Wesley Short Email & Phone Number

New York City Metropolitan Area

Palisades Center

- Worked closely with tenants to permit, constructing, and opening stores- Reviewed tenant plans for landlord and town approval.- Developed estimates for landlord work based on current labor and material costs- Created RFP’s for Landlord work projects, managed bid process and awarded projects to winner bidder.- Established a digital archive of all tenant plans for over 300 active and past tenants.- Started a live project tracker on Teams that was updated daily for all new tenants.- Design and project management of new stores for multiple tenants.- Worked closely with tenants on design and layouts of proposed spaces. - Coordinated multiple projects simultaneously. - Conducted field survey's - obtaining necessary architectural, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing info.- Worked with local utility companies to streamline the process for transferring utilities into tenants name- Managed outside vendors on multiple projects.- Developed construction documents for permitting and bid purposes.- Worked closely with Verizon to setup the infrastructure and system needed to bring FIOS to all tenants

Paramus, Nj

- Developed and maintained relationships with multiple clients and vendors.- Space planning and design for retail spaces and corporate facilities.- Design and project management of new stores for multiple retail clients.- Worked closely with clients on design and layouts of retail stores. - Coordinated multiple projects simultaneously. - Conducted field survey's - obtaining necessary architectural, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing info.- Created and maintained prototypes for multiple clients.- Managed outside vendors on multiple projects.- Developed construction documents for permitting and bid purposes.

Design and project management of new stores for multiple retail clients.- Worked closely with clients on design and layouts of retail stores. - Coordinated multiple projects simultaneously. - Conducted field survey's - obtaining necessary architectural, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing info.- Created and maintained prototypes for multiple clients.- Managed outside vendors on multiple projects.- Developed construction documents for permitting and bid purposes.

Design and project management of new prototype store concept for The Children's Place brand, 2007- Design and prototyping of new floor fixtures, - Design and implementation of new hardware system - Vendor Management for production of various prototypical fixtures, storefront, and other architectural store features- Worked closely with internal clients to determine needs and wants for new store prototype- Space planning and design for retail and outlet spaces- Management of 60+ retail projects a year - Management of (4) four architectural firms- Worked closely with the construction team ensure implementation of design and on time completion of store construction. - Creation and implementation of new fixture take-off forms - Outsourcing of new vendors.- On-going training of other team members.- Created a project schedule and roster for up coming year.- Developed and implemented a design punch list for finished stores.- Assisted in the developing of new template for upcoming year.

Space planning and design for retail spaces and corporate facilities.- Conducted field survey's - obtaining necessary architectural, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing info- Conducted punch lists for completed stores- Designed merchandising fixtures for retail stores.- Managed multiple projects at one time.- Managed project architects/ vendors for completion of construction documents.- Instituted new polices to streamline store production process.

Created and maintained prototypes for multiple clients- Coordinated multiple project simultaneously- Active participant in client meetings- Preformed Final inspections - acting as the architects representative- Administrated Contractor walk throughs - acting as the architects representative- Conducted field survey's - obtaining necessary architectural, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing info

Planned retail spaces- Created and modified construction documents for national retail clients- Created base plans and gathered information for new projects - including code research. - Mentored new employees