Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> August 21, 2000

Jeffrey Kelter – Keystone Property Trust (ktr)

JEFFREY E. KELTER has been President of Keystone Property Trust since December 1997 and was appointed Chief Executive Officer in December 1998. He has over 20 years of experience in all phases of commercial real estate including development and third-party management. Mr. Kelter began his career at Bankers Trust Corporation where he was an assistant treasurer in the Corporate Finance division. In 1982 Mr. Kelter was employed by Vector Properties in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he was in charge of the development and finance of several downtown Tulsa office building renovations. In 1982 Mr. Kelter founded Penn Square Properties, Inc. in Philadelphia and served as Chief Executive Officer and President. At Penn Square he developed, owned, managed and leased more than 4.5 million square feet of office and warehouse projects throughout the Pennsylvania and New Jersey markets. Profile
TWST: Could you begin with a brief overview of Keystone Property Trust?

Then describe what you see as your company and business today.

Mr. Kelter: The company today is an office and industrial