Steve Fiedler

Steve Fiedler. Fiedler is the Franchise Development Manager at Taco Bell for the East Region, an international QSR chain with over 6,000+ restaurants in the US and worldwide. Steve has 10+ years experience in new store development, site selection, dealmaking and market planning with Taco Bell and previously Tim Hortons. At Taco Bell, Steve is responsible for site selection and store development in a fourteen state territory. Steve consults with area franchisees regarding purchase and ground leases, and coaches them on site selection with land owners and developers for new Taco Bell restaurants. Prior to joining Taco Bell, Steve worked for Tim Hortons as a Real Estate Development Manager. Steve has been an ICSC member for over 14 years and has been involved in ICSC’s Next Generation program for 7+ years. Steve has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from University of Rhode Island. Steve Fiedler Franchise Development Lead – East Region

Steve Fiedler
Franchise Development Manager

Taco Bell

Yum! Brands

82 Bunny Lane

Brooklyn, CT 06234

Phone: (860) 779-7720

Email: steve.fiedler@yum.com

Dave DePetris

David DePetris.  DePetris is the Principal of Legend Properties, Inc. With over 19 years of experience in retail commercial brokerage, David has an outstanding track record in leasing centers for Landlords and has also been successfully involved in a number of Tenant Representative accounts such as Great Clips for Hair; Helzberg Diamonds; Save A Lot Food Markets and Ace Hardware. DePetris is Office Manager of the Conshohocken Office. David is an active participant in all Executive Management issues. He is a member of ICSC and sits on the Board of Directors for Tri-State Association of Realtors, where he is also a member of the Educational Committee and the Arbitration & Grievance Committee. Prior to joining Legend Properties, Inc., David spent almost 3 years in the public accounting sector and worked for Ernst and Young.

David DePetris
Principal
Legend Properties, Inc.
521 Plymouth Road
Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
Phone: (610) 941-4034
Email: ddepetris@lpre.com

Mark Bomse

Mark Bomse. Bomse is the Senior Vice President of Leasing at Greenberg Gibbons. Mr. Bomse joined Greenberg Gibbons in 1997. Projects include co-acquisition/disposition director of a $41M retail portfolio located in and around Atlanta, GA; development and leasing director for the 240,000 sf Westminster Crossing complex, leasing director for Braemar Shopping Center, The Village at Waugh Chapel and development/acquisition director for the company’s corporate headquarters in Owings Mills. Other leasing projects include Annapolis Towne Centre, Hunt Valley Towne Centre, Towne Centre at Laurel, Foundry Row, Waugh Chapel Towne Centre. White Marlin Mall and Edgewater Village Center. Prior to joining the company was leasing/asset manager for a +/-1M sf portfolio of retail assets located in Broward and Palm Beach Counties, FL and president of Neighborhood Management Group in Baltimore. Mr. Bomse holds a Bachelor of Science from York College of PA and is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers.

Mark Bomse
Sr. Vice President
Greenberg Gibbons Commercial
10096 Red Run Blvd Ste 100
Owings Mills, MD 21117
Phone: (410) 559-2500 x 114
Email: mbomse@ggcommercial.com

Gerald (Jerry) White

Gerald (Jerry) White.  White is Senior Retail Advisor, Colliers International.  He began his real estate career with Copaken, White & Blitt as a tenant coordinator at Rockaway Town Square Mall in Rockaway, New Jersey.  He was active in leasing, development, marketing and management in malls including Oak Park Mall, Bannister Mall, Indian Springs Shopping Center, Mission Center in Kansas City, Eastland Mall and Hickory Point Mall in Central Illinois, Loehmann's Plaza in St. Louis, and on Long Island.  In 2005, he conceived of RAAF, a real estate acquisition fund that raised $15 million in equity to acquire retail and apartment assets.  In his roles with these properties, White dealt with department stores including Sears, Kohl's, Macy's (Famous Barr), JC Penny, Dillard's, Von Maur, and Nordstroms.  Further, he has worked with many of the national specialty retailers and worked to achieve zoning approval and financial public-private partnerships in these developments.  Prior work experience includes Midwest Research Institute of Kansas City.  He has recently been involved with the establishment of the White Real Estate Center at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.  He has a BA from Bradley University of MA and ABD from the University of Texas. 

