Gayle Aertker

Gayle Aertker currently serves as Senior Vice President of Real Estate, Design and Construction for the Burlington Stores.  Over the past 35 years, Aertker has enjoyed the challenges and opportunities that have opened her up within the real estate development and retail arena.  Her years of tenure and service with many growth retailers, including Price Club (Costco), Toys “R” Us, Office Depot, Circuit City, and Dollar General, have enriched her knowledge of the industry and each has readied her for the next retailing challenge ahead.  It is her hope that she too has been able to enrich the retail shopping center industry with a female leadership focused on making the right retail real estate location decisions for the benefit of the female customer and retailer.  The relationships that she has developed over the years in the development of thousands of retail locations throughout the US will hopefully endure to the benefit of the organizations she has touched.

Gayle C. Aertker
Sr. VP Real Estate, Design & Construction
Burlington Stores
4287 Route 130 South
Edgewater Park, NJ 08010
Phone: (609) 387-7800 ext 72308
Fax: (609) 589-9771
Email: Gayle.Aertker@burlingtonstores.com

Aileen Messinger

Aileen Messinger, Vice President, Retail Brokerage at JLL and her role encompasses developing and executing strategic leasing plans for the firm’s agency clients and is a critical component of JLL’s retail team in South Florida. As a specialist in the dynamic Miami Beach retail market including Lincoln Road, neighboring high street retail corridors and a longtime resident of the area, Aileen’s primary area of focus is the Miami market. Ms. Messinger’s prior experience both as a tenant and working with landlords on various property types including neighborhood, community, and lifestyle centers provides unique insight and relationships which results in the maximum ROI for clients.

Prior to joining JLL, Ms. Messinger served as the South Florida Development Manager for Starbucks Coffee Company; responsible for executing the real estate market strategy for the southern half of the state.

Ms. Messinger has spent the majority of her career as a landlord leasing professional, most recently as the Director of Leasing for Equity One where she was responsible for leasing a 2M square foot portfolio of shopping centers spanning different property types and tenants including in-line, anchor, and outparcels.

Ms. Messinger graduated from Florida State University in 2000 with a degree in Business Marketing and resides in Miami Beach. Ms. Messinger is the Chair for the 2015 Next Generation Conference; and is a member of the ICSC National Next Generation Leadership Board. In addition, she serves on the FSU’s Real Estate Trends Conference Executive Board Committee.

Aileen Messinger
Vice President, Retail Brokerage
JLL (Real Estate Services)
1221 Brickell Avenue Ste 200
Miami, FL 33131
State Next Generation Chair
Phone: (305) 213-5066
Email: aileen.messinger@am.jll.com