Leasing• Directed the leasing efforts for their properties. • Planned and prepared merchandising strategy for the shopping center. • Planned the location of specific retail uses within the center as well as developed the rent roll appropriate for the center given the most likely merchandising mix. • Responsible for hands-on leasing as well as the management of outside brokers. • Initiated and completed the leasing of a department store with the Bacons Division of Merchantile Department Stores

Youngstown Ohio

Senior Leasing Representative• Responsible for the leasing efforts at several of the company's properties in Ohio and Indiana and western Pennsylvania. • Received extensive knowledge and experience in the fine art of negotiating as well as the legal aspects of enforcing leases.

Johnstown Pa

Senior Leasing Representative• Quickly progressed through the ranks, obtaining Senior Leasing Representative status within three years. • One of two individuals chosen to handle the key national accounts for Crown American. These accounts represented over 60% of Crown Americans total occupancy.

Mba, Business

I attended the University of Akron as a part of their night time MBA program while working full-time.

B.S. In Business Administration, Marketing