Mr. Metz was the Chief Executive Officer of General Growth Properties, Inc. During his tenure, GGP owned and managed more than 200 regional shopping malls in 43 states. The Company's portfolio totaled approximately 200 million square feet of retail space and more than 24,000 retail stores nationwide. The Company's stock is traded on the. New York Stock Exchange under the symbol GGP.. Prior to joining GGP, Mr. Metz held numerous executive positions such as president, chief financial officer and director of acquisitions for Urban Shopping Centers, Inc., a publicly-traded REIT that owned a portfolio of high-performing malls, where he worked from 1993 until its sale in 2000. Before joining Urban, he held positions in the capital markets group of JMB Realty and in the commercial real estate lending group at The First National Bank of Chicago.
