Merlone Geier Partners is a vertically integrated and regionally focused firm. Investing in West Coast retail properties and actively perform their own leasing, property management, construction management, design and capital formation. Primarily focused on community and neighborhood shopping centers, Merlone Geier Partners and predecessor, M&H Realty Partners, have been actively investing in West Coast retail properties since 1993. They have acquired, to date, 173 West Coast properties representing in excess of 28.5 million square feet. The firm – managed by Peter J. Merlone, Bradley A. Geier, Scott A. McPherson, Gabriela F. Parcella and Jonathan C. Lischke – has raised more than $4.5 billion of discretionary institutional equity capital over the past 29 years. They provide institutional investors the opportunity for attractive risk-adjusted returns through active real estate management, including leasing, redevelopment and densification.