John E. Walker

• Consulted with Smart City Labs in Hollywood to enhance and reinvent Hollywood's Business Improvement District by bringing technology and innovative use cases to the District Which facilitated performance and profitability for clients in the District

• General Duties for all assets included asset management, building systems, marketing, leasing, specialty leasing, budget planning and reconciliations
• Sustained NOI goal notwithstanding difficult economic environment
• Attracted tenants by advertising vacancies and personally showed units to potential renters.
• Established rental rates by surveying local rental rates and calculated overhead costs.
• Investigated and resolved any tenant complaints.
• Assessed market data to ascertain prospective development sites.

• Impact Player ‐ Responsible for procuring a 3rd party developer and hotel management group through RFP process for the development of 3‐acre, $80M mixed‐use development
• This addition increased asset density, enhanced leasing initiatives and increased property NOI
• The development included 230 upscale apartments, Aloft Hotel, convention space, retail and parking
• Day-to-day responsibilities included asset management, leasing, marketing, accounting, repositioning and development of Newport on the Levee (Newport, KY), a 500,000-sf leisure and entertainment center overlooking downtown Cincinnati, OH
• Also coordinated weekly staff meetings with corporate and on-site managers with the goal of optimizing day-to-day operations

Regional VP Responsible for the Asset Management of a variety of retail projects including regional malls, lifestyle centers and Hawaiian resort retail

• Combined assets were 6 million+ sf producing a combined NOI of over $54 million
• General Manager - Galleria at Tyler Intercompany transfer between GGP managed properties
• Played integral role in coordination of $85 million remodel including a 16-screen AMC Theater, PF Chang's, Cheesecake Factory and other out‐parcels
• Responsible for day‐to‐day operations of 1.1M sf regional shopping center anchored by Nordstrom, JC Penney and Macy's along with 170 shops and restaurants
• Senior Property Manager Responsible for leadership of operations, development, leasing, accounting, and marketing teams leading up to and through grand opening of Shops at Tanforan
• Responsible for all phases of day‐to‐day operations as well as financial performance of $110M redeveloped asset

• Commercial real estate career in shopping centers began in 1988 working for San Diego-based Hahn Company
• Hahn Company and its’ assets were eventually purchased in 1998 by Trizec based in Toronto, Canada
• US operating company was re-branded as Trizec-Hahn
• Through 12 years of service, I held various positions with company:
• Assistant General Manager/Prestonwood Town Center/Dallas, TX 1988 - 1989
• General Manager/Santa Maria Town Center/Santa Maria, CA 1989 – 1992
• General Manager/The Shops at Prudential Center/Boston, MA 1992 – 1996
• VP Property Management/The Hahn Company/San Diego, CA 1996 – 1998
• Director of Management and Business Development 1998 - 2000 Budapest, HU
• In Budapest, consulted and managed retail component of 1M sf mixed-use asset
• Established sponsorship program capitalizing on property branding and creating value out of common area space
• Responsibilities focused on asset management, property management, leasing, accounting, specialty leasing, marketing and tenant relations
• Developed retail component and established procedures.
• Oversaw yearly budget of more than $4M USD.
• Directed hiring and development of 14 management staff to drive improvements to project
• Implemented successful improvements to retail component of project.