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Tom Simmons

Tom Simmons

President, Mid-Atlantic Region

Kimco Realty

Tom Simmons

President, Mid-Atlantic Region

Kimco Realty

Wilbur “Tom” Simmons has been the President of Kimco’s Mid-Atlantic Shopping Center Region since 2004. Mr. Simmons is responsible for overseeing Asset Management, Leasing, Property Management, Acquisition and Disposition, Development and Redevelopment in the Mid-Atlantic comprised of 14.5 million square feet in 120 properties in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia. Prior to joining Kimco, Mr. Simmons was a Vice President of Acquisitions and Development with Mid-Atlantic Realty Trust where he was employed for over 12 years.

Mr. Simmons holds a Bachelor of Arts from Gettysburg College and a Master of Science in Real Estate from The Johns Hopkins University.

REIT Retail Leadership Fireside Chat

Joe Coradino
KEYNOTE

Joe Coradino

CEO

Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment (PREIT)

Bruce Schanzer
KEYNOTE

Bruce Schanzer

President & CEO

Cedar Realty Trust

Steven Gartner
Moderator

Steven Gartner

Managing Director, Retail

CBRE

Joe Coradino

KEYNOTE

Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment (PREIT)

Joseph F. Coradino is Chief Executive Officer of PREIT, a publicly traded Real Estate Investment Trust (NYSE: PEI), since 2012 and Chairman of the Board since 2016. PREIT owns and manages a portfolio comprising over 20 million square feet of dynamic retail properties, primarily shopping malls, with a concentration in two top 10 markets, Philadelphia and Washington DC including flagship properties in the Philadelphia market – Fashion District and Cherry Hill Mal.

Mr. Coradino is a visionary leader in retail real estate with an impressive track record of accomplishment. As CEO during a major transition in retail, he had the foresight to take swift action to improve PREIT’s portfolio well-ahead of its industry peers, making important business decisions that enabled the Company to capitalize on today’s retail evolution and continue to thrive. His vision for the Company was built on foundational precepts including strengthening its balance sheet, creating a quality portfolio, establishing operational excellence with a laser focus on internal growth. He has been with PREIT since 1998 and has been a member of PREIT’s Board of Trustees since 2006.

Mr. Coradino serves on Temple University’s Board of Trustees, is a member of the Executive Committee and Chairman of their Facilities Committee. He is a Trustee of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and also serves on the Executive Committee of the Board of the Center City District and the Board of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce. He is one of the founding members of PHL Cares, a business-led initiative investing in real solutions to street homelessness.

Mr. Coradino has served on numerous charitable boards and was honored to receive the 2019 Leadership Award from Rutgers University and LEAP Academy University School, 2018 Breath of Life Award from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and 2016 Distinguished Citizen Award from the Boy Scouts of America Cradle of Liberty Council and to co-chair the Academy of Music 158th Anniversary Concert and Ball in 2015. In 2009 he was the recipient of the Heart of Philadelphia Award from the American Heart Association for his leadership and dedication to the community.

Mr. Coradino has been profiled in numerous business publications and is a featured business leader in the book, “Wisdom at the Top” by Scott D. Rosen. He has appeared as a guest on national business shows on both CNBC and MSNBC.

A Magna Cum Laude graduate from Temple University with a Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies, Mr. Coradino also holds a Master’s Degree in Urban Planning from the University of Arizona.

Steven Gartner

Moderator

CBRE

As Managing Director of Retail Services, Steven Gartner leads CBRE’s retail brokerage

platform throughout the region, driving growth and creating a cohesive and collaborative

service offering for retail clients.

Steve’s entire professional career has been dedicated to the commercial real estate

industry. Prior to joining CBRE in 2014 as Executive Vice President of Retail, Steve

served as President and Partner of Metro Commercial Real Estate, and before that, he

was chief Operating Officer of Michael Salove Company (now MSC Retail). He has

orchestrated the expansion of significant retailers at various times including: Gap, Inc.

(and all of its brands), Kohls, Marshalls/TJ Maxx, Crate & Barrel, Citibank, and Hollywood

Video. His leasing activities have focused on high-street and premium properties including

Suburban Square on Philadelphia’s Main Line, one of the first shopping centers in

America. Other Agency clients have included Forest City, Kimco, and Brandywine Realty

Trust.

In Center City Philadelphia, he has negotiated leases involving Intermix, Athleta, Allen

Edmonds, Camper, Cheesecake Factory, Gap, Banana Republic, Verizon, Jack Wills,

True Religion Jeans, Cosi, Max Brenner, CVS, and Walgreen’s. He brokered two of the

largest shopping center sales in recent years, the sale of Riverview Plaza & Columbus

Crossing for $75 million, and the sale of Quartermaster Plaza for $91 million, both

purchased by Cedar Shopping Centers.

