About this episode
Andy Weiner, President of RockStep Capital, started RockStep Capital Corporation in 1996. Weiner has built or acquired over 9 million square feet of shopping centers throughout the United States.Prior to founding RockStep Capital, Weiner served as Vice President of Operations for Weiner Stores, a chain of 159 family clothing stores with locations in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas.We discuss:
Andy’s mall thesis
A Deal Breakdown of a mall in Small town America
Implementing a successful company culture via the Rocksteps
We'd appreciate you filling out our audience survey, so we can continuously work on providing relevant content to our listeners. https://www.thefortpod.com/surveyLinksRockStep CapitalThe 25 RockStepsTopics(00:00:00) - Intro(00:04:58) - Andy’s background(00:09:09) - Retail pricing structures(00:14:06) - Falling in love with small-town America(00:18:52) - Andy’s mall thesis(00:21:59) - What Andy looks for when underwriting a mall(00:30:19) - What are deal killers for you?(00:33:58) - Capitalizing and Closing deals(00:38:50) - Deal breakdown: Manhaatan, KS(00:45:37) - Zombie malls(00:48:53) - Government funding + battling Amazon(00:52:07) - Alternative ways to monetize mall assets(00:54:27) - The Rockstep waySupport our SponsorsBullpen: https://www.bullpenre.com/Vesto: https://www.vesto.com/fortBetter Pitch: https://bit.ly/42d9L0IFort: https://bit.ly/FortCompaniesFollow Fort on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fort-companies/Chris on Social Media:The Fort Podcast on Twitter/X: https://x.com/theFORTpodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefortpodcastLinkedIn: https://bit.ly/45gIkFd Watch The Fort on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3oynxNXVisit our website: https://bit.ly/43SOvysLeave a review on Apple: https://bit.ly/45crFD0Leave a review on Spotify: https://bit.ly/3Krl9jO The FORT is produced by Johnny Podcasts
