Jon S. Wheeler

Jon Wheeler is a real estate executive with 30 years of experience who serves as Chairman & CEO of Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust and President of Wheeler Interests, a real estate acquisition, development, management and leasing company headquartered in Virginia Beach, Va. Since its inception in 1999, Wheeler has acquired or built over sixty shopping centers in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast and Southwest regions of the United States, representing over 4,000,000 million square feet of improved real property. Jon’s real estate experience includes retail leasing, marketing, acquisition, development, financing, management and disposition of strip centers, neighborhood centers, community centers, power centers and mixed-use retail space in both the urban and suburban markets within the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast and Southwest regions of the United States. He is a graduate of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Tx. where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science in 1983. He holds or has held real estate licenses in the states of Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, Texas and the District of Columbia. Professional affiliations include the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC). Current board memberships include The Chesapeake Bay Wine Classic Foundation as Development Committee Co-chair and Senior Vice President, ODU’s IPAC (founding member) and The Wheeler Benefit Foundation as Chairman. Past board memberships include Norfolk State University’s Enterprise and Empowerment Foundation (E2F), The Virginia Business Health Coalition as a Business & Health Committee Member, The Hampton Roads Community Foundation, Monarch Bank, as Chairman of the Virginia Beach Advisory Board, and Horizons Hampton Roads as Chairman.