Earl Kurtz is Executive Vice President of Acquisitions and Development of Real Property Specialists, Inc., a commercial real estate company. Earl has over thirty years experience in the commercial real estate industry having spent a number of years as a real estate manager for a large retail chain, and was responsible for Acquisitions, Leasing, Dispositions and Management and Development of neighborhood and community shopping centers throughout Florida for a major shopping center developerand more recently for a private REIT. He is a Certified Leasing Specialist and holds a Bachelors degree in Marketing.
MONROE'S PRESTIGE GROUP (Safety Harbor, FL), Vice President of Development. Was responsible for the development of Publix anchored shopping centers in Central Florida, as well as responsible for site acquisition and shopping center disposition.,
EDENS AND AVANT (Columbia, SC), Vice President of Retail Leasing. Managed all aspects of retail leasing for this two billion dollar retail portfolio located from Boston, Massachusetts to Miami, FL. Member of the Property Acquisitions Committee (which purchased over 1.5 billion dollars worth of grocery anchored centers) and the Company Operations Committee.
HSW Investments/Agora Development (Ft. Lauderdale, FL and Newport Beach, CA), Vice President and General Manager of this South Florida based development company. Developed over 4.5 million square feet of community and neighborhood shopping centers in South Florida. Company grew from three enployees in 1982 to over 85 employees in 1988. Responsible for Site Acquisitions, Development, Leasing and overall management of the East Coast operation.
GRAY DRUG STORES (Cleveland, Ohio), Vice President and Real Estate Manager for this 635 store drug store chain based in Cleveland, Ohio. Actively participated in the growth of Gray's Florida Division.
