Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> March 24, 1999
John S. Gates, Jr. (45) - has been President and Chief Executive Officer
of CenterPoint Properties Trust since it's formation in 1984.
CenterPoint Properties was the first major Real Estate Investment Trust
(REIT) to focus on adding value to warehouse/industrial properties and
has grown to a current total market capitalization in excess of $1.1
billion. Today it is the largest owner, developer and manager of
industrial property in the 1.2 billion square foot Chicago Regional
Market North America's largest and most diverse. Mr. Gates began his
career in 1976, as an Assistant and Legislative Liaison for Governor
James R. Thompson of Illinois. In 1978, he joined CB Commercial, and in
1981, co-founded the Chicago office of Jones Lang Wootton, a global
commercial property investment firm. Mr. Gates graduated from Trinity
College and the Groton School. Recently he has been nominated to the
Board of Directors of the National Association of Real Estate Investment
Trusts (NAREIT) and has served on the Board of Chicago Dock and Canal
Trust. He is a member of the Young Presidents Organization, the Urban
Land Institute, National Realty Committee, and the National Association
of Industrial and Office Parks. Profile
Mr. Gates: CenterPoint was founded in 1984, and has evolved into the
leading industrial property company in the nation's
