AEW Names ShopCore’s Lauren Holden as Head of Retail

AEW Capital Management has appointed Lauren Holden as managing director and head of retail, a newly created position, to lead the real estate investment management firm’s retail team in all elements of the business. Based in Boston, she reports to Mike Byrne, AEW’s CIO and head of private equity.

“Lauren brings extensive experience driving retail and mixed-use real estate strategy that will continue to create value for our investors,” said Byrne. “Her deep industry insights and contacts, leadership skills and capital markets background will help further align and strengthen our asset management and acquisitions teams.”

Previously, Holden served as EVP and COO at ShopCore Properties, a Blackstone portfolio company that was a vertically integrated retail real estate operator. She led all aspects of the business, including leasing strategy, operations, asset management, and marketing, as well as facilitating key transactions.

Separately, AEW announced that Claudia Gernegross has joined the investor relations team as a senior relationship manager.

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Paul Bubny serves as Senior Content Director for Connect Commercial Real Estate, a role to which he brings 16-plus years’ experience covering the commercial real estate industry and 30-plus years in business-to-business journalism. In this capacity, he oversees daily operations while also reporting on both local/regional markets and national trends, covering individual transactions across all property types, as well as delving into broader subject matter. He produces 7-10 daily news stories per day and works with the Connect team and clients to develop longer-form content, ranging from Q&As to thought-leadership pieces. Prior to joining Connect, Paul was Managing Editor for both Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com at American Lawyer Media, where he oversaw operations at both publications while also producing daily news and feature-length articles. His tenure in B2B publishing stretches back into the print era, and he has served as Editor in Chief on four national trade publications. Since 1999, Paul has volunteered as the newsletter editor of passenger rail advocacy groups (one national, one local).

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