Bob Hardy
abhyic@r.postjobfree.com
Marion, IL 62959
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SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE
General Manager
Operations Director
Project Manager
General Superintendent
Retail Coordinator
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
Six time recipient of the Award of Excellence, presented by Simon
Property Group for achievement in the categories of New Industry
Concepts, Innovative Net Profit Programs, and Expense Control.
Exceeded corporate "Stretch" objectives at Simon Property Group in the
areas of Co-Sponsorships, Publicity, and Local Leasing (10 deals
completed 1999-2000), along with Retail Development and Funds From
Operations (FFO) goals.
Bottom Line Effective - Former member of an Operation Stretch team
that found over $9 million dollars in recurring annual savings for
Simon Property Group and published a compilation of "Best Practices"
found during audit and review of targeted properties.
Experienced - successful in areas of development, management and
operations of residential and commercial properties.
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Illinois Centre Group of Tallahassee, LLC
Rudnick Development
General Manager, Illinois Centre, Marion, Illinois 62959
Negotiated thirty-five new tenant lease deals without a corporate
leasing department.
Managed tenant build-out construction for 141,000 sq. ft. of new
retail space.
Renewed thirty-two existing leases and increased holiday tenant income
by 120%.
Occupancy at the mall was increased by 23% under my watch.
Closed on 5.4 million dollars in peripheral property sales without
broker involvement.
Worked extensively with local business owners in the Marion area.
Interacted regularly with regional and national leasing
representatives and brokers.
Five department heads and supervisors reporting to me with a staff of
40 full time equivalents
Various Positions
Simon Property Group
Indianapolis, Indiana
Held management and operations director positions accountable for
ongoing development, marketing initiatives, community relations,
financial management, local leasing success, safety and security, and
physical operations.
Operations Director for 10 years at a very difficult urban property,
St. Louis Centre, in St. Louis MO.
Mall Manager II for Simon, managed a demographically challenged
property, Alton Square in Alton, Illinois.
Area Manager for community centers in the St. Louis metro area,
Regency Plaza in St. Charles Missouri and Lincoln Crossing in O'Fallon
Illinois.
Responsible for the annual budget development, approval, and
implementation, leasing, marketing, tenant relations, administration,
and supervision of all department directors.
Estimator
Pepper/Tarlton Joint Venture Project, St. Louis, MO
Pepper Construction of Chicago and Tarlton Corporation of St. Louis
Cost estimator for the Joint Venture Construction of an urban retail
mixed-use development in downtown St. Louis.
Project entailed collaboration with the purchase, condemnation, and
demolition of property on 77 separate parcels in the four block area,
and the environmental remediation necessary prior to the construction
of a four level shopping center seven level parking facility and a 25
floor office tower on the site.
Responsible for completion of over four hundred change orders on
design-build project.
General Superintendent
Journeyman Carpenter
GS&S Construction Inc, St. Louis, MO
Field manager for all construction including liaison work with city
officials, inspectors, utility coordination work, manpower
utilization, equipment allocation and materials purchasing and
delivery for an industrial/commercial design-build general contractor.
Projects managed included large jobs such as the General Electric
locomotive motor repair and replacement facility in Fenton MO; medium
sized contracts like the Forsythe School in Clayton MO.; Continental
Grain Company's grain sampling facility on the riverfront in East St.
Louis IL; Headquarters for Survival Technologies Incorporated, in
Brentwood MO and numerous office warehouse facilities in the greater
St. Louis area.
GS&S also did a fair amount of tenant finish work in the St. Louis
area shopping centers.
EDUCATION
BA, Business Administration, Minor: Marketing - Fontbonne University, St.
Louis, MO
Certified Project Manager; Associated General Contractors Academy, St.
Louis, MO
Journeyman Carpenter
ORGANIZATIONS
Past President; Heartland Rotary of Williamson County 2007-2008
Former Board of Directors Member; Marion Chamber of Commerce 2005-2008
REFERENCES
Ann Colburn Deborah Hogg
Commercial Real Estate Broker Community Education
Manager
Marion, IL 62959 Hospice of Southern Illinois
Ed Davis Dennis Harmon
Vitamin World (Retired) VP Verizon Communications
(Retired)
1812 Testa Drive 1807 Testa Drive
Marion, IL 62959 Marion, IL 62959