Michael Glimcher
President, CEO, and Director
Michael Glimcher has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of our board of directors since September 2022. He also has served as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Retail Strategies at BGO since June 2022. From November 2020 to March 2022, he previously served as Donahue Schriber's Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer until the company was sold in March 2022. Mr. Glimcher also served as Chief Executive Officer of Starwood Retail Partners, working with its parent company, Starwood Capital Group, from September 2017 until October 2020. Mr. Glimcher began his career in the real estate industry nearly 30 years ago at Glimcher Realty Trust, where he ultimately served as Chief Executive Officer from 2005 to 2015 and as Chairman from 2007 to 2015. At Glimcher Realty Trust, he successfully repositioned the portfolio from strip center/small market malls to a highly productive portfolio of larger market and outlet malls as well as open air and lifestyle centers. During his tenure, Mr. Glimcher developed Scottsdale Quarter and pioneered experiential retail as demonstrated at this premier mixed-use development in North Scottsdale. In 2015, Glimcher Realty Trust merged with Washington Prime Group to create WP Glimcher where Mr. Glimcher served as Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman until June 2016. Mr. Glimcher has served on the Executive Board of Governors and the Governing Committee of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, and is a former Trustee of the International Council of Shopping Centers and a former member of the Real Estate Icon by Real Estate Forum Magazine. Mr. Glimcher also has served as board member of M/I Homes, a publicly traded builder of single family homes (NYSE: MHO), since January 2013. Mr. Glimcher holds a B.S. degree from Arizona State University.
Mr. Glimcher is a valuable member of our board of directors because of his extensive real estate, investment and corporate governance experience.