CREW opens annual shopping center convention

Retail Reunion: The Commercial Real Estate Women’s Network (CREW) once again hosted the Opening Breakfast at the International Council of Shopping Centers’ RECon convention in Las Vegas, the largest gathering of retail real estate professionals in the world. The event returned to the schedule after a break of several years. Hundreds of attendees and ICSC and CREW Leadership gathered to hear financial and management advice from speaker Jean Chatzky, best-selling author and Financial Editor of the Today Show. Pictured, from left: then-ICSC Chairman David LaRue, Forest City Enterprises; Past Chairman Kathleen Nelson, Bay Hollow Associates; CREW Director Faith Hope Consolo, Douglas Elliman Real Estate; ICSC Trustees Valerie Richardson, The Container Store; Karen Flavelle, Purdy’s Chocolatier; ICSC CEO Michael P. Kercheval; CREW President Judith Nitsch, Nitsch Engineering; Holly Cohen, Nike; ICSC 2014-2015 Chairman Robert Welanetz, Blackstone.