Mark Bulmash

Mark Bulmash is Senior Vice President Development for The Howard Hughes Corporation reporting to Grant Herlitz. He oversees the Central and Southeast region, which includes projects in Charlotte, Miami, Birmingham, New Orleans and Dallas. Mr. Bulmash is a 25-year veteran of retail real estate, who spent time at the Taubman Company, Related Companies and Forest City Enterprises.

Most recently, Mr. Bulmash led his own company advising owners, developers and municipalities on retail and mixed-use projects. Prior to that, he spent four years with Forest City as Senior Vice President Development leading commercial and mixed-use developments managing a team of 47 people. Key projects included: The Promenade Bolingbrook (Bolingbrook, IL); The Shops at Wiregrass (Pasco County, FL); The Village at Gulfstream Park (Hallandale Beach, FL); and White Oaks Village (Henrico County, VA). Mr. Bulmash spent a total of 17 years with Taubman, with the last four as Group Vice President. Key projects included The Shops at Willow Bend (Plano, Texas) and The Mall at Wellington Green (Wellington, FL). He also directed major renovations and/or additions to regional shopping centers, including Briarwood (Ann Arbor, MI), Lakeforest (Gaithersburg, MD), Twelve Oaks (Novi, MI), Stamford Town Center (Stanford, CT) and Woodland (Grand Rapids, MI). Mr. Bulmash was also Senior Vice President for Related Urban Development where he led efforts to develop The Palladium in Birmingham, MI. He began his career as an architect at Clarke & Caton in Trenton, New Jersey.

Mr. Bulmash earned his MBA from The Wharton School, The University of Pennsylvania and his MCP, Physical Planning and Economic Development from The University of Pennsylvania. He earned his BS Architecture from The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Contact Information:

Mark Bulmash
Howard Hughes Corporation
13355 Noel Rd, Suite 2200
Dallas, TX 75240
Phone: (972) 392-6259 Fax: (214) 741-3021
Email:

mark.bulmash@howardhughes.com

Bill Brizee, AIA, LEED AP, CDP

Mr. Brizee joined Architects Hawaii in 1995 as a project architect and manager; he was promoted to principal in 2004 and then CEO in 2010. He has over 39 years of experience in all phases and types of architecture including retail, commercial, healthcare, residential, and industrial projects, as well as property services for both private and government sectors, he has distinguished himself as a motivated team leader with excellent organizational and technical skills. His positive attitude, dedication, creativity, management skills and architectural knowledge assure clients that they are receiving the best results.

Mr. Brizee has distinguished himself as a leader in the area of building codes and life safety. He is currently a member of the State building Code Council. As a board member on the Waikı ˉ kı ˉ Improvement Association, he recently helped pass Bills 52 & 53 for the Waikı ˉ kı ˉ Special District ordinance changes. He was chairman of the AIA Honolulu Building Codes Committee from 1997 to 2008. In 2004 he led a series of seminars for the AIA on the 2000 International Building Code. Additionally, Mr. Brizee continues to be involved in conducting AIA seminars and teaching code requirements at the University of Hawai‘i. He holds memberships with the International Code Council and the National Fire Protection Association and frequently attends building code, life safety and accessibility (ADA/FHA) seminars to keep up with the current code changes.

Mr. Brizee is an active member of numerous professional institutions; these include the Construction Specifications Institute, where he holds certification for Construction Documents Technologist and Certified Construction Contractor Administrator; International Council of Shopping Centers Alliance Committee; Retail Merchants of Hawaii, ULI, and Institute of Real Estate Managers.

Contact Information:

Bill Brizee
Architects Hawaii Ltd.
1001 Bishop St Ste 200
Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: (808) 523-9636 Fax: (808) 521-3280
Email:

bbrizee@ahldesign.com

Arturo Garcia, AIA, CDP

Arturo J. Garcia, AIA, CDP, has nearly 30 years of commercial and retail experience in the U.S. and Latin America. At Constructora Sambil, he provides design, project management and specialized services during pre-development, development, and post-development phases of large-scale commercial projects, with particular experiences in regional shopping centers and mixed use developments. His areas of expertise include strategic planning, site/off-site master planning and analysis; project development programing, infrastructure, owner representation before regulatory agencies, community organizations and tenants; and other specialized development, design and construction related services. Major projects include Plaza Las Americas (one of the largest shopping centers in the Caribbean and one of the highest grossing malls in North America); Plaza del Caribe (Ponce, Puerto Rico); and Vaqueria Tres Monjitas (Puerto Rico). He took a BA in Architecture at Rice University.

Contact Information:

Arturo J. Garcia
Constructora Sambil
PO Box 191707
San Juan, PR 00919-1707
Phone: (787) 649-2372 Fax: (787) 622-2266
Email:

arturojgarcia@gmail.com

Scott Nathan, CDP

Mr. Nathan has more than 23 years of experience, 13 years with ATC Associates Inc. (ATC), in the environmental and property condition assessment consulting field, with extensive experience in the areas related to the identification, remediation and management of environmental and engineering risk. , For the past ten (13) years as Director, Client Management Services for ATC’s National Programs Group, Mr. Nathan is the client manager for several national real estate/institutional investors and financial companies in support of acquisitions, dispositions, development and asset management for retail properties. He is directly responsible for environmental and engineering assessments for single assets to large multi-state portfolio of properties. Some of these projects also included subsurface investigations and remediation, asbestos management, mold and indoor air quality reviews, geotechnical assessments, training programs, and other projects totaling more than four million dollars annually. Mr. Nathan routinely develops client specific programs tailored the needs of these clients and to ensure consistent program approach and work products. Mr. Nathan has been a member in good standing with ICSC since 1989 and is a Certified Development, Design & Construction Professional (CDP). He is currently an active member of the ICSC

Environmental Issues Sub-committee under the Government Relations Committee, having serviced on this committee since 1999. Mr. Nathan also is a member of the ICSC CenterBuild Committee having attend this conference each year since 1992. Mr. Nathan has been a roundtable facilitator at past CenterBuild Conferences and currently facilitates the CDP Test Review at select ICSC programs.

Contact Information:

Scott Nathan
Cardno ATC
600 W Cummings Park, Suite
5450 Woburn, MA 01801-6350
Phone: (781) 404-1303 Fax: (781) 932-6211
Email:

scott.nathan@cardno.com

Justin Hill, AIA, LEED AP

Justin Hill, AIA, LEED, AP, is the Senior Principal of MULVANNYG2 Architecture. Justin Hill has 20 years of retail store design, design adaptation, and construction experience that has required a continual reconsideration of how retail stores communicate brand value to their customers. Justin is an expert at how store design repositions large-format retailers according to changing demographics, economics, and sites. His Fortune 500 clients include Kohl’s, Target and Costco Wholesale, each strategic clients and business partners for MulvannyG2 Architecture. Justin is MulvannyG2’s Market Leader. In that capacity, he seeks and communicates new design trends and new relationships for retail design opportunities for the firm. He also represents MulvannyG2’s retail expertise in the marketplace through conference engagements, marketing, and research. His analyses have changed how MulvannyG2 makes decisions and executes store delivery, creating designs precisely attuned to retailers’ current and future needs. He is a member of the Advisory Board for DDI magazine, and of ICSC’s CenterBuild Planning Committee. Just has a Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies from University of Washington. He is a registered architect in Washington State.

Contact Information:

Justin Hill
MulvannyG2 Architecture
1110 112th Ave NE, Suite 500
Bellevue, WA 98004
Phone: (425) 463-1402 Fax: (425) 463-2043
Email:

justin.hill@mulvannyg2.com