Paul Fetscher
GREAT AMERICAN BROKERAGE INC

Specialist in Restaurants & Retail

Paul G. W. Fetscher CCIM,

SCLS is President of Great

American Brokerage Inc., a

New York based firm

specializing in Restaurants

and Retail.

His restaurant experience

dates back to 1963, and as a principal since

1968. He started in commercial real estate in

1969 and was the top retail producer

nationwide for Cushman and Wakefield Real

Estate during the 1970s.

Since founding Great American in 1980, he

has been responsible for more restaurants

throughout the Greater New York

metropolitan area, than any other broker.

Great American Brokerage Inc. does

consulting in retail concept, design and

development and has performed that function

in lifestyle centers, downtown redevelopment,

urban renewal, regional malls, specialty and

entertainment centers, factory outlet centers

and airports. The firm will work on developing

ideal tenant mixes. In many cases, Great

American has also been retained to find the

specific operators to fulfill the dream.

Paul Fetscher holds the designation of CCIM

(a Certified Commercial Investment Manager)

as designated by the National Association of

Realtors. He is also a SCLS (a Senior

Certified Leasing Specialist) as designated by

the International Council of Shopping

Centers. He has also served on the test

writing committee for ICSC.

He has been a guest columnist for Nation's

Restaurant News, Dealmakers, Retail

Vacancy Reporter, Entertainment & Specialty

Projects Magazine, and others.

Mr. Fetscher has been a featured speaker at

MUFSO (the Multiple Unit Food Service

Organization); The International Council of

Shopping Centers, both National and

Regional conventions; and Toastmasters

International where he has been a Local,

District and Divisional Speech Contest

winner. He was Keynote speaker at the

opening of the National Track and Field Hall

of Fame. Mr. Fetscher was also elected to

Chair the WRG International Conference on

Airport Retailing 2000 and again in 2002.

Mr. Fetscher's real estate experience has

reached far beyond the Greater New York

Metropolitan Area His involvement in

projects or transactions encompasses a wide

diverse geographical range from Maine to

Florida; New York to California; and includes

Hawaii, Alaska, London, Paris, Hong Kong,

Shanghai and Thailand. Most recently he

was selected as restaurant consultant for

Dubai Festival City, United Arab Emirates, a

multi use project that will include the world???s

largest collection of restaurants.

In his spare time Mr. Fetscher is an

accomplished long distance runner. He is

past National Champion at 50 kilometers

(31.1 miles), Has won 6 marathons or longer

with a personal best of 2:21:49. He was the

first American to run a marathon in Russia,

placed 11th in the World Cup and has run a

total of over 260 marathons including Rome,

Paris, Berlin, Moscow, Miami, Philadelphia,

Dallas, Minneapolis, San Diego, San

Francisco, New York, Boston, and

Washington, DC. As well, Paul has run in

over 1,600 races.

Mr. Fetscher attended The Citadel,

Charleston, South Carolina with a major in

Civil Engineering, and minors in Mathematics,

Business and Psychology. He is also a

member of MENSA.