Prominent Players
Coyote Named Leasing Agent for Sunrise Mall
Dallas-based Coyote Management, L.P. was awarded the leasing contract for Sunrise Mall in
Corpus Christi, Texas. The 800,000-sq.ft. center, owned by Today Realty, is anchored by
Sears, Montgomery Ward and Burlington Coat Factory and is located at the intersection of
Airline Road and South Padre Island Drive.
Coyote’s management portfolio includes several other malls. Recent lease signings
include: at Metrocenter Mall, Jackson, MS – Pretzel Twister, American Deli, City
Gear, Footworks, Signature; at Leigh Mall, Columbus, MS – American Deli, Adventure
Island, Reeds Jewelers; at Greenville Mall, Greenville, MS – Gold ‘N Gifts,
Georgio, Reeds Jewelers; at Sikes Senter Mall, Wichita Falls, TX – Candy Craze, Wicks
‘N Sticks, Coach House Gifts, Fancy Lacy.
 Marie L. Gerdes |
Recent personnel changes at Coyote include the promotion of Marie L. Gerdes to leasing representative. She brings to the firm more than 13 years of shopping center industry experience, including positions as a real estate legal assistant for a Dallas law firm and as property manager for The Lehndorff Group of Companies. David A. Grant was also named as a leasing representative. Before joining Coyote Management, Grant worked in both residential and commercial real estate. His 30 years in the industry include positions with S & S Properties, Inc., Continental Properties, and his own business, Grant Realty Company. |  David A. Grant |
For more information, contact Sherry A. Koetting or Michael E.
Rulli, Coyote Management, L.P., 16475 Dallas Parkway, Suite 250, Addison, TX 75001;
972-248-9375, Fax 972-248-0871.
Futterman To Lease 1350 Avenue of Americas
Robert K. Futterman & Associates, LLC was appointed exclusive leasing agent by Reckson
Associates for 1350 Avenue of the Americas in New York City. The 500,000-sq.ft. Class A
office building offers 5,437 sq.ft. of retail space on the ground floor and 5,245 sq.ft.
on the lower level, with 90 feet of frontage on the Avenue of the Americas and 70 feet on
55th Street. Robert Futterman and Joshua Strauss will handle the assignment.
For more information, contact Robert K. Futterman & Associates, LLC, 140 East 45th
Street, 34th Floor, New York, NY 10017; 212-599-3700, Fax 212-599-3744; e-mail:
info@rkfutterman.com; Web site: www.rkfutterman.com.
Planet Hollywood Names New President
 Christopher R. Thomas |
Christopher R. Thomas, former president and chief
executive officer of Los Angeles-based Sizzler USA and chief financial officer of its
parent company Sizzler International, Inc., signed on with Planet Hollywood as president
and future member of the company’s board of directors. He will also serve as Planet
Hollywood’s CFO. The Orlando, Florida-based company recently emerged from Chapter 11 reorganization with $30 million in new investments and $25 million in new credit facilities and a significant reduction of outstanding debt and other obligations. In announcing the appointment of Thomas, PH Chairman Robert Earl said that the company had new celebrity stockholders and plans for new restaurant locations as well as the launch of a Web site. |
For more information, contact Christopher R. Thomas, president, Planet Hollywood, 407-903-5500.
Diane Carpenter Joins MCG Architecture
| MCG Architecture named Diane Carpenter as
director of business development for the firm’s Irvine, San Diego and Las Vegas
offices. Carpenter was previously marketing director for
Langdon Wilson Architecture Planning Interiors in Irvine, California. Carpenter began her
career in the real estate industry in 1984 as director of the Commercial Industrial
Development Association (CIDA), administering all aspects of the organization. For two
years during this time, she served as director of the National Association of Industrial
& Office Parks. |
 Diane Carpenter |
MCG Architecture is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California and
maintains offices in Pasadena, Irvine, San Francisco, Long Beach and San Diego,
California; Las Vegas; New York; Cleveland and Denver. The company’s portfolio
includes projects in retail, hospitality, entertainment and mixed-use development.
For more information, contact Diane Carpenter, director of business development, MCG
Architecture, 949-553-1117.
Coldwater Creek Hires Staubach Company
Retail expansion plans for catalog retailer Coldwater Creek resulted in hiring the
services of Dallas-based Staubach Company to handle market and site selection. Full-line
retail stores are scheduled to open this summer in Chicago, Dallas, Denver and Cincinnati.
The stores will occupy between 7,000 sq.ft. and 10,000 sq.ft and carry Coldwater
Creek’s lines of women’s apparel, jewelry, gifts and home accessories. The
retailer has identified 80 potential sites in 29 states using its proprietary database of
nearly nine million customer names to pinpoint the best possible markets.
Internally, Coldwater Creek has bumped up its retail team, naming Tom Bosch as senior vice
president and director of retail, Skip Jones as vice president and director of retail
store operations, and Audrey Milch and Kim Sorensen as district managers for full-line
stores.
For more information, contact Nancy Hanks, The Staubach Company, 15601 Dallas Parkway,
Suite 400, Dallas, TX 75001; 972-361-5000, Fax 972-361-5909.
Frank Moody Takes Over at Landau & Heyman
 Frank Moody |
Frank Moody was appointed president of Landau &
Heyman. Hired in February 1999 as an advisor to the firm, Moody will now oversee all
day-to-day operations of the company and its management services. His duties will include
the supervision of asset management, leasing, marketing services, corporate
communications, and operations of the 15 enclosed shopping malls and four non-enclosed
centers currently in the Landau & Heyman portfolio. Other personnel changes at Landau & Heyman include the hiring of Monica Smith, leasing specialist; Robyn Lidskin, leasing specialist; and Carol O’Grady, director of marketing and corporate communications; all were formerly with General Growth Properties. For more information, contact Carol O’Grady, director of marketing and
communications, Landau & Heyman, 312-780-1953. |
Murray Hill Properties Manages Gucci Building
Stanley Kleger and Burt Miller, executive managing directors of Murray Hill
Properties/TCN, were named exclusive managing and leasing agents for the Gucci Building
located at 685 Fifth Avenue in New York City The building’s interior is currently
under renovation in order to better reflect Gucci’s international reputation and
high-end product line.
For more information, contact Stanley Kleger or Burt Miller, Murray Hill Properties, 1140
Avenue of Americas, #12, New York, NY 10036-5803; 212-944-4747, Fax 212-944-4750.