Stephen Lebovitz, President - CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.
Name: Stephen Lebovitz
Title: President
Company: CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.
Location: Waltham
Birthplace and year: Charleston, S.C., 1961
Family: Wife, Lisa; kids: Andrew (16), Matthew (14), Abby (12), Julia (9)
College: Stanford University
First job in real estate or allied field: Goldman-Sachs
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Involved in all aspects of leading CBL, the fourth largest mall company in the country.
Hobbies: Biking, skiing
Favorite book: "Into Thin Air"
Favorite movie: "Braveheart"
Person you admire most (outside of family): Lance Armstrong
Key to success: The greatest thing about this business is that every project has its own unique challenges. There is never a dull moment.
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Teaching
What noteworthy transactions or deals from this year best exemplified key market trends or shifts? I would like to say there was an outstanding transaction for me this past year but 2024 was more a culmination of long-term relationships, most of which continued to transact. Deals were smaller in many cases but we saw robust leasing both on the agency side as well as on the tenant side.