Milian forms Woodcliff Realty Advisors LLC

Woodcliff Lake, NJ Rudolph Milian, former senior staff vice president of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and a leading retail real estate development executive, has launched Woodcliff Realty Advisors LLC, a full-service management consultancy that brings together an elite group of retail and real estate professionals and experts to serve shopping center companies, retailers, commercial real estate organizations, communities and investors worldwide.

Among the services provided are development, project management and tenant coordination, operations, leasing, finance, research, lease accounting, data verification, analytics technology, marketing and public relations, all with the goal of helping clients maximize the value of their projects.

“To succeed today, retail and real estate companies operate with as lean and efficient an organization as possible. But there are occasions when an outside point of view or additional advice is needed to advance to the next level,” said Milian.

“Whether clients are looking to do a major acquisition, complete the re-development of a project, create a business plan or issue a press release, they can benefit from the decades of experience and expertise of some of the most forward-thinking and successful experts in the industry.”

Depending on the client’s needs, Woodcliff will call upon appropriate affiliated consultants who will work together to achieve goals. The initial line-up of consultants consists of:

• G. Lamont Blackstone, principal of G.L. Blackstone & Associates LLC, a Mount Vernon, N.Y.-based national commercial real estate services firm focusing on urban real estate assets;

• Ronald Braun, president of RLBraun Consulting, LLC, a Dallas-based consultancy on construction, project management, best practices and controls;

• George Caraghiaur, managing member of Indianapolis-based Energy & Sustainability Services LLC;

• Donn Carr, president and principal partner of Orlando-based Carr Management Group, an international consultancy focused on store operations, merchandising, leadership, teamwork and customer service;

• Rene Daniel, founder and president of Baltimore-based Daniel Group, LLC, which specializes in leasing open-air shopping centers, regional malls, lifestyle centers, specialty centers and mixed-use developments;

• Alberta Davidson, co-owner of San Diego-based Davidson + Powers, a real estate strategy firm specializing in retail and mixed-use properties;

• John Genovese, president and CEO of GENCO Realty Group, a Los Angeles-based boutique real estate investment firm specializing in value creation residential and mixed-use development opportunities in Southern California and provider of global retail and mixed-use consulting services;

• Deborah Georgetti-Piro, president of GPA - Georgetti-Piro & Associates LLC, Washington, D.C., specializing in specialty and permanent leasing, shopping center income evaluations, retailer development, and pop-up implementation;

• Gordon “Skip” Greeby, Jr., president of The Greeby Companies, a Chicago-based advisory firm providing owner’s representative project management and tenant coordination services;

• Debra Hazel, president of Debra Hazel Communications, a New York City-based editorial services and media consultancy;

• Kenneth Lamy, founder, president and CEO of New Orleans-based The Lamy Group Ltd., a financial management consultancy, and DataPoint International LLC, a commercial real estate data and analytics technology firm;

• Steven Levy, chief manager of Memphis-based Levy Commercial Realty, LLC, specializing in retail/restaurant tenant representation and site selection, real estate investments, consulting services, and developing and implementing strategies for local, regional and globally recognized brands operating worldwide;

• Pamela Lippe, president and sole principal of e4, inc, a company certified by the Port of Authority of NY and NJ as a Woman-owned Business Enterprise (WBE) offering green building services;

• David Lobaugh, founder and president of August Partners, Inc., a Woodstock, Ga.-based retail research and consulting company;

• James Matanky, president and head of the development and brokerage arms of Chicago-based Matanky Realty Group, since 1955 a provider of open-air center development and redevelopment services, with a specialty in urban core assets;

• Jack Nugent, a director for Meridian Realty Consultants, a Philadelphia-based boutique firm specializing in lease administration and cash flow analysis relating to the process of acquiring, managing and disposing of real estate assets;

• Michael Rulli, chairman, president and CEO of Dallas-based MER Interests, a group providing the underwriting and capital analysis addressing the acquisition of retail assets, management, retail development and advisory services;

• Ronald Simkin, CEO of the Simkin Group, a Germantown, Tenn.-based factory outlet and value-oriented retail development, leasing and management consultancy; and

• Bill Speer, principal of San Diego-based Speer Consulting LLC, a provider of research and financial analysis to developers, owners and municipalities.

Also among these experts is Milian himself. In nearly 20 years with the ICSC, most recently as senior vice president, director of industry best practices and publisher, Milian oversaw key strategic areas involving the most successful methods and techniques that ICSC members implement in their businesses. Previously, he was a vice president of Youngstown, Ohio-based DeBartolo Realty Corp., a predecessor of Simon Property Group, where he held corporate-level responsibilities in property management, asset management, real estate tax administration and local leasing for a multimillion-square-foot portfolio. He is the author of “The Retail Green Agenda” and “Green Tactics from Retailers and Shopping Centers.”

“What makes Woodcliff different from other consultancies is that so many leaders in retail real estate are offering their expertise in a coordinated manner,” Milian says. “Our unique structure allows our clients literally to have an all-star team at their disposal so they can focus on what they do best: running and growing their companies.”