HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Whitestone REIT (NYSE-AMEX: WSR – “Whitestone”), a fully integrated real estate company that owns, operates and re-develops Community Centered PropertiesTM, which are visibly located in established or developing culturally diverse neighborhoods, announced that it has expanded its southwest region leasing team. Roger Moss has joined Whitestone as Director of Leasing – Southwest, and brings significant national experience in repositioning and leasing commercial properties in diverse markets. He previously served as Director of Leasing for Pacific West Land, LLC in Seattle, Washington, Chief Leasing Officer for Ziff Properties, Inc. in Charleston, South Carolina, Vice President of Leasing and Management for the Guilford Glazer Companies in Los Angeles, California, and Vice President of Real Estate for F.W. Woolworth Co. in New York. Mr. Moss is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley and earned his law degree from the Hastings College of Law in San Francisco.
Mr. Moss leads the leasing team with over fifty years of combined commercial real estate experience who have substantial relationships in the Phoenix and broader southwestern commercial real estate market. The team includes Tyson Remensnyder, Nick Allred, and Melinda Dunn. Mr. Remensnyder, a leasing and development veteran, has most recently held positions with Bankers Life and Casualty and Barclay Group. He earned a BS in Finance and Real Estate from Arizona State University. Mr. Allred, also a leasing and development veteran, brings a strong commercial real estate finance background after having served as Vice President of Investments & Acquisitions for Ballard Investment Group and Senior Finance Manager for New Sun Homes. He earned a masters degree in International Management from the Thunderbird School of International Management and a BS in Business Administration from the University of Northern Colorado. Ms. Dunn brings over eight years of sales experience to her new role as leasing associate, and earned her BA in Communications from the University of Arizona with a minor in Spanish. Mr. Allred and Ms. Dunn are both fluent in Spanish, thus readily able to serve the culturally diverse southwest region.
“We are delighted to welcome Roger to lead our new leasing associates in our southwest region,” said James C. Mastandrea, Whitestone’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “In concert with the executive leadership of Valarie King, Senior Vice President and Regional Director, this team has the experience, market knowledge and relationships to drive occupancies in our rapidly expanding southwest portfolio.”
About Whitestone REIT
Whitestone REIT is a fully integrated real estate company that owns, operates and re-develops Community Centered PropertiesTM, which are visibly located properties in established or developing culturally diverse neighborhoods. Whitestone focuses on value-creation in its Centers, as it markets, leases and manages its Centers to match tenants with the shared needs of surrounding neighborhoods. Operations are structured for providing cost-effective service to local service-oriented smaller space tenants (less than 3,000 square feet). Whitestone has a diversified tenant base, concentrated on service offerings such as medical, education, and casual dining. The largest of its over 800 tenants comprises less than 2% of its rental revenues. Headquartered in Houston, Texas and founded in 1998, the Company is internally managed with a portfolio of commercial properties in Texas, Arizona, and Illinois. For additional information about the Company, please visit www.whitestonereit.com. The investor section of the Company's website has links to SEC filings, news releases, financial reports and investor newsletters.
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