Gary Rappaport CRX, CMD, CSM, CLS, CDP

Gary D. Rappaport, CRX, CMD, CSM, CLS, CDP, is Chief Executive Officer of Rappaport, a retail real estate company he founded in 1984. Rappaport provides leasing, tenant representation, management and development services for more than 14 million square feet. Rappaport’s 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 4 million square feet of the shopping centers managed by Rappaport.

Mr. Rappaport began his career in real estate as President of Par Construction Corporation, a home-building company responsible for the construction of several hundred single-family homes and town houses. Later, he was President and Chief Operating Officer of Combined Properties, a shopping center development, management and leasing company headquartered in Washington, D.C.

A former Chairman and Trustee of the International Council of Shopping Centers, Mr. Rappaport is the only Chairman to date to hold all five ICSC designations, CRX, CMD, CSM, CLS and CDP. 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 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 Interactive Learning Series and as an annual guest instructor at Johns Hopkins, Georgetown, American and George Mason Universities

Gary D. Rappaport, CRX, CMD, CSM, CLS, CDP
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