{"id":1004112270,"date":"2015-02-02T11:37:26","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T19:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004112270"},"modified":"2022-12-07T23:38:05","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T07:38:05","slug":"john-kessler-is-new-coo-at-empire-state-realty-trust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/john-kessler-is-new-coo-at-empire-state-realty-trust\/","title":{"rendered":"John Kessler Appointed COO At Empire State Realty Trust"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York\u2014Empire State Realty Trust In.c today announced that John Kessler has been appointed president &amp; COO. Anthony Malkin will continue as chairman &amp; CEO. Kessler will focus on real estate portfolio performance, operations, capital markets and investor relations activities.<\/p>\n<p>Before coming to Empire State Realty Trust, Kessler was at Fortress Investment Group in the role of managing director in the credit business focusing on real estate. 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