His career in real estate began when Carl Bennett, the founder of Caldor, tasked him with developing a satellite store in Brookfield, Connecticut.
He was also a board member of Mirage Resorts and is a former director of TRI Pointe Group, Inc. (NYSE: TPH), a homebuilder based in Irvine, California.
He has also served as a trustee and vice president of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), an association representing 70,000 industry professionals in more than 100 countries.
A frequent guest on CNN, CNBC, MSNBC and Bloomberg TV, he is also the best-selling author of The War at the Shore, which chronicles the complexities of the real estate development process.
Monitor Productions was a sports promotion company that developed the careers of boxers, including 1984 Olympic gold medal winners Mark Breland, Pernell Whitaker, Meldrick Taylor, and the former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield.
The company promoted "Battle of the Ages" in 1991, a boxing event featuring George Foreman and Holyfield, which set a pay-per-view record and grossed over $80 million.