properties trust type public nyse rpt industry real estate investment trusts genre regional community shopping centers founded 1950 public 1996 founder aaron & william gershenson headquarters farmington hills michigan u.s. number of locations 69 area served michigan florida georgia ohio wisconsin illinois indiana maryland virginia kentucky missouri minnesota colorado key people stephen r. blank chairman dennis gershenson president & ceo number of employees 130 website 1 www.rgpt.com ramco gershenson properties trust r g is a fully integrated real estate investment trust reit . as of june 30 2016 the company owned interests and managed a portfolio of 68 shopping centers and one office building comprising approximately 15 200 000 square feet 1 410 000 m2 of gross leasable area primarily located in large metropolitan markets in the central united states . the company is headquartered in farmington hills michigan and employs 130 people . ramco gershenson is publicly traded on the nyse under the symbol rpt . contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit the a & w management company was founded in 1950 by aaron & william gershenson . they developed more than 70 shopping centers in the midwest over nearly half a century . the original founders stepped down in 1975 succeeded by william s sons and one unrelated associate . the company was renamed ramco gershenson inc. the company and 22 key properties merged with rps realty trust on may 1 1996 . the resulting company was named ramco gershenson properties trust and has expanded by both asset management and acquisition . see also edit shopping property management firms references edit external links edit ramco gershenson official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ramco gershenson properties trust & oldid 736761437 categories companies listed on the new york stock exchangecompanies established in 1950companies based in oakland county michiganshopping property management firms1950 establishments in michiganhidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 29 august 2016 at 17 37 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view