Investing in Retail Properties, 3rd Edition

GARY D. RAPPAPORT, CRRP, CRX, CMD, CSM, CLS, CDP is chief executive officer of RAPPAPORT, a retail real estate company he founded in 1984. RAPPAPORT stands among the shopping center industry's preeminent private owners and operators of open-air shopping centers providing leasing, tenant representation, management and development services for more than 15 million square feet of retail space throughout the mid-Atlantic region.
Mr. Rappaport is a former trustee and chairman of the board of trustees for the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC). He authored the first, second, and third editions of Investing in Retail Properties, which explain how to structure real estate partnerships for sharing capital appreciation and cash flow that has been used since 2011 as a guide by other commercial real estate entrepreneurs. Mr. Rappaport is a guest lecturer and regularly teaches classes at several universities, such as the University of Michigan, Syracuse, Johns Hopkins, and Georgetown.

Acknowledgments
Foreword
Preface
Chapter I
Introduction To Ownership And Investing In Shopping Centers
Chapter II
Getting Started As A Developer And General Partner
Chapter III
Leasing
Chapter IV
Setting Up The Management And Leasing Company
Chapter V
The Fees
Chapter VI
Raising Capital
Chapter VII
Tax Advantages Of Owning Commercial Real Estate
Chapter VIII
The Cyclical Nature Of Commercial Real Estate
Chapter IX
The Investor Package And Presentation
Chapter X
Your Investment Partners
Chapter XI
Maintaining Partner Relations
Chapter XII
Structuring The Partnership
Chapter XIII
Other Partnership Structures
Chapter XIV
Setting Up The Deal
Chapter XV
Case Study Number 1
Chapter XVI
Case Study Number 2
Chapter XVII
Case Study Number 3
Chapter XVIII
Case Study Number 4
Chapter XIX
Contracts, Agreements, Legal Correspondence, And Exhibits
Epilogue
Reflections On Life, Work, And Giving Back
Glossary
About The Author
Index