Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> March 24, 1999
A veteran real-estate executive with broad experience in all aspects and
phases of development, NELSON C. RISING joined Catellus in September,
1994 as President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Rising's experience
spans 25 years in the real estate industry. Prior to joining Catellus,
he was a senior partner of Maguire Thomas Partners, one of the largest
commercial developers in the nation with projects throughout southern
California, Dallas and Philadelphia. He was partner-in-charge of Playa
Vista, a 1,087-acre planned community located near Playa del Rey,
Calif., and partner-in-charge of Los Angeles' Library Square, a project
that includes the West's tallest office building, the 73-story First
Interstate World Center, and the 54-story Gas Company Tower. The Library
Square project provided over $100 million for the renovation of Los
Angeles' historic Central Library. Active in civic and community
affairs, Mr. Rising has chaired the Central City Association, an
organization that has represented business interests in downtown Los
Angeles for over 70 years; chaired the Blue Ribbon Task Force, formed to
evaluate the business practices of the Metropolitan Water District; and
co-chaired Mayor Riordan's Development Reform Commission. Mr. Rising
recently received the 1996 Los Angeles Heritage Award from Project
Restore in Los Angeles. He was recently appointed director of the
Federal Reserve Bank in San Francisco for a three-year term beginning in
January, 1998. He serves as Chair of the National Realty Committee's
Environmental Policy Advisory Committee. Mr. Rising graduated with
honors from UCLA with a degree in Economics and graduated with honors
from the UCLA School of Law in 1967, where he served as managing editor
of the UCLA Law Review. He practiced law with O'Melveny & Myers before
entering the real estate industry in 1972. Profile
sector of the markets are you involved in, what are your development
activities, and those kinds of things?
Mr. Rising:
