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The Preeminent Firm in Retail Real Estate Advisory Services

When it comes to retail real estate, no one offers or does more than RCS Real Estate Advisors. Since our founding in 1981, we’ve built a reputation for delivering innovative solutions that unlock the potential of retail real estate assets for our clients throughout the United States and Canada. Whether we’re building solid footprints in the retail marketplace, overcoming challenges with existing real estate portfolios, or acting as an outsourced real estate department, retailers trust us to deliver results that maximize the financial potential of their retail real estate.

RCS is a team of proven real estate experts with extensive senior executive-level experience in the retail industry. We employ our keen negotiating skills, strong landlord relationships, exceptional retail real estate expertise, and sharp insights to formulate successful real estate strategies – and effectively bring those strategies and solutions to fruition.

Our services include portfolio assessments, expansions, lease renewals, rent renegotiations, dispositions, terminations, and equity investments. We specialize in reducing occupancy costs, restructuring leases, and expanding footprints. RCS also goes beyond the initial transaction to provide continuous management of your portfolio, ensuring your real estate performs at its optimal level.

Executive Team

Ivan L. Friedman
Ivan L. Friedman President and CEO
Mr. Friedman has decades of experience in retail management, the ability to see where markets are headed and unmatched negotiation skills. Mr. Friedman remains the driving force behind our track record of delivering results.
Eileen F. Mitchell
Eileen F. MitchellExecutive Vice President
Ms. Mitchell’s background as a senior retail executive allows her to direct the processes and systems that harness the collective experience and insights of our entire team for our clients’ individual needs and circumstances.
Spence J. Mehl
Spence J. MehlSenior Vice President
Mr. Mehl’s experience and demonstrated skills across all facets of our business have made him a trusted partner for many national clients. His abilities as an effective negotiator and expert in property dispositions are recognized throughout our industry.
Mitchel S. Friedman
Mitchel S. FriedmanSenior Vice President
As a former investment banker for JPMorgan, Mr. Friedman identifies opportunities to capture more of the value in our clients’ real estate assets to achieve better results in both their retail locations and their firms’ bottom lines.
Ed Coury
Ed CouryManaging Director
Mr. Coury’s over 30 years of real estate experience on both the landlord and tenant side of retail leasing enable him to provide incomparable insights to drive the best possible outcomes for our clients.
Warren Kiersh
Warren KiershVice President
Recognized negotiating skills and extensive real estate knowledge have made Mr. Kiersh a trusted partner for clients in extracting maximum value from distressed assets and securing high-performing retail locations.
Kenneth Green
Kenneth GreenVice President
Mr. Green has an acute knowledge of the legal aspects of retail real estate.\r\nHis legal background combined with sharp negotiation and management skills have afforded him the opportunity to take our clients’ portfolios to the next level.
Moe Puri
Moe PuriVice President
Mr. Puri’s operational and merchandising background means he understands how to successfully manage the bottom line for retailers. This experience combined with his insights on the retail industry make him instrumental in driving the success of our client solutions.
“RCS was an integral part of our operational turnaround.”

– Theo Killion, CEO, Zale Corporation

RCS Clients and Testimonials

“We selected RCS as we knew their long-standing senior level landlord relationships and their ability to partner effectively with our internal real estate team were the right combination for success. We are very pleased with how right we were. RCS exceeded our expectations by delivering significant occupancy costs savings and achieving cost-effective terminations for Aeropostale. We greatly appreciate RCS helping us achieve our long-term goals.”
– Eric Stevenson, Vice President of Real Estate, Aéropostale

“We greatly appreciate all of the efforts of RCS Real Estate Advisors to help us close down the retail stores of Juicy Couture (when we were still known as Fifth & Pacific Companies, Inc.). RCS was diligent in its efforts to obtain cost-effective terminations to these leases in as timely a manner as possible. We greatly appreciate the work and partnership of RCS.”
– Philip Rosenzweig, VP of Real Estate, Store Design & Construction, Kate Spade & Company

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“Without RCS Real Estate Advisors, the optimization of our retail footprint would have had very different results. RCS was an excellent partner in assisting us develop our real estate strategy and, very importantly, in executing this strategy in a timely and cost effective manner.”
– Rick Cote, President and COO, Movado Group, Inc.

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“As our outsourced real estate arm, RCS Real Estate Advisors has done a phenomenal job of positioning our business. In addition to being experts at lease renewals, renegotiations and terminations, they have also done a great job of identifying the best sites for our growth plan so we are well positioned for continued success.”
– Michael Katz, President and CEO, Perfumania Holdings Inc.

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“RCS was an integral part of our operational turnaround. They are outstanding professionals and I would recommend them to other retailers who need to modify their store portfolio or adjust occupancy costs.”
– Theo Killion, CEO, Zale Corporation

“We greatly appreciate all of the efforts and partnership of RCS Real Estate Advisors to help us close down the retail stores of Juicy Couture. RCS was diligent in its efforts to obtain cost-effective terminations to these leases in as timely a manner as possible.”

– Philip Rosenzweig, VP of Real Estate, Store Design & Construction, Kate Spade & Company