Marty Hennessy serves as
the Senior Vice President, Southeast Region at
Katz & Associates. In his
9 years with Katz, he has managed real estate
expansion plans for more than 30 retailers
in various states in the southeast, including Linens ‘N
Things, World Market, Joseph A. Bank, Ethan Allen,
Shoe Carnival, Bath & Body Works, Loehmann's and
several others. His expertise includes site selection,
lease negotiations and disposition work. Marty
has been a top producer at Katz, having successfully
negotiated over 700 deals, and has developed relationships
with top landlords in the Southeast and throughout
the United States.
Before joining Katz & Associates, Mr. Hennessy
gained 21 years of experience with Hallmark, residing
and working in eight different markets throughout
the east coast and Midwest, and was awarded Hallmark's
most prestigious sales award - the R.B. Hall Award
six times and serving in a variety of roles including
Director of Real Estate and Site Development, East
Region. In this position, he managed a team of
store designers, site selection and leasing staff
that were responsible for the entire strip center,
free standing, downtown and mall points of distribution
for the East Coast, accounting for over 1,600 stores.
Most notably, Mr. Hennessy was selected to serve
on a panel to restructure Hallmark's Real Estate,
Acquisition, Legal (Real Estate) and Market Development
divisions, and the result was a new corporate structure
that combined all of these departments under one
division and streamlined responsibilities which resulted
in savings and improved productivity for Hallmark.
Mr. Hennessy earned a Bachelor's of Business Administration
with honors from Pace University. He is an active
member of the International Council of Shopping Centers
and is a licensed real estate broker.
