Goldban Exits Rockefeller Group

NEW YORK CITY—Real estate executive Michael Goldban has reportedly left his post as SVP and regional development officer for the Rockefeller Group's Northeast region to become SVP of retail leasing at Brookfield Property Partners.

Goldban, a former VP in charge of Equity Office Properties' New York City retail portfolio, decided to leave the Rockefeller Group after less than five months on the job, according to  the Commercial Observer.

He joined the Rockefeller Group in late May. Prior to Equity Office, he was a SVP at Forest City Ratner Cos., where he worked for more than a decade. One of his notable projects was the Ridge Hill development in Yonkers, NY.

At his short-tenured role at the Rockefeller Group, Goldban was responsible for the company's existing and future development projects in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and throughout New England. Among the Rockefeller Group's estimated five-million-square-foot pipeline in development or under construction include Flushing Commons, a master-planned mixed-use development in Queens scheduled for phase one completion in 2017; and the Green at Florham Park, in Florham Park, NJ, which is home to BASF's North American headquarters, Summit Medical and the New York Jets training facility.

A spokesman for Paul Schulman, CEO of the US Office Division of Brookfield Property Partners, says, “We are thrilled to have Michael Goldban at Brookfield Property Partners as senior vice president, retail leasing. With his wealth of experience with urban retail assets. Michael will be developing strategy to position and execute the leasing of Brookfield's retail located throughout our US markets.”