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Lakeland, Florida, Us

Lead full-service real estate development company specializing in retail development, leasing,acquisitions, and dispositions. Primary duties include providing strategic and tactical leadership while managing retail client relationships. After 20 years in the retail real estate industry working for retailers, utilize that expertise to guide a first-rate team of professionals at a company whose mission is to partner with retail clients to meet their store opening goals, including strategic identification of locations, construction and store openings. Additional responsibilities include creating and executing both short and long term growth strategies to increase total projects under development and gross revenue with targeted retail clients in designated markets.

Lakeland, Florida, Us

Nashville, Tennessee, Us

Served as head of real estate for Bridgestone America's retail operations including responsibility for new store growth, acquisitions, divestitures, portfolio/asset management, construction, lease administration, and facilities maintenance for retail stores and support facilities across the enterprise.Shape strategy and drive execution for new store growth, asset management and existing portfolio optimization while prioritizing people development, industry relationships, process improvement and utilization of site identification technology and analytics.

Goodlettsville, Tn, Us

Led team of real estate business and legal professionals responsible for achieving site selection and new store growth goals in Northeast and Central regions of country, as well as management of leasing team and real estate attorneys. Collaborate with other disciplines throughout the organization to align real estate strategies with established financial and operational goals.

Goodlettsville, Tn, Us

Led a diverse number of groups within the Real Estate department including leasing, fee development, real estate legal, and asset/lease administration personnel of approximately 30 associates. Provided strategic and tactical leadership collaborating with other Company real estate officers and field teams to ensure real estate strategies were successfully executed. Other responsibilities included outside counsel management, budget management, issue resolution, and opportunistic acquisitions/dispositions of Company property to maximize returns.

Goodlettsville, Tn, Us

Responsible for all company real estate legal issues across a wide spectrum of platforms, including ensuring stated growth goals are achieved for both leased and company-owned real estate store locations from both a legal and business perspective, while also advising lease administration, construction and other internal departments. Manage eight person Leasing team as well as outside counsel. Interact with all levels of executive management on both legal and business decision making.

Fort Myers, Fl, Us

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Responsible for all real estate legal matters encompassing leasing, construction and property management issues, working with REITs, large and small landlords on lease negotiations for mid and large box locations.

Underwriting counsel for national commercial title company. Responsibilities included reviewing title policies, issuing endorsements, legal counsel and business development.

Ll.M., Real Property Development

Doctor Of Law - Jd, Law

B.A., Political Science

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