Based in Niles, Ohio, it is the largest privately owned shopping center development and management company in the U.S., managing more than 30,000,000 square feet (2,800,000 m2) of commercial real estate throughout the country.

They began developing shopping centers, starting with a grocery plaza in Sharon, Pennsylvania.

[1] The company’s first regional mall projects were primarily localized to Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia throughout the 1970s and 1980s.

[3] In 1988, Target Corporation asked the company to develop centers for the retailer in the Pacific Northwest, expanding the company portfolio to Washington and Oregon and resulting in the establishment of an office in Puyallup, Washington.

[3] The Cafaro Company divulged in portfolio diversification with projects such as the Eastwood Field baseball park and multi-function complexes such as the renovated Millcreek Mall and Spotsylvania Towne Centre in the 2000s.