Gerald (Jerry) White

Senior Retail Advisor
Colliers International
4520 Main St Ste 1000
Kansas City, MO 64111
Phone: (816) 556-1158
Email: 

jerry.white@colliers.com

Christopher A. Wilson

Christopher A. Wilson.  Wilson has 23 years of retail commercial real estate experience in the Southern California market. His expertise is concentrated on the leasing and sales of institutional quality shopping centers representing the Landlord. He has participated in the leasing of more than five million square feet of retail space and the sale of 50 shopping centers during his career with a total value exceeding $750 million. 

Prior to forming Wilson Commercial Real Estate in 1990, he served as Vice President of Champion Development and was responsible for the acquisition, development and leasing of over $25 million of retail projects in northern Los Angeles County and began his retail real estate career in 1985 as a retail specialist with Grubb & Ellis working in the San Gabriel Valley. Preceding his commercial real estate career, Mr. Wilson held a position as a manufacturer's representative selling seasonal and sporting goods product lines to major chain retailers across the 11 western states.

Mr. Wilson graduated from the University of Southern California in 1982 with a Bachelor of Science in Public Administration and received his Masters in Business Administration from Pepperdine University in 1985. He holds a California Department of Real Estate Broker license.

Mr. Wilson is an active member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC). He has served on its Southern California Program Committee since 1996 and served as the ICSC California State Chairman and a member of the ICSC's San Fernando Valley Local Program Committee. He has served as the Chairman of ICSC's Western Division Conference in Palm Springs, the Southern California Idea Exchange in Long Beach, the Co-Chair of ICSC's California Alliance Program and was formerly ICSC California State Government Relations Co-Chair. He is also a frequent speaker at ICSC and other industry programs. Mr. Wilson is an ad hoc professor at the USC Lusk School of Business in the MRED program teaching shopping center planning and development.

Mr. Wilson presently serves on the Southern California Golf Association Board of Directors and is an active member of Lakeside Golf Club in Hollywood, California.

Christopher Wilson President
Wilson Commercial Real Estate
11601 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Phone: (310) 473-4424
Email: cwilson@wcre.net

David Osterhus

Dave Osterhus.  Osterhus joined The Keith Corporation in 2005. He specializes in retail brokerage, site identification and acquisition, lease negotiations, and build-tosuit development. Mr. Osterhus has 30 years of combined retail and retail real estate experience. He is a licensed real estate broker in North Carolina and South Carolina. His clients include Family Christian Stores, Foot Locker, Hobby Lobby, Rugged Wearhouse, Shoe Show, and Cheddar’s Restaurants. Before joining The Keith Corporation, Mr. Osterhus was Vice President of Acquisitions for Collins Goodman Development Company in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was responsible for identifying and acquiring retail sites for development in numerous East Coast and Midwest markets. He also was previously a Real Estate Manager for Rack Room Shoes in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he completed multiple lease transactions across the United States in regional malls, power strips, outlet centers, and freestanding locations. Mr. Osterhus is an active member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), where he has served as a speaker, a planning committee member, and NC State Government Relations Chair. He has also served as an officer with Toastmasters International in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Dave Osterhus

The Keith Corp.
5935 Carnegie Blvd, Suite 200
Charlotte, NC 28209
Phone: (704) 319-8139
Email: daveo@thekeithcorp.com

John Crossman

John M. Crossman.  Crossman is President of Crossman & Company, one of Florida's largest retail leasing and management firms with over 12 million square feet under leasing and/or management. He has been in the real estate business for over 17 years and has been involved with more than $1 billion in transactions. Prior to joining Crossman & Company John was a principal at Trammell Crow Company.

John has been an active member of ICSC for over 17 years. He holds several leadership positions including Co-chair of the South Division of the ICSC Alliance and is an active member of the ICSC Foundation Committee. John is also a Real Estate Executive Advisory Board Member for both Florida State University and the University of Florida and a Retail Executive Board Member for the University of Florida.

As an active speaker and writer on national retail issues, John has been featured in several prestigious publications. In early 2004, John was named Top Central Florida Commercial Real Estate Salesperson by the Orlando Business Journal.

John earned a Bachelor of Science in Real Estate from Florida State University and has been an Orlando resident for the past 19 years. In his spare time, he is involved with numerous charitable activities including the Good News Jail and Prison Ministry and Purpose Orlando. John considers his greatest achievement to be the fact that his wife, Angie, agreed to marry him in 1996. They have two daughters, Claire and Ava - Ask John to show you pictures.

John Crossman

President
Crossman & Company
3333 S. Orange Avenue
Orlando, FL 32806
United States
Phone: 407-581-6218

Email: jcrossman@crossmanco.com