From: Taylor McCullough
<tkcmccullough@outlook.com>
Sent: Friday, September 10, 2021 12:39 PM
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Cc: Al MCCULLOUGH <al@amcculloughandassociates.com>
Subject: You're Invited - October Real Estate Reunion
A message from Al McCullough:
YOU’RE
INVITED
A
GATHERING OF RETAIL REAL ESTATE ICONS
You
are receiving this email for at least one of the following 10 reasons.
What might they be?
- You are or have been in the shopping center business
for a long time.
- You are or were considered one of the icons of your
chosen profession (even if only in your own mind).
- You represented at least one Landlord/Developer or
Retailer no longer in business.
- Although you took the business seriously… you didn’t
take yourself seriously.
- Someone surfaced your name as a person that liked
to sit around and talk about how things use to be.
- You were recognized as someone who liked to have fun.
- You have retired from the business but miss the
relationships.
- Looking back on your career, the thing you miss the
most is the expense account.
- You are still involved in the business and believe it
is better than it ever was (for those in this category we have a
board certified request for a temporary leave of absence from
your facility).
- You are old.
During
the so called “Good old days” , ICSC had Idea Exchanges and National
events throughout the year. From those events we got to see many of our
friends and business associates. A very illustrious group (in their own
minds) has decided to meet for the purpose of renewing friendships, swapping
stories, paying our respects by hoisting a beverage or two in honor of
some of our comrades who have moved on to the Mega Mall in the sky.
Please
feel good about yourself, for you are still remembered by those putting this
“Reunion” of sorts together. Yes, the same people that have difficulty
remembering what they had for breakfast.
I
have been informed by several of the “older” Macerich team members, lead by Mr.
Ron Bondy, that they started to plan this “Come Together” last year but
were of course stopped in their tracks by Covid-19. So here we go again
with high hopes and great resolve that the second attempt will succeed.
The
gathering and activities will be fine-tuned as we begin to get feedback as to
how many will decide to join us. We hope you are one. Herein are
the bones of the gathering along with the names and email addresses of those
receiving invitations. If there are others that come to mind that we have
overlooked please let us know. Please RSVP to Taylor at tkcmccullough@outlook.com and be sure to watch
for email updates from her address.
Invitees:
See below.
If
you have contact information for those listed without a known email address,
please provide that information to Taylor at tkcmccullough@outlook.com. Please let us
know if there are others that come to mind that we have overlooked.
Thanks!
Where: Dallas County
(Irving, TX)
When: October 22, 2021 and
October 23, 2021 (check-out October 24, 2021)
Hotel: The Westin Irving
Convention Center at Las Colinas
Address: 400 West Las Colinas Boulevard, Irving, TX
75039
Phone: (972) 505-2900 (direct to hotel-not for
reservations)
Reservations: To reserve a room at the special rate
of $199.99 call 1-888-627-8457 and identify the hotel, Westin Irving
Convention Center at Las Colinas, and the group name: Shopping Center
Reunion Room Block. To receive the special rate, rooms must be
booked by September 23, 2021.
Activities: Cocktail hour on
October 22, 2021 and October 23, 2021 followed by a dinner each night, golf and
hanging out with friends you may not have seen in years. More details to
come regarding activities.
Action
Required:
RSVP ASAP to Taylor at tkcmccullough@outlook.com if you are interested
in attending and be on the lookout for email updates with more information
regarding the reunion.
Budget: You are on your own,
no expense account and no sponsors so far. If you are willing to sponsor
a cocktail party or a dinner, please inform Taylor at tkcmccullough@outlook.com.
Golf:
If you
would like to play golf on October 22, 2021 or October 23, 2021, let Taylor
know so that tee times can be arranged. If you wish to create your own
foursome, provide the names of the foursome.
