Dean Frankel is Managing Director and Head of Real Estate Securities at CenterSquare Investment Management. He is responsible for management of the firm’s proprietary research process. In addition, Dean analyzes and interprets implications of major events and economic trends while managing the daily operations of the real estate securities portfolios. Prior to joining CenterSquare in 1997, he ran a retail distribution business. Dean received a B.S. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business. He is a CFA charter holder and member of the CFA Institute.

Eric Rothman serves as Portfolio Manager for CenterSquare Investment Management’s real estate securities group. He joined the firm in 2006, and is responsible for market research, sector allocations, research, and financial modeling across the U.S. real estate securities universe. He also manages a REIT preferred stock separate account mandate. He has over two decades of REIT and real estate investment experience. Prior to joining CenterSquare, he spent more than six years as a sell-side REIT analyst at Wachovia Securities and three years as an analyst at AEW Capital Management, LP. Eric graduated cum laude from Boston University with a B.A. in Economics, International Relations and French. He is a CFA charterholder and member of the CFA Institute.