Robert C. Larson has been Chairman of the Board of Directors since March 2001. He is a managing director of Lazard Alternative Investments LLC and is chairman of Lazard Real Estate Partners LLC a real estate investment company. He is also chairman of Larson Realty Group a privately owned Detroit-based company engaged in real estate investment development management and leasing. Mr. Larson was chairman of the Taubman Realty Group from 1990 to 1998 and vice chairman and a director of Taubman Centers Inc. until his retirement in May 2000. He currently serves as a director of InterContinental Hotels Group plc. In addition Mr. Larson represents Lazard as a director of Destination Europe Limited as a director and chairman of Commonwealth Atlantic Properties Inc. as a director of Atria Senior Living Group Inc. and as a member of the Partnership Committee of DP Operating Partnership L.P. He is also vice chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Urban Land Institute. |