RAMCO Properties Changes Name, Relocates to NY

National + Weekender | November 1, 2018

RAMCO Properties is changing its name to RPT Realty and has relocated to New York to be closer to leading retailers and the financial community. The shift signifies a new strategic direction under recently-appointed President and CEO Brian Harper, EVP and CFO Michael Fitzmaurice and EVP of Leasing Timothy Collier.

Harper says, “In the four months since the change in leadership, we have streamlined our operating platform, reset our organizational culture, opened a new corporate headquarters in New York City, experienced strategic board of trustee changes, and identified the building blocks to deliver tangible and sustainable long-term growth for our shareholders.”

The firm, which owns open-air shopping, lifestyle and power centers, also plans to transform four properties into mixed-use destinations with retail, multifamily, office and hospitality components. They include Centennial Shops in Edina, MN, Webster Place in Chicago (pictured), The Shops on Lane Avenue in Upper Arlington, OH and Riverfront Square near Boca Raton, FL.

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Dennis Kaiser is Vice President of Public Relations and Communications for Connect Creative. Dennis is a communications leader with more than 40 years of experience including as a journalist and in corporate and agency marketing communications roles. He is responsible for Connect Creative’s agency client services and is involved in a range of initiatives ranging from public relations and content strategy, communications and message development, copywriting, media relations, social media and content marketing services. Prior to joining Connect Media in 2015, his most recent corporate communications roles involved leading a regional public relations effort across Southern California for CBRE, playing a key marketing role on JLL’s national retail team, and directing the global public relations effort at ValleyCrest (BrightView), the nation’s largest commercial landscape services company. He has worked on marketing communications assignments for such CRE companies as Blackstone/Equity Office, Carlyle, Caruso, Disney Resorts, GE Capital, Irvine Company, Hines, Howard Hughes Corp., Jeffries, Lennar, MGM, Marcus & Millichap, Prologis, Raleigh Studios, Simon, Starwood, Trammell Crow Company, Transamerica, UBS and Wynn Resorts. Dennis has also worked on communications and launch strategies for a number of consumer electronic, media and tech brands including SlingMedia, Channel Master, Deluxe Media Entertainment, BeIn Sports, EchoStar and Sprint. Dennis’s agency background included firms such as Off Madison Ave., Idea Hall and Macy + Associates. He has earned an outstanding reputation with organization leaders as a trusted advisor, strategic program implementer, consensus builder and exceptional collaborator. Dennis has developed and managed national communications programs for Fortune 500 companies to start-ups, both public and private. He’s successfully worked with journalists across the globe representing clients involved in major-breaking news stories, product launches, media tours, and company news announcements. Dennis has been involved in a host of charitable and community organizations including the American Cancer Society, Easter Seals, Boy Scouts, Chrysalis Foundation, Freedom For Life, HOLA, L.A.’s BEST, Reach Out and Read, Super Bowl Host Committee, and the Thunderbirds Charities.

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