Steve is a past PA/NJ/DE chair for The International Council of Shopping Centers. He has

served as an expert contributor to The Wall Street Journal, Good Day Philadelphia, and as

a guest lecturer at The Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvania, Columbia

University, and George Washington University, his alma mater.

ACHIEVEMENTS

PA, NJ, & DE State Director - ICSC – 2008-2010

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Business Administration, Cum Laude, The George Washington

University.

The State of Retail

A Survival Guide For The Retail Climate

John Hricko

John Hricko

VP, Regional Officer

Regency Centers

Angele Robinson-Gaylord

Angele Robinson-Gaylord

President - North America Real Estate Cluster

IKEA

Michael Markman

Michael Markman

President

BET Investments

Justin Rosenberg

Justin Rosenberg

Founder & CEO

honeygrow

Drew Romanic

Drew Romanic

Principal & Partner

Martin Architectural Group

Michael Gorman

Michael Gorman

EVP & Principal

Metro Commercial

Chris Rosenbleeth
Moderator

Chris Rosenbleeth

Chair, Real Estate

Stradley Ronon

John Hricko

VP, Regional Officer

Regency Centers

John, as the Vice President and Market Officer for Regency Centers, he oversees the leasing, operations and asset management of 36 shopping centers in the company’s Northeast Region and the Baltimore portfolio, totaling about 4.7 million square feet. John also assists with development, acquisition and disposition efforts in the region.

John joined Regency as Vice President in 2006 in Washington, DC. He relocated to Philadelphia in 2007 to facilitate the growth of the Northeast region. John has worked on various development, redevelopment and leasing projects while at Regency, including development and leasing at Chimney Rock, in Bridgewater, NJ, Lower Nazareth Commons in Lower Nazareth Township, PA, Shops at Saugus in Saugus, MA, Silver Spring Square in Mechanicsburg, PA. He ran the redevelopment of Gateway Shopping Center in Wayne, PA, and Speedway Plaza in Westborough, MA among others. He worked on many acquisitions including the Equity One merger and Fellsway Plaza in Medford, MA

Prior to Regency, John served as Director of Development at Starbucks Coffee Company in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions. Managing a team of real estate managers, construction managers and store designers, he and his team were responsible for opening 100 stores per year. Previously, he worked for Wendy’s International, Pepsi and Mobil in both real estate and development.

John earned his Bachelor of Science in civil engineering from The Pennsylvania State University, and his MBA in finance from Villanova University. John loves spending time with his two children and enjoys hiking, mountain biking and playing beach volleyball.

Angele Robinson-Gaylord

President - North America Real Estate Cluster

IKEA

Angele Robinson-Gaylord has been helping retailers and developers create and implement strategies to grow and protect their real estate portfolios for over 13 years. Over her career, Angele has held roles as an attorney, property manager, real estate manager. Currently she serves as President for IKEA North America Real Estate. At IKEA, Angele leads the management team that oversees site acquisition, construction and portfolio management for all real estate in IKEA’s US and Canadian portfolios, including office, retail, logistics and call centers. She is an advisor to the Country Management Teams for the US and Canada and serves on the Board of Directors for several internal entities.

Originally from Maryland, Angele holds a B.A. in Political Science from Stanford University and a J.D. from George Washington University School of Law.  She is a proud 2009 graduate of Project REAP, an ICSC-supported, market-driven program that serves as a bridge between talented minority professionals and commercial real estate companies looking for talent. Angele was formerly with McDonald’s Corporation in the US Restaurant Development division, where she supported real estate issues for existing restaurants for a portfolio of approximately 1,900 locations across nine states.

Prior to joining McDonald’s, Angele practiced law for over fifteen years in the areas of litigation and commercial real estate. Angele’s volunteer activities include supporting Stanford University Admissions, Junior Achievement, the Lower Merion Family Network and mentoring many up and coming Retail Real Estate professionals. Angele has served on the Board of Trustees for ICSC since 2018 and she was recently elected to the Board of Directors for the ICSC Foundation. Angele is married to Travis Gaylord, a Managing Director with Accenture Strategy, and they have two sons, Trent (age 18) and Tyler (age 11).

