Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> March 24, 1999
BRADLEY BLAKE is President, Chief Executive Officer and a Trustee of
Western Investment Real Estate Trust. Western in a publicly-traded real
estate investment trust that owns and operates 66 properties
encompassing 5.8 million square feet in California, Oregon, Washington
and Nevada. The company is based in Emeryville, California and has
regional offices in the Sacramento area, Fresno and Portland. Western's
strategy is to acquire, develop, re-develop and manage neighborhood and
community shopping centers in the western states. Mr. Blake was
formerly: managing director of Pacific Retail Trust (1996-98); senior
vice president of Spieker Properties (1993-96); partner with Spieker
Partners (1988-93); and a Project Director with Trammell Crow Company
(1985-87). Prior to that he worked for IBM and McKinsey and Company. Mr.
Blake holds a B.A. from Stanford University (1980) and an M.B.A. from
the Stanford University Graduate School of Business (1985). Mr. Blake is
a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers and Young
Presidents Organization. He resides in Alamo, California with his wife
and two children. Profile
of the company, just to set the stage for the audience?
Mr. Blake: The company was founded in 1962 in San Francisco as
