William Leitner
Managing Partner, Merchants Retail Partners
Birmingham, AL 35223
Phone (205) 268-3601
Specialties
Investment Sales Broker
Markets
Birmingham
Bio
In his over 24 years of retail acquisition and development experience, Bill has commanded full responsibility for developing 3.7 million square feet of mixed-use, open-air, grocery, big box and apartment assets. Previously serving as Executive Vice President of Colonial Properties Trust, a $6 billion publicly-traded REIT, he managed six regional offices and 168 employees. While at Colonial, Bill transformed the REIT’s retail division from enclosed mall to a merchant build retail development platform. His developments have earned several awards for design and functionality from the Council of Shopping Centers, won numerous “Best of” Awards from the Birmingham Business Journal and been awarded The Grand Slam from Target Corporation for the perfect execution of four major shopping center deployments in Tennessee and Alabama.
