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The Paramount Group THOMAS C. PETERS Background & Philosophy: Beginning with my employment in the field with my father’s construction company at the age of fifteen, my primary interest in work has always been the understanding and management of a multi-disciplined process and people toward a pre-defined, long term goal. The desire to express creativity through my work caused a move from engineering to art in college and, later, from construction to development in my employment. Whether as an individual or as a part of a team, the initiation and implementation of unique ideas into reality have always presented the most exciting and rewarding challenges. I do not gain as much satisfaction from operating or maintaining my realized ideas or someone else’s and so I support myself with people who gain fulfillment from accomplishment in these areas. Education: University of Virginia - Civil Engineering Carnegie Mellon University - Economics Rhode Island School of Design - Fine Art Harvard Business School - CE in Real Estate Development Career History: 1977 - 1979 Partner in LW&P Advertising, Inc. handling industrial and building construction advertising and marketing in Pittsburgh, PA. 1979 - 1980 Manager of Marketing and Business Development for Mellon-Stuart Company, a national construction company in Pittsburgh, PA completing $500,000,000 of work annually. Pittsburgh projects included the PPG Building, CNG Tower and the renovation of Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts 1980 - 1985 Assistant Project Director, then Project Director, then Vice President in charge of newly opened Orlando office for Mellon- Stuart Development Group, a Pittsburgh, PA commercial and residential developer averaging $25,000,000 worth of primarily office and apartment building development annually. 1985 - 1989 Partner in Pillar Bryton Partners set up primarily to develop real estate acquired by William Dupont, III in the Orlando area. The most notable property was Dupont Center, an 11 acre mixed use urban project in downtown.
1989 - 1991 Senior Vice President, CNL Properties, Inc. a large national syndicator of fast food restaurants headquartered in Orlando. I was responsible for initiating their non-food net lease retail investment beginning with Paint & Hardware Stores for Sears, Roebuck and Co.. 1991 - 1996 Majority Stockholder and CEO of Woolf Nisley Company developing approximately $20,000,000 annually of net lease retail. Major account - Sears, Roebuck and Co. 1996 - Major stockholder of Environmental Technology Associates, Inc., preparing to launch proprietary, environmentally sound waste conversion systems internationally.
Specialized Skills: Market analysis by merchandise category, competition analysis, sub-market trade area definition, site selection, land contract negotiations, physical property qualification, regulatory approval process underwriting and coordination, consultant selection and coordination, budgeting, financial analysis, scheduling, site and tenant planning, marketing and sales, lease negotiations, lender negotiations, tenant turnover, brokerage. Superior ability in the areas of preliminary physical property underwriting, budgeting, financial analysis, scheduling, people and process management and communication. Project List: Note: Unless otherwise noted, full development services for all projects below were either performed or directed by me using the complete range of skills listed above. Commerce Court - Asst. Project Director for the renovation of an Historic Landmark 400,000 sf warehouse at the train station on the edge of the Monongahela River into Class A office and retail space in Pittsburgh, PA North Shore Center - Two buildings of a master planned three building, 300,000 sf office complex surrounding a public sculpture park and boat landing in downtown Pittsburgh on the Allegheny River. The park was a joint venture with the Urban Redevelopment Authority on vacant and condemned industrial property. Major Fortune 500 companies, such as Heinz and US Steel, headquartered in Pittsburgh commissioned and donated sculpture from nationally renowned artists to the park. St. Francis Medical Office Building - 75,000 sf on the campus of regional hospital for doctor’s offices and hospital ambulatory care. Physicians were offered limited partnership interest in the development. Pittsburgh, PA. du Pont Center - A 300 million dollar urban mixed use development comprised of 1,000,000 sq.ft. of Class A office space, a 300 room Westin Hotel and 100,000 sq. ft. of retail in downtown Orlando. The assemblage of 13 separate parcels of land, the master planning and a full Development of Regional Impact Statement (DRI) under the Growth Management Laws of the State of Florida required 3 years to accomplish. The first phase of the project, a 478,000, 28 story office building housing The First F. A. Savings & Loan initially and later Barnett Bank as anchor tenants was completed in 1988. Orlando Tradeport - Master planning, market feasibility, land control and regulatory approvals for three 30,000 sq. ft. warehouses on the tarmac at Orlando International Airport in the Free Trade Zone on land leased from the Orlando Airport Authority. Prosperity Center - Full development of a 121,000 sf strip center in Palm Beach Gardens, FL anchored by Sears Homelife, Office Depot, TJ Maxx, and Barnes & Noble. Office Max - Full development of a 25,000 sf office products store in Cutler Ridge, FL for K-Mart Corp.
Sears, Roebuck and Co. Furniture & Hardware Programs Houston, TX Hardware, 1990 10,000 SF Tampa, FL Furniture, 1991 40,000 SF Clearwater, FL Furniture, 1991 47,000 SF Orlando, FL Furniture, 1991 36,000 SF Orlando, FL Furniture, 1992 36,000 SF Palm Beach, FL Furniture, 1992 36,000 SF Jacksonville, FL Furniture, 1993 30,000 SF Jacksonville, FL Furniture, 1993 36,000 SF Pensacola, FL Furniture, 1993 36,000 SF Lakeland, FL Furniture, 1993 30,000 SF Ft. Myers, FL Furniture, 1993 36,000 SF Coral Springs, FL Furniture, 1993 36,000 SF Cutler Ridge, FL Furniture, 1994 36,000 SF Silverdale, WA Furniture, 1994 36,000 SF Pittsburgh, PA Furniture, 1994 36,000 SF Pittsburgh, PA Furniture, 1994 36,000 SF Pittsburgh, PA Furniture, 1995 36,000 SF Naples, FL Furniture, 1995 36,000 SF Raleigh, NC Furniture, 1995 36,000 SF Daytona, FL Furniture, 1995 36,000 SF Sears, Roebuck and Co. Furniture & Hardware Programs (cont.) Pembroke Pines, FL Furniture, 1995 36,000 SF Orlando, FL Furniture, 1995 36,000 SF Sunrise, FL Furniture, 1996 36,000 SF Montgomeryville, PA Furniture, 1996 36,000 SF Oxford Valley, PA Furniture, 1996 36,000 SF Syracuse, NY Hardware, 1996 25,000 SF Syracuse, NY Hardware, 1996 25,000 SF
Clubs, Organizations & Associations: Rolling Rock Country Club - Ligonier, PA Kona Historical Society Kona Outdoor Circle American Bamboo Society Hawaii Chapter of the American Bamboo Society Education Committee Chairperson - 1996 Hawaii Water Garden Society Foster Parents - Philippines, Africa, India Licensed Real Estate Salesperson in the State of Florida
Past Memberships: Urban Land Institute (ULI), Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA), International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC). |
