For 30 years, Marlon Stone has represented corporate and retail programs by coordinating the strategic planning, site selection, and real estate committee presentations for brands undergoing nationwide expansion. He brings retail expertise and transactional versatility having negotiated leases for Department Stores, Big Box and Junior Anchors, in-line specialty, end cap, sit down and QSR restaurant concepts throughout regional malls, power and lifestyle strips, grocery-anchored neighborhood centers, and urban central business districts.
Notable brands Marlon has represented include: Kohl’s Department Store, Saks Fifth Avenue Off 5th, DSW, Five Below, Barnes & Noble, Cost-Plus World Market, Shoe Carnival, Party City, Under Armour, Road Runner Sports, 5-11 Tactical, Timberland, The Vitamin Shoppe, Mattress Firm, PNC Bank, Sally Beauty-Cosmo Prof, Uncle Julio’s, Sarku-Japan, Granite City Food & Brewery, Rock Bottom, Famous Dave’s, Bar Louie, and Core Life Eatery.
Additionally, Marlon has served as development services coordinator assembling, leasing, and entitling parcels nationwide, delivering strategic client roll outs requiring signalized “hard corner” presentations.
Marlon is a member of ICSC: Innovating Commerce Serving Communities (formerly International Council of Shopping Centers). He is a Board Member of the Harold E. Eisenberg Foundation, Career Day Mentor, and annual guest lecturer at the University of Illinois College of Business. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan.
Katz & Associates began operations in January of 1996. The company currently maintains offices in New York City, Charlotte, Boca Raton, Nashville, New Jersey and Orlando. Katz & Associates’ primary focus is assisting retailers, restaurants and landlords in all capacities including strategic planning, market analysis, lease and sale negotiations and dispositions. Our team of seasoned veterans has decades of experience and invaluable market knowledge.