Welcome, ASU Students!

Welcome, students, to the 2013 Retail Green/CenterBuild Conference!  We have a terrific group of mentors who’ve agreed to speak with you individually, over the course of the program.  These professionals, all part of our Professional Designation program, represent a wide spectrum of the industry.  They stand ready to provide suggestions about maximizing your experience at the conference and thoughts on your professional development strategies.  Below you will find biographical information about the individuals.  

We will be scheduling mentoring appointments on Wednesday and Thursday, based on the mentor’s availability.  Please forward a list of individual with whom you would like to speak—as many as you wish.  I will arrange appointments, trying to meet your preferences, to the best of my ability.  Please accompany your request with your current resume, which I will share with your mentors.  Kindly let me know if you'd be willing to meet with mentors that are not part of your "preference list."

Once the appointments are in place, I will confirm your meeting times and location of the mentoring area at the conference.  Please remember to bring additional copies of your resume to your mentoring meetings.

Finally, please take a few minutes to revisit this blog over your Thanksgiving holiday, as new individuals continue to express interest in being of service to you.   You can reach me anytime with questions at sritchie@icsc.org or 917-282-6562.  Last year’s group of ASU students was terrific—I look forward to meeting you all.  

Lawrence E. Kilduff, CDP, CSM

 

Current Responsibilities

Mr. Kilduff is the Retail Market Lead for the Chicago/Midwest Market at Jones Lang LaSalle.  He is responsible for the oversight of all operational functions and collaborates with clients and client service teams to develop and implement strategies, which maximize asset value.  Mr. Kilduff is also involved in business development efforts for investor and occupier clients seeking retail services in the Chicago/Midwest market.

Experience    

Prior to being promoted to Retail Market Lead, Mr. Kilduff served as Regional Management Lead. In this role, he was responsible for client relationship management for retail properties in the Midwest.  Mr. Kilduff  has more than 25 years of experience and success in operations, asset management, acquisitions, development, government relations, leasing, site selection, dispositions and workouts.  He has owned and operated two retail real estate development companies, The Kilduff Company and Meridian Properties, where he provided services for more than 50 properties totaling 3.2 million s.f.   In his role, he developed budget plans and supervised economic and physical due diligence, market studies and entitlement confirmation.  His experience spans all types of retail centers including mixed-use projects, neighborhood and community centers, grocery-anchored centers and enclosed malls.  Additionally, he has worked with leading retailers including Wal-Mart, Target, Kmart, Sears, Bon-Ton, Kohl’s and JCPenney.  He has successfully collaborated with REITs and developers such as DDR, Weingarten Realty, Kimco, CBL & Associates and GGP on various retail projects.  He has also overseen and advised on development and redevelopment projects totaling more than five million s.f. across the U.S. 

Education and Affiliations

Mr. Kilduff holds an M.B.A. degree from the Lake Forest Graduate School. He is an active member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and has received numerous awards including the prestigious ICSC Trustee’s Distinguished Service Award.  He has also earned the designations of Certified Shopping Center Manager (CSM) and Certified Design, Development and Construction Professional (CDP) from ICSC.

 　

Lawrence Kilduff, CDP, CSM

Jones Lang LaSalle
Senior Vice President-Retail
Chicago/Midwest Market Lead
Jones Lang LaSalle
tel  +1 312 228 3493
cell +1 312 520 7406
email:  Larry.Kilduff@am.jll.com

Ralph Conti

Mr. Conti founded Ra Co Real Estate Advisors LLC, a real estate advisory and development services firm, serving both private and institutional clients in January 2009. Ra Co is active in leasing and market analysis, underwriting, development services, professional testimony, joint ventures and property development. Prior to forming Ra Co, Mr. Conti spent some 10 years managing his own development and construction company before entering corporate real estate where he spent some 20 years and was involved with the development of over 27 million square feet of various types of retail across the United States. Mr. Conti, received a BS, MS and MBA from LaSalle University, he holds a State of GA Broker License and is a Certified Commercial Investment Member.

A member of the Real Estate Advisory Boards of the University of Florida's Warrington College of Business and Georgia State University's J. Mack College of Business, Mr. Conti is a frequent guest lecturer on retail market analysis and real estate development, Mr. Conti, holds ICSC's Certified Design, Development and Construction Professional designation and is an ICSC Faculty Member. Mr. Conti will be serving as Dean of The School of Retailing, Leasing and Development at the 2013 University of Shopping Centers held on the campus of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Ralph Conti

Ra Co Real Estate Advisors LLC
77 Peachtree Place Suite 503
Atlanta, GA 30309
Phone: (404) 388-1225
Email:

rconti@racoadvisors.com

Brett Schafer, SCDP

Brett Schafer brings over 30 years of expertise in the commercial property sector to his role as CEO of DIFC Properties, a division of DIFC Investments LLC.   Brett has facilitated the acquisition, development, and asset management business of a wide range of properties and real estate projects in the United States, Canada and across the MENA region.

