News: Retail
Posted: August 20, 2008
Andy Couch VP, Investments Regency Centers
Name: Andy Couch
Title: Vice President, Investments
Company: Regency Centers
Location: 211 Congress St., 9th Floor, Boston, Mass.
Birthplace and year: Steubenville, OH - 1960
Family: Wife of 22 years Kimberly, sons, Spencer, and Austin.
College: West Virginia Wesleyan College and Univ. of Maryland
First job outside of real estate: Management Consultant - KPMG, D.C..
First job in real estate or allied field: Real Estate Associate, Hannaford Bros.
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Leading Regency's efforts to develop and acquire retail shopping centers in New England (now and future).
Hobbies: Alpine Skiing, Golf, and Coaching Youth Baseball
Favorite book: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values - Robert Pirsig
Favorite movie: Top Gun
Keys to success: It's all a team effort and the old adage "there's no "I" in Team" absolutely applies in this business.
Person you most emulate (outside of family): Ronald Reagan
If you were forced to choose another vocation what would it be? Baseball Coach or General Manager for a professional baseball team.
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