Seritage Growth Properties (SRG)

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Seritage Growth Properties Appoints John Garilli as Interim CFO (1/07/22)

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Seritage Growth Properties (NYSE: SRG) (the “Company”), a national owner and developer of 170 retail, residential and mixed-use properties, today announced that John Garilli, an existing consultant to the Company and former CEO of New York REIT, has been appointed interim Chief Financial Officer. He will assume this position on a full-time basis upon Amanda Lombard’s departure, effective January 14, 2022.

Andrea Olshan, President and Chief Executive Officer of Seritage Growth Properties said, “We are pleased to have an executive of John’s caliber to step into the CFO role. John has been engaged with Seritage as a consultant for some time and is intimately familiar with our business. He is a seasoned executive who brings extensive REIT leadership experience, and we look forward to continuing to benefit from his deep financial and industry expertise.”

Mr. Garilli is a veteran public company executive with more than 15 years of experience in real estate leadership roles. Mr. Garilli has been a member of Winthrop Capital Advisors LLC and its affiliates since 1995, currently serving as President and COO. Mr. Garilli currently serves as Interim President and CEO of Luby's, Inc., a national restaurant company operating the Luby’s Cafeterias and Fuddruckers brands, since February 2021 and will continue to serve in that role in the near-term. Mr. Garilli has served as CEO, President, CFO, Treasurer, and Secretary of New York REIT Liquidating LLC since 2018. Prior to this, he served as the CEO of its predecessor, New York REIT, Inc. (“NYRT”), a NYSE-listed real estate investment trust, from July 2018 to November 2018, and as CFO, Secretary, and Treasurer of NYRT beginning in 2017. Previously, Mr. Garilli served as Chief Accounting Officer of Winthrop Realty Trust, a NYSE-listed real estate investment trust, from 2006 to 2012 and served as Winthrop Realty Trust’s CFO from 2012 until 2016. Mr. Garilli holds an MBA from Babson College and a BA from the College of the Holy Cross.

About Seritage Growth Properties

Seritage is principally engaged in the ownership, development, redevelopment, management and leasing of diversified and mixed-use properties throughout the United States. As of September 30, 2021, the Company’s portfolio consisted of interests in 170 properties comprised of approximately 10.0 million square feet of GLA or build-to-suit leased area (approximately 8.0 million at share), approximately 4.0 million of which is held by unconsolidated entities (approximately 2.0 million at share), approximately 600 acres held for or under development and approximately 10.0 million square feet of GLA or approximately 850 acres to be disposed of.

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