Marcie Connolly

Ms. Connolly directs national retail leasing for Jamestown Realty. With three decades of experience in urban retail leasing, Ms. Connolly has overseen more than 9 million square feet of retail space while serving in senior positions for Western Development and The Mills Corporation, where she was Senior Vice President of Retail Leasing. Most recently, Ms. Connolly led the leasing department at Eastbanc, Inc., a boutique development company based in Georgetown, Washington, DC. Ms. Connolly was responsible for Georgetown’s designer renaissance from 2004 through 2012. Her multitude of leases included Ralph Lauren, Rag & Bone, Cusp, Lacoste, Madewell, CB2, Design Within Reach and Brooks Brothers. In 2008, Ms. Connolly was awarded Best Deal of the Year by the DC Building Industry Association for the North Face on M Street in Georgetown. She is a board member of the Georgetown Business Association and remains active as a member of the gala committee for the Citizens Association of Georgetown. Ms. Connolly attended Radford College in Virginia.

Marcie Connolly
Jamestown Properties
1305 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W., Suite 200
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: 202-688-3994

Email: mconnolly@jamestownproperties.com

Peter Melmed

Peter Melmed is Vice President, Construction and Development. With more than 24 years experience in retail real estate, Peter oversees large scale development and construction throughout the EDENS portfolio. Based in Bethesda, Melmed was previously a real estate consultant at PJM Realty where he provided land acquisition, planning, entitlement, development, and construction management services for such clients as Faison, Giant Food Inc., Lincoln Property and Urban Atlantic. He received his MBA in Real Estate Finance from the University of Denver and a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Vermont.

Peter Melmed
EDENS
7200 Wisconsin Ave, Suite 400
Bethesda, MD 20814
Phone: 301-347-3286
Fax: 301-652-3588
Email: pmelmed@edens.com

Larry Demaree, SCSM

Larry Demaree SCSM and his partner Deborah Edwards have over 70 years of combined experience in the real estate business, with 65 of those years in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Both are Washington, DC natives. They have worked with many developers in the Washington market during their careers acting as developers, owners, exclusive leasing agents, managers and retail consultants. Clients and partners included the Charles E Smith Companies, Costco, Alan I Kay Companies, The Lenkin Companies, the Akridge Companies, Wilmorite, Federal Realty Investment Trust, KIMCO, Union Square Hospitality Group’s Shake Shack and Starwood Urban Investments. They maintain excellent working relationships with real estate professionals and developers industry wide. They have served as State Operations Co-Chairs for the International Council of Shopping Centers, and have memberships in Leadership Washington and Leadership Maryland. Mr. Demaree maintains designation as a Senior Certified Shopping Center manager. Demaree & Associates founded Innovative Aircourts, a pioneering concept in the Airport industry and as such was the first developer to privatize airport concessions. This concept changed the way concessions are provided in airports worldwide. Currently Demaree provides acquisition advice to several clients. Demaree is also a partner or sole owner of several commercial properties and is constantly in search of developments or acquisitions where their expertise can create value.

Larry Demaree, SCSM

Demaree and Associates Inc.
6623 Radnor Rd
Bethesda, MD 20817-6324
Phone: (301) 320-3101
Fax: 8772344924

Email: larry@demareeassociates.com

Michael Zacharia

Michael Zacharia specializes in Retail Services in the Washington, DC Metro Region with over 18 years of professional experience.  By combining thorough market insight with creative solutions, he offers unsurpassed knowledge of the Washington Metro Region's retail real estate environment.
As Senior Vice President with CBRE, Michael Zacharia's responsibilities include retail landlord representation for shopping centers, urban retail, and ground-up development leasing throughout Washington, DC, Maryland and Virginia.  He also coordinates tenant representation services including new site acquisition for several national, regional, and local retail tenants.  Mr. Zacharia provides retail site disposition services and lease management services for both landlords and tenants throughout the Metropolitan Washington, DC area.  The scope of these services includes the negotiation of new leases, lease terminations, renewals and extensions for existing tenants, retail consulting services and market analysis.  He has completed over 1,000 lease and sales transactions totaling more than $750 million and has leased and sold over 5 million square feet of retail properties.  He joined CBRE as a result of the July 2003 merger with Insignia/ESG, where he began working in 1995.

Prior to Insignia/ESG, Mr. Zacharia worked as a commercial real estate agent, specializing in retail, with National Real Estate Brokerage, Inc. in Rockville, Maryland.

