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Tom is President, Chief Investment Officer and Partner of Kitson & Partners. Tom has over 27 years of experience in the real estate industry, which includes a broad understanding of the capital markets. Tom helps set the strategic direction for K&P and spends the majority of his time focusing on growth initiatives for K&P, both through investment and capital sourcing. Tom is responsible for the company’s 1,500,000 square foot retail shopping center portfolio as well as its development pipeline of approximately 800,000 square feet of retail. Tom is also responsible for K&P’s Finance Division and Market Strategy team as well.

Prior to joining the K&P team in 2003, Tom spent eight years in New York City as an investment banker at Morgan Stanley, where he served as Vice President of U.S. Acquisitions for the Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund. During his career on Wall Street, Tom worked on both the agency and principal side of the real estate business, where he executed on over $8 billion of real estate transactions.

Tom graduated cum laude from the University of Notre Dame with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance. He is an Advisory Board member for the Fitzgerald Institute for Real Estate at the University of Notre Dame and also serves as a board member on the Economic Council of Palm Beach County. Tom is a long-time volunteer for the Palm Beach Gardens Youth Athletic Association, where he has served in a leadership capacity in the TOPSoccer program (focusing on children with developmental delays). Tom is also an active member in the Urban Land Institute and the International Council of Shopping Centers.