Today we have a great show! We will be discussing the legal world of commercial real estate, including topics and tips surrounding retail shopping center ownership. We’re going to discuss the evolution of the retail lease as well as the intricacies involved in a shopping center transaction and methods on how to best handle certain protocols involved in a landlord/tenant relationship. Our guest today is Larry Silvestri with Silvestri Law. Larry is a long time industry veteran and has been in the commercial real estate business for over 33 years. He has held positions as Assistant General Counsel for Highland Superstores, which was at one point the 2nd largest American electronics retailer behind Circuit City. He was General Counsel and Vice President of the Zaremba Group, a developer out of Ohio, where he focused on ground-up development projects and the management of their shopping center portfolio. He later joined The Goodman Company out of West Palm Beach as General Counsel. The Goodman Company is one of the most respected and knowledgeable private shopping center developers in the eastern part of the United States. Larry currently resides in St Petersburg, FL and is Managing Shareholder of Silvestri Law, PA.