[2] With his brothers Matthew and Maurice, Bucksbaum took a $1.2 million loan to develop Town & Country in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1953.
In 1954, the three brothers co-founded General Growth Properties, now known as GGP Inc. Bucksbaum served as its chairman and chief executive officer.
[3] In Iowa, the malls that Bucksbaum helped develop were located in small towns like Waterloo, Bettendorf, Council Bluffs, Davenport, Sioux City, Cedar Falls, Keokuk, West Burlington, Muscatine as well as cities like Ames and Des Moines.
He was a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers and a governor of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts.
[3] Bucksbaum served on the board of governors of Drake University as well as the national committee of the Whitney Museum of American Art.