Michael Markman

President

BET Investments

As President, Michael Markman oversees acquisitions, leasing, financing and development for BET Investments, a real estate management and development company that owns, manages, develops and leases shopping centers, office buildings and apartment complexes throughout the United States. Mr. Markman was formerly general counsel of a publicly traded New York Stock Exchange real estate investment trust (REIT) with over $500 million in assets where he managed all legal matters. He is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley and the Temple University School of Law and is member of the Pennsylvania Bar. He is a Commissioner in Abington Township, Pennsylvania, past chairman Abington Township Planning Commission, a member of the Board of Directors of the John A. Robbins Company and on the Board of Trustees at Ursinus College. Mr. Markman is a frequent speaker on industry topics and serves on the boards of various charitable groups.

Justin Rosenberg

Founder & CEO

honeygrow

Justin Rosenberg is the Founder and CEO of honeygrow, a wholesome-

casual restaurant concept focused on vibrant, healthy and dynamic

foods through its stir-fry, salad, and honeybar programs. In 2012, Justin

opened and managed the first honeygrow located in Center City,

Philadelphia. Since then, Justin and his team have opened 16 stores

with locations ranging from the NYC Metro market to Washington DC.

In 2016, honeygrow was the recipient of the Nation’s Restaurant News

Hot Concept Award. For 2017, the company will be opening 8-10 new

locations.

Rosenberg founded honeygrow after working at Pennsylvania Real

Estate Investment Trust (PREIT) as a Manager of Energy Services and as

an Asset Manager where he oversaw a portfolio of approximately 25

regional shopping malls. Tired of sitting in a cubicle and with a passion

to create a sustainable, long-term company modeled after some of his

favorites (Apple, Southwest Airlines, and Whole Foods), Justin

combined his passion in cooking and plant-based eating with that of

music and design to create a business plan in hopes of raising capital

for the first location. After 2.5 years of looking for investors and

pitching 94 people, Rosenberg acquired the capital and subsequently

opened the first store. Since then, honeygrow has raised over $52MM

in equity financing to foster growth and technology driven projects.

While developing honeygrow, Justin spent his weekends working in the

kitchen of a fine-dining restaurant within the Washington DC area in an

effort to gain a solid foundation to properly run his own restaurant (still

then a pipedream!). Lessons learned from the fine-dining kitchen

played a significant role in shaping the culture and execution of

honeygrow’s fast-casual operations.

Justin resides in the Philadelphia suburbs with his wife, two daughters

and son.

Drew Romanic

Principal & Partner

Martin Architectural Group

Drew heads The Martin Architectural Group's commercial division, managing a spectrum of retail and mixed-use commissions from grocery anchored strip fit-outs to overall master planning and design of regional lifestyle centers. Drew maintains a hands-on approach with his projects – from design and construction documents through construction administration. His duties specifically entail client representation during construction and leasing efforts. In addition to the composition of Lease Outline Drawings, Tenant Manuals, and tenant fit-out permit and construction documents, he can provide tenant coordination between fit-out and shell documentation as well.

Chris Rosenbleeth

Moderator

Stradley Ronon

Chris Rosenbleeth is the Chair of the Real Estate Practice, and a partner in

Stradley Ronon’s real estate and finance practice groups. Chris believes in a

practical approach to helping his clients safely put their money to work. Chris

regularly represents banks and other lenders, equity investors, developers,

corporate clients, and strategic and financial investors in their real estate, finance

and investment activities. He also advises secured lenders, including commercial

banks, asset-based lenders and commercial finance companies, in connection

with acquisition and other financings. Finally, he regularly advises clients on the

implementation of restructuring projects involving multinational enterprises,

including post-acquisition integrations, pre-spinoff or divestiture restructurings,

and supply chain restructurings.

Summary

Retail- a sector that generated $4.9 trillion worth of domestic sales in 2015- has always been a strong demand-driver in real estate. Despite this, the rise of online shopping has stymied what could be even stronger growth. The retail industry has witnessed unprecedented growth but has also been forced to adopt new strategies with the shift towards e-commerce, which accounts for more than 10% of all new leases of industrial real estate in the U.S. and 40% of big-box demand. 

We will be taking an honest dive into the industry and covering key themes that are facing Philadelphia's retail industry. Who are anchors of the future? What is the retail experience? How do construction & design impact the success of a retailer? Greater center city workers, residents, overnight visitors, and more create more than $1 billion in retail demand in the Philadelphia area- come hear from leaders as to how they succeed in the environment.

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Venue

Sheraton Downtown Philadelphia
201 North 17th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103

Ballroom: Independence Ballroom, Mezzanine Level


Discounted $20 Valet Parking

Agenda

Time Activity
11:30 AM
12:30 PM
Breakfast & Networking
12:30 PM
1:00 PM
REIT Retail Leadership Fireside Chat
1:00 PM
1:50 PM
Philadelphia Retail Development Update Panel
1:50 PM
2:30 PM
Networking & Deal Making!

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