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