The Plaza Centers Group is a leading emerging markets developer of shopping and entertainment centres, focusing on developing new centres and, where there is significant redevelopment potential, redeveloping existing centres, in both capital cities and important regional centres. The Group has been present in the Central and Eastern Europe region ("CEE") since 1996 and was the first to develop western-style shopping and entertainment centres in Hungary. The Group has pioneered this concept throughout the CEE whilst building a strong track record of successfully developing, letting and selling shopping and entertainment centres. Since 2006 the Group has extended its area of operations beyond CEE into India and since 2010 into the USA and is considering development and investment opportunities in other countries, such as Croatia and Slovakia. In 2010 Plaza took advantage of real estate opportunities in the US and made with its joint venture partners, its first acquisition of a strategic stake in EDT Retail Trust which owns 48 retail properties located in 20 states and will continue to source other acquisitions in the region.
Team / Manpower
Mr. Mordechay Zisser (55). Mr Zisser is the founder and chairman of the Europe Israel Group of companies, of which Plaza Centers is a member. During more than 25 years' active involvement in some of the world's most prestigious real estate developments, he has led successful projects in Israel, Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), South Africa and India. Mr Zisser was appointed as Executive Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the company on August 17,2006 and reappointed in 2008 for an additional three years.
Mr. Ran Shtarkman (43) CPA, MBA. Mr Shtarkman joined Plaza Centers in 2002, becoming Chief Financial Officer in 2004 and CEO in September 2006. He was additionally appointed as Executive Director on October 12, 2006 (and reappointed in 2008 for an additional three years) as President in 2007 and as Co-CEO of Elbit Imaging Ltd. in January 2010. Previous roles include CFO of SPL Software Ltd., Finance and Administration Manager for Continental Airlines' Israerli operations and Controller of Natour Ltd..
Mr. Roy Linden
(34) BBA, CPA (USA, Isr), Roy Linden joined Plaza Centers in November 2006 and acts as the Group's CFO. Prior to joining the Company, he spent nearly four years at KPMG in Hungary, acting as Manager in the real estate desk, specializing in auditing, business advisory, local and international taxation for companies operating throughout the CEE region. He also spent three years at Ernst and Young in Israel, as a senior member of an audit team specialized in high-tech companies.
Mr. Ami Hayut
(45) B.Sc. Ami Hayut joined Plaza Centers in November 2008 and acts as the Group's Chief Engineer and Head of Construction. Prior to joining the Company he acted as a management member in a project management firm "Nizan Inbar ltd", and for the last 15 years acted as the head of management teams of various multidiscipline complex projects and as a member of the Ben Gurion Airport management in Israel (1995-1997).
Mr. Yossi Ofir
(54) Mr Ofir joined Plaza Centers in 2008 as a Country Director for the Republic of India. Prior to joining the Company, he acted as the Head of Commercial Department in "Pele-phone Communication Ltd" (a leading company in the Israeli telecommunication sector). Prior to this position he acted as the Head of National Marketing Department in an Israeli Credit card company.
Mr. Sagiv Meger
(33), Sagiv Meger joined the Company in late 2007 as the Country Director of Plaza Centers Serbia and was appointed as Country Director of the Czech-Republic in 2009. Prior to joining Plaza Centers he was the COO of a company based in Angola, Africa for four years, supporting over 50 various projects, ranging from telecommunications, real estate, agriculture to military intelligence. He gained an extensive range of first-hand experience in previous management positions.
Fact Sheet
Year of Establishment
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1995
Nature of Business
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Service Provider
Number of Employees
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501 to 1000 People
Turnover
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US$ 25-100 Million (or Rs. 100-400 Crore Approx.)
Major Markets
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Indian Subcontinent, East Asia, Central America, Middle East and South East Asia
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