Michael Zacharia
CBRE
1861 International Dr., Suite 300
McLean, VA 22102
Phone: (703) 905-0268
Fax: (703) 442-4956

Email: michael.zacharia@cbre.com

Grant Ehat, JBG Rosenfeld Retail

Grant Ehat has co-directed the acquisition of retail assets, assisted in the oversight of development efforts, and influenced all new business development activities at JBGR since 2003. Earlier, he was responsible for management of all leasing activities for the company and, to this day, continues to be involved with anchor leasing transactions for JBGR-owned and managed properties. His development history includes more than one million square feet of ground-up retail development and over 1,000 residential units at some of the Washington area’s most notable projects such as North Bethesda Market and Market Square at Frederick in Maryland; 77 H Street in Washington, DC; and Woodland Park Crossing, Kings Crossing, and 1700 Duke Street in Virginia.

A 25+-year veteran of the commercial real estate industry, Ehat previously served as a leasing representative at Glenn & Company, and land sales specialist at Commercial Property Associates, both based in northern Virginia. He holds a B.B.A. from James Madison University, and is a licensed real estate broker in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. Ehat is an active member of ICSC, and sits on the advisory boards of Washington First Bank and the Arlington Free Clinic.

Grant Ehat
JBG Rosenfeld Retail Properties

4445 Willard Avenue, Suite 700
Chevy Chase, MD 20815
Phone: (301) 657-7324
Fax: (703) 931-1485

Email: gehat@jbgr.com

Robin McBride

Robin McBride is the Vice President - Mid Atlantic Region Chief Operating Officer, Federal Realty Investment Trust Robin McBride is Vice President - Mid Atlantic Region Chief Operating Officer for Federal Realty Investment Trust. In this capacity, Ms. McBride directs the strategy and day-to-day activities for the Trust's Mid Atlantic Region which includes properties located in the DC Metro Area--Maryland, DC and Virginia; Charlottesville and Richmond, Virginia, Chapel Hill, North Carolina and the Florida region, totaling more than 7.0 million square feet. Ms. McBride joined the Trust in 2004 and has managed the development financial analysis department as well as asset managed the Trust's most complicated mixed-use development projects. Ms. McBride has over 14 years of experience in real estate, retail asset management and accounting from prior positions with Ernst & Young, Lend Lease Real Estate Investments and KeyBank Real Estate Capital. She is also a certified public accountant and holds both a MBA from Georgia State University and a bachelor's degree in accounting from Florida A&M University.

Robin McBride
Federal Realty Investment Trust
1626 E Jefferson St
Rockville, MD 20852-4041
Phone: (301) 998-8382
Fax: (301) 998-3707

Email: rmcbride@federalrealty.com

Geoffrey Mackler

Geoffrey Mackler is a Principal of H & R Retail. Mackler manages tenant representation for big box retailers and small specialty retailers. His specialties include: Landlord Representation, New Development and Value Add Redevelopment. Prior to working with H & R Retail, Geoffrey headed a promotions team for Mercury Records, representing several well-known celebrities. Additionally, he held positions with the United States Senator Barbara Mikulski and State Senator George Kirkpatrick. Mackler was named as agent in largest retail deal of the year by Washington Business Journal, 2000. He led the team who facilitated the market entry for H&M. He was the exclusive broker assisting LA Fitness with its market entry. He developed and implemented a nationwide strategy for off site warehouses on behalf of Target Corporation (over 30 transactions). Mackler assisted with the redevelopment of Laurel Lakes Centre including over 100,000 square feet of new leasing. Mackler oversaw the leasing and redevelopment of Yorkridge Shopping Center (over 130,000 square feet). Mackler was the youngest person to become partner in the history of H & R Retail at age 27. Mackler earned his J.D. from the University of Baltimore Law School and B.A. (Cum Laude) from the University of Florida. Mackler’s professional affilations and recognition include: Member, International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Co-Chair, ICSC Alliance – State of Maryland, Member of the Maryland Bar Association and District of Columbia Bar Association and Co-Chair of the Real Estate Industry Group for THE ASSOCIATED: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore.

