Commercial Real Estate Development And Management
• THE GREAT ATLANTIC & PACIFIC TEA COMPANY, INC., Springfield, MA - Director of Real Estate, Northeast (A&P, Waldbaum’s Supermarkets)• SAFEWAY SUPERMARKETS, INC., Fremont, CA - Area Real Estate Manager (Northern California Territory)• KCS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, Sacramento, CA - Project Manager, Director of Leasing (Mixed Retail and Strip Shopping Centers)• McDONALD’S CORPORATION, Westwood, MA - Real Estate Representative (ME, NH, MA)• SHAW’S SUPERMARKETS, INC. E. Bridgewater, MA - Real Estate Representative (ME, NH, MA)Responsible for managing development of retail, commercial and residential real estate projects, ranging from $15MM to over $130MM, throughout multiple states. Developed and managed strategic plans, site planning, market research, sales projections, and contract negotiations for new, redeveloped and excess real estate portfolio. Created site layouts and managed team to obtain all necessary municipal and state approvals.Responsible for maintenance of real estate properties, owned and leased; constantly analyzed to determine highest and best use of buildings and/or land. Responsible for marketing and leasing of projects, encompassing over 2MM square feet of shopping centers and commercial/residential mixed-use projects. Fully leased new 225,000 square foot shopping center, 9% to 86% completed in four months, with major and local retailers. Executed extensive marketing research project for large supermarket chain, analyzing over 85 stores, located throughout three states. Results utilized to establish comprehensive, multi-year real estate plan.Handled public and media relations, serving as company spokesperson; obtained development approvals in many “anti-growth” communities.