STEVEN A. CHILTON
32 Bounty Road West
Fort Worth, Texas 76132


SUMMARY

Twenty-five years in commercial real estate development, leasing, tenant representation and corporate real estate.


EMPLOYMENT

Senior Director, Real EstateDevelopment2/96 to 1/09
OPUS WEST CORPORATIONDallas, Texas

Responsible for development, leasing, land acquisition and marketing of major retail, industrial and office and multi-family development projects.
Duties include: identifying market/development opportunities; developing and implementing proformas and marketing plans; real estate site acquisition; negotiating entitlements and zoning, negotiating anchor leases and land purchase contracts; overseeing the marketing and leasing of projects; coordinating with construction on budgets, schedules, approvals and tenant improvements; reporting to the executive management regarding marketing progress, cash flow requirements, and new development opportunities; and ensuring final project completion as per agreements. See attached deal sheet.


Regional Director of Real Estate11/94 to 9/95
MICHAELS STORES, INC.Irving, Texas

New Site Acquisition: Northeast U.S. and Puerto Rico; responsible for new store acquisitions, site selection and store relocations in ten states and Puerto Rico. Performed site reviews, market analysis, competition surveys, negotiated leases, tracked design, construction and store openings.
Asset Management: 25 states and Puerto Rico; responsible for lease renewals, remodels, relocations, store dispositions/closings and other asset issues.


Divisional Real Estate Manager6/93 to 11/94
PIER 1 IMPORTSFort Worth, Texas

Responsible for new site acquisition through lease or purchase and store relocations for an eleven state area as well as Canada.
Duties included: negotiating lease and purchase contracts, directing development team which included a construction manager, project architect, divisional assistant and in-house counsel.
Corporate and divisional goals included the addition of fifty stores to the portfolio of 766 stores, of which the divisional goal was the addition of fifteen stores per year.


Vice President/Retail Division5/92 to 6/93
THE CENTRA GROUP, INC.Fort Worth, Texas

Responsible for soliciting and acquiring third party property management and leasing contracts for retail centers from third party institutional owners (i.e. Citicorp, Aetna). Held management responsibility for staff of leasing agents, property managers and assistants. Handled leasing and brokerage of regional shopping centers. Represented numerous national retail tenants. Built retail division from zero to over 600,000 square feet in twelve months.


Senior Brokerage Associate6/87 to 4/92
THE WOODMONT COMPANIESFort Worth, Texas

Responsible for site acquisitions for regional power center developments in Arizona, Texas and various states in the Midwest and Northeast. Represented various retail centers in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex as leasing agent. Tenant representative brokerage clients included Albertson's, Blockbuster Video, Petco, TCBY, Oshman's, Pier 1 imports, Office Depot, Toys R Us, Staples, Bookstop, and various other regional and national chains. Consummated approximately twenty-five leases per year while in the development side of the industry. Worked as development coordinator for numerous power center projects.


Development Partner10/82 to 5/87
JOHN DREWS COMPANYFort Worth, Texas

Development coordinator for the rehab of several retail and mixed use projects. Responsible for financing, construction and leasing of these projects. Handled general brokerage of income properties and raw land.


EDUCATION

Bachelor of Business Administration/Finance Major1982
TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITYFort Worth, Texas


AFFILIATIONS

Member of the following:
National Association of Industrial and Office Parks / NAIOP
The Real Estate Council / TREC
International Council of Shopping Centers / ICSC
Certified Commercial Investment Manager Candidate / CCIM
Irving Chamber of Commerce/ Economic Development Advisory Council
Plano Development Council
Dallas Area Economic Development Association/ DAEDA
Benbrook Economic Development Corporation/ Board of Directors
North Texas Commercial Association of Realtors/NTCAR Board of Directors