In his current role, Brett is responsible for development DIFC’s strategic real estate objectives, and overseeing the implementation and accomplishment of these objectives in line with DIFC’s vision and mission.

In 2007, Brett became the only person outside of the America’s and Europe to receive ICSC’s Certified Development, Design and Construction Professional (CDP) designation in the inaugural class.  He now carries the Senior CDP designation and serves on the CDP Admissions Government Committee for ICSC in NYC.

Brett Schafer, SCDP
CEO - DIFC Properties
Dubai international Financial Centre Authority
Level 14, The Gate
P.O. Box 74777, Dubai UAE
Telephone:  +971-4-362-2277
Email:  Brett.Schafer@dlfc.ae

 

Stephen Gallant, SCDP

Stephen Gallant, SCDP has been in the new store development field for over 25 years and has been responsible for over 1200 new store openings during his career. Store sizes have ranged from 5,000 to 210,000 square feet. He has worked for several major retailers and has held budget responsibilities up to 78 million dollars. Stephen has been responsible for many new store concept designs as well as associated store roll-outs. As the Vice President of Facilities Development with Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Stephen is responsible for a fast paced roll-out which includes more than 460 locations over 6 years. His responsibilities also include existing store maintenance, facilities maintenance and store planning.

Stephen Gallant, SCDP

JoS. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc.
500 Hanover Pike
Hampstead, MD 21074-2002
Phone: (443) 508-4752 Fax: (443) 508-4799
Email: 

SGallant@jos-a-bank.com

Bill Brown, CDP

Bill Brown, CDP, is Vice President, Development (Western Region) for Kimco Realty, a position he has held since 2011.  He is responsible for all value creation actions within Kimco's Western portfolio.  With over 180 properties and nearly 30 million square feect, the objective is to foster collaborative team effort between Leasing, property and Asset Management to improve the execution of property level operating strategies. Before becoming Vice President, he held numerous positions with Kimco, since joining in 2004.  During his career, he has worked with a variety of west coast firms including Schnitzer Northwest (Bellevue, Washington); Myers Development Company (San Francisco); E. Kent Halvorson, Inc. (Redmond, Washington); Horizon Group (Muskegon, Michigan); Davidson Architects (South Pasadena, California); and Langdon Wilson Mumper Architects (Los Angeles).

He has a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Southern California.  In addition to his volunteer work with ICSC, Brown is active with ULI and the USC Alumni Association.

Bill Brown, CDP 
Vice President - Development
Kimco Realty Corporation
23 Mauchly
Suite 100-104
Irvine, CA 92618
Phone: (949) 252-3879
Fax: (516) 336-2171
Email: bbrown@kimcorealty.com

Madeleine Gravell, SCDP, CRX

Madeleine Gravell, SCDP, CRX has more than 30 years of experience in design of retail and commercial structures Gravell has designed a wide range of projects including mostly revitalizations of existing gallerias, shopping centers and malls occasionally some office buildings as well as private homes and vacation houses both domestically and internationally.

Her shopping centre work is mostly on the conception level with idea sketches for master plan as well as commercial details, followed by working side by side with the developer and often with a local architect doing the working drawings.

Madeleine was 2002-09 the Swedish Country Chairman and 2009-10 the President of the Nordic Council of Shopping Centers, since 2006 a member of the ICSC CDP Admissions and Governing Committee and 2009-10 member of the ICSC European Advisory Board. 1986-2006 Member of the board in Athena, the Swedish association of female architects and its chairman between 2001 and 2006, 2003-2008 Museum of Architecture Friendship Association in Stockholm, member and vice chairman of the board. From 2008 board member of FAB Sälen, project owner and developer.  

She is a graduate of the Royal Institute of Technology, School of Architecture, Stockholm and Architectural Association School of Architecture, London and has a postgraduate degree from the School of Architecture, Royal University College of Fine Arts, Restorations and revitalizations of buildings from 1880-1950 for trade and shopping.

Madeleine Gravell SCDP,CRX 
Arkitekt SAR MSA
Gramaco AB
Götavägen 1
Djursholm, SE-182 61
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)705452182
Email: gramaco@telia.com