Geoffrey Mackler

H & R Retail, Inc.
2800 Quarry Lake Dr, Suite 320
Baltimore, MD 21209
Phone: (410) 308-0800 x239
Fax: (410) 486-2733

Email: gmackler@hrretail.com

John Gabriel, SCLS

John B. Gabriel, Senior Vice President of Real Estate, FITNESS International, LLC (formally LA Fitness) is currently responsible for aspects related to the company’s U.S. locations in major metropolitan markets, including the leasing oversight, site selection and development for its new sites. With over 35 years in commercial real estate and the shopping center industry, Mr. Gabriel, was in the first group of candidates awarded the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) distinction as a Certified Leasing Specialist (CLS) and Senior Certified Leasing Specialist (SCLS). Prior to joining LA Fitness, Mr. Gabriel has held Senior / Vice President positions with major nationwide commercial real estate developers, owners, brokers and managers (or their predecessors – Madison Marquette, Center Trust REIT, Urban Retail / JMB Properties, and CB Richard Ellis).

Mr. Gabriel has a M.A. degree from Pepperdine University and 2 B.S. degrees from California State Polytechnic University. He also completed the coursework for an MBA, but did not present a thesis. He holds a California Real Estate Brokers license and is an active member and officer of the ICSC, where he serves on the CLS Governing Board, is the past Western Division Retail Chair, previously a State Government Relations Chair and a program committee member. Mr. Gabriel is also a current Board member and past Chairman of the Board for California Business Properties Association, "the voice for the Commercial, Retail, and Industrial Real Estate Industry in California".

Mr. Gabriel resides in Rancho Palos Verdes, California with his wife of over 40 years. He and his wife are members of the Peninsula Committee for Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, and Rolling Hills Covenant Church, Rolling Hills Estates, California. They have 2 married children and 5 grandchildren.

John Gabriel

Fitness International, LLC

3161 Michelson Dr, Suite 600
Irvine, CA 92612
Phone: (949) 255-7262
Fax: (949) 660-4913

Email: johng@lafitness.com

Dave Osterhus

Dave Osterhus joined The Keith Corporation in 2005. He specializes in retail brokerage, site identification and acquisition, lease negotiations, and build-tosuit development. Mr. Osterhus has 30 years of combined retail and retail real estate experience. He is a licensed real estate broker in North Carolina and South Carolina. His clients include Family Christian Stores, Foot Locker, Hobby Lobby, Rugged Wearhouse, Shoe Show, and Cheddar’s Restaurants. Before joining The Keith Corporation, Mr. Osterhus was Vice President of Acquisitions for Collins Goodman Development Company in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was responsible for identifying and acquiring retail sites for development in numerous East Coast and Midwest markets. He also was previously a Real Estate Manager for Rack Room Shoes in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he completed multiple lease transactions across the United States in regional malls, power strips, outlet centers, and freestanding locations. Mr. Osterhus is an active member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), where he has served as a speaker, a planning committee member, and NC State Government Relations Chair. He has also served as an officer with Toastmasters International in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Dave Osterhus

The Keith Corp.
5935 Carnegie Blvd, Suite 200
Charlotte, NC 28209
Phone: (704) 319-8139
Fax: (704) 365-0733

Email: daveo@thekeithcorp.com

Gary Rappaport, SCMD,SCSM,SCLS,SCDP

Gary D. Rappaport, SCSM, SCMD, SCLS, SCDP is President and Chief Executive Officer of The Rappaport Companies, a retail real estate company he founded in 1984. The Rappaport Companies provides leasing, tenant representation, management and development services for more than 13 million square feet. The Rappaport Companies’ portfolio includes more than 45 shopping centers and ground floor retail in some 100 mixed-use properties, both residential and office, located primarily throughout the mid-Atlantic region. Mr. Rappaport is Principal Partner for approximately 3.5 million square feet of the shopping centers managed by The Rappaport Companies.

A former Chairman and Trustee of the International Council of Shopping Centers, Mr. Rappaport is the only Chairman to date to hold all four ICSC designations, SCSM, SCMD, SCLS and SCDP. He serves on ICSC’s Executive, Nominating, Government Relations, Long Range Planning and PAC committees and continues to lobby at the state and federal government levels on many issues important to the shopping center industry. Mr. Rappaport also serves on the Washington, D.C. Economic Partnership Board and served as an Entrepreneur in Residence at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Rappaport is committed to sharing his knowledge and experience as an entrepreneur and has authored "Investing in Retail Properties," which explains how to structure real estate partnerships for sharing capital appreciation and cash flow. The information contained in the book is the basis for classes he teaches for ICSC’s University of Shopping Centers and Executive Learning Series and as an annual guest instructor at Johns Hopkins University and Georgetown University.

Gary Rappaport
The Rappaport Companies

8405 Greensboro Dr, Suite 830

Mc Lean, VA 22102-5121

Phone: (571) 382-1234

Fax: (571) 382-1210

Email: gdr@rappaportco.com