Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust
Brad Hughart has over 25 years of experience in information technology and business management. Currently serving as the 1st Vice President and CIO at PREIT since April 2004, Brad oversees the company's IT strategies and infrastructure while ensuring alignment with strategic business goals. Prior roles include Director of Business Intelligence, where Brad developed critical operational systems and business intelligence solutions, and Senior Manager at BearingPoint, focused on finance transformations and analytics. Earlier experience includes serving as Service Delivery Manager at Arthur Andersen Business Consulting and participating in an Executive Development Program at Verizon, which encompassed various functions within network engineering and finance. Brad holds an MBA in Finance and Operations from Columbia Business School and a Bachelor's degree in Optics from the University of Rochester.
Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust
Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT) is a self-managed and self-administered real estate investment trust (REIT). The Company's primary business is owning and operating retail shopping malls, which it does primarily through operating partnership, PREIT Associates, L.P. (PREIT Associates). The Company is engaged in the ownership, management, leasing, acquisition, redevelopment, development and disposition of shopping malls. The Company has a primary investment focus on retail shopping malls located in the eastern half of the United States, primarily in the Mid-Atlantic region. As of December 31, 2016, the Company owned interests in 30 retail properties, of which 26 are operating properties and four are development or redevelopment properties. As of December 31, 2016, the Company's 26 operating properties included 22 shopping malls and four other retail properties, had a total of 21.7 million square feet and were located in nine states.