Arie Bitton

Executive Vice President, Leasing and Operations at Crombie REIT

Speaker

Arie Bitton is a real estate executive with a passion for curating retail experiences that has been cultivated over more than two decades in the industry as both a tenant and landlord. As Executive Vice President, Leasing and Operations at Crombie REIT, Arie has a proven track record of developing and maintaining strong tenant relations and operational standards across the company’s national portfolio of more than 300 properties and nearly 20 million square feet in gross leasable area in communities coast to coast. A Harvard Business School and York University alumni, Arie is known for developing creative, thoughtful solutions that deliver on ambitious goals with measurable impact for the long term. Arie and the Crombie team together have built communities around a grocery-anchored and necessity-based real estate model that has proven to drive sustainable growth and value.