Future of malls? South Coast Plaza’s retiring GM: ‘Be nimble, flexible’
Future of malls? South Coast Plaza’s retiring GM: ‘Be nimble, flexible’
After 44 years of watching one of the nation’s preeminent shopping centers morph through various economic cycles, David Grant has retired as South Coast Plaza’s general manager.
His late father-in-law, Henry Segerstrom, convinced Grant to leave the construction industry in 1977, joining the family business, namely, an emerging retailing hub in Costa Mesa.
Grant used his building know-how to help…