Managing and Refinancing a $20 Billion Global Real Estate Portfolio - New York, NY

Speaker: Glenn J. Rufrano is the Chief Executive Officer of Centro Properties Group, and a member of its Executive Committee. Based in Australia, Centro is a publicly traded company involved in retail property ownership, leasing, and redevelopment, with shopping centers in the United States, Australia, and New Zealand valued at more than $20 billion. By way of background, in 1983 Glenn began a 17-year stint as a partner at the O'Connor Group, most recently serving as President and Chief Operating Officer. While there, he oversaw the investment and management of three private equity funds. Concurrently, he was Co-Chairman of The Peabody Group, an association between The O’Connor Group and J.P. Morgan & Co., Inc. investing in high-yield international real estate related opportunities. He left O’Connor in February 2000 to become Chief Executive Officer of New Plan Excel Realty Trust, Inc., a publicly traded REIT with shopping centers in 38 states. Under his leadership, New Plan was transformed into one of the nation’s largest public real estate companies, focusing on the ownership and management of over 460 community and neighborhood shopping centers encompassing approximately 68 million square feet of retail space. Glenn negotiated a sale of New Plan to Centro in April 2007, near the peak of the market and just prior to the onset of the credit crisis, for more than $6 billion, partially financed by Centro with short-term debt. In January 2008, Mr. Rufrano was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Centro, and moved to Australia to oversee the company and its refinancing efforts. Currently back in the United States, Mr. Rufrano is a member of the Board of Directors of General Growth Properties, Inc. He serves on a number of boards at New York University’s Real Estate Institute, where he is an adjunct professor, and is a trustee and member of the Executive Committee of the International Council of Shopping Centers. Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 The Association of the Bar of the City of New York 42 W. 44th Street New York, NY (212) 382-6600 Time: Registration: 11:30 a.m. Lunch & Program: 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Cost: $80 per person Payments can be made via check or credit card. Checks should be made payable to: Counselors of Real Estate and mailed to: Mary Papa, PO Box 442, Central Valley, NY 10917, 646-265-5619 marypapa@optonline.net Cancellation Policy: A 3-day notice in advance of the event is required for all refunds. Credits for NYS continuing education are being applied for. Appraisal Institute - The Appraisal Institute no longer approves outside providers to advertise AI’s acceptance of programs. We believe that this seminar will meet the requirements for an Appraisal Institute Creditable Topic. If so, a designated member may submit for continuing education credit and Certificates of Completion of the program may be submitted to the Designated Member Service Center or may be placed by the member on their online continuing education log.