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The RECon Academy

20 - 22 May, 2012 - Las Vegas, NV



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Event Details

RECon Academy is a unique and exciting education opportunity with offerings from five educational classes focusing on leasing strategy, specialty leasing, financial feasibility, development, design and construction, and social networking. RECon Academy is an excellent opportunity to combine education with business while at RECon, the world’s largest retail real estate convention.

  • Attendees receive a free ICSC publication and a discount on ICSC books purchased at the RECon Bookstore
  • RECon Academy is a unique opportunity to learn from the industry’s most knowledgeable instructors
  • Affordable pricing structure with the flexibility to choose from five 3-hour courses - $50 for each class
  • All classes are conveniently located in room N110 directly across from the Central Hall C4 entrance.

    Sunday, May 20, 2012 – 2:00 – 5:00 pm
    Critical Components of a Successful Leasing Strategy

    This course is designed for leasing representatives as well as asset managers and property managers who have leasing responsibilities and less than four years of industry experience. Participants will examine options to effectively create a successful leasing strategy, learn how to deal with today's pressures to identify a well thought out leasing program that increases rental income, and identify methods to create an optimum tenant mix while increasing occupancy. Participants will learn how one can improve effectiveness by identifying the proper tenant mix to accelerate the leasing process and achieve shopping center stability while maximizing income.

    Frederick Collings, SCLS, SCSM
    Senior Vice President, Leasing
    Irvine Company Retail Properties
    Irvine, California


    Monday, May 21, 2012 – 9:00 – 12 noon
    Effective Digital & Social Networking Strategies

    Do you think of digital and social networking as just a personal interaction with Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn? The world is changing fast and this course will get you caught up to speed on the new technologies and how professionals in the retail real estate industries are using these new tools to drive income for their business whether they are retailers or representatives of real estate companies. This education course will show how smart phone and personal computer apps are used by shopping centers and retailers. Some of the take-a-way tools will be creating social networking guidelines for your organization, developing a strategy with measurable objectives to communicate with colleagues and clients, and creating a plan to deliver results against your business objectives.

    Angela Herlth-Sweeney, CMD
    The Peterson Companies
    Fairfax, VA

    Robin Lybarger
    Vice President, Public Relations
    Cohn Marketing
    Denver, CO


    Monday, May 21, 2012 – 2:00 – 5:00 pm
    Quantifying Market, Site and Financial Feasibility
    Co-hosted with CCIM

    Learn how to use the latest technology tools to conduct a market analysis for a new retail development, a redevelopment or an existing retail property. In this course you will learn to define a market area, determine sales potential as well as how to collect the market data needed to evaluate store demand, measure supply and then quantify the gap. We will also demonstrate how to use the market feasibility tools to identify "desired tenants." You will learn how to find more tenants and close more leases by giving you market-based information to share with leasing prospects. You will also learn various ways to measure the financial feasibility of the project.

    Gary M. Ralston, CRE,SCLS, CCIM, SIOR, SRS
    President
    Coldwell Banker Commercial
    Saunders Ralston Realty
    Lakeland, FL


    Tuesday, May 22, 2012 – 9:00 – 12 noon
    The Keys to Increasing Income with Specialty Leasing

    Specialty leasing has become more critical in enhancing funds from operation of a shopping center than ever. Evidence of RMU (retail merchandise unit) programs, kiosks and sponsored activities are now found in open-air projects of all types and sizes as well as enclosed malls. You will come away from this course with practical methods of creating the optimum specialty leasing plan that works for your type of shopping center and geographic location; ideas about specialty leasing administration from collecting occupancy fees to determining visual merchandising strategies; and closing the deal / selling techniques you can use in this tough and competitive marketplace. If you are a retailer considering branching out through pop-up stores or operating a line in RMUs, this is the course to learn from specialty leasing professionals.

    Linda Johansen-James
    CEO/COO
    American Kiosk Management, LLC
    Las Vegas, NV

    Scott Jackson
    Sr. Vice President Retail Operations
    Rosetta Stone
    Lynnfield, MA

    Salvatore Babbino
    Co-Owner
    NY Sunshades
    Metuchen, NJ

    Amy Hall, SCLS
    Sr. Director
    GK Development
    Barrington, IL

    Debra Kravitz, SCLS
    President
    Provenzano Resources Inc.
    Studio City, CA


    Tuesday, May 22, 2012 – 2:00 – 5:00 pm
    Best Practices in Development, Design and Construction

    In this course, explore key issues in the development, design and construction of retail projects. This includes; defining roles, owner’s perspective, goals that dictate the project delivery approach, design team selection and procurement of construction services. Topics will include contract negotiation, design principles and practices, devising a development plan, tenant coordination, retail store planning and green building design.

    Moderator:
    Gordon T. Greeby Jr., P.E., SCDP
    ICSC Trustee
    President
    The Greeby Companies, Inc.
    Chicago, IL

    Speakers:
    Stephen Edward Gallant, SCDP
    Vice President Facilities
    Development
    JoS. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc.
    Hampstead, MD

    Stanley C. Glantz, SCDP
    Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
    Konover Development Corporation
    Farmington, CT

    Robert H. Mitchell, SCDP
    Division Vice President
    The Whiting-Turner
    Contracting Co.
    Fort Lauderdale, FL

    John C. Ward, SCDP
    Principal
    505Design
    Boulder, CO



    Location

    Las Vegas Convention Center
    Las Vegas, NV



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