Jay M. Shapiro

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About Jay M. Shapiro

Jay M. Shapiro provides cinema strategic planning services, market due diligence, site selection evaluation, real estate deal making, lease negotiations, project management, and disposition and valuation services to institutional investors, landowners, developers, redevelopment agencies and colleges and universities. A leading expert in exhibition and theatre real estate with over 35 years of industry experience, Jay serves as President of JMS Advisory, a Cambridge-based theatre and exhibition consulting firm. Before founding JMSA, he was Senior Vice President of Development for General Cinema Theaters (1980-1995), prior to which he was National Director for Real Estate at American Multi-Cinema. From 1973-1975, he served as Assistant Attorney General for the state of Missouri. Jay has represented exhibitors and property owners throughout the United States and globally. For client references and listing see: Jay also has consulted on numerous urban redevelopment projects in Sacramento, Glendale and San Bernardino, CA, Kansas City, KS, Duluth, MN, Worcester and Quincy, MA and for the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, and San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO, The Presidio Trust, San Francisco, CA and Camana Bay, Grand Cayman Islands. Jay has provided expert witness testimony and led non binding mediation activities. see: Jay is a graduate of Brown University and Washington University School of Law. He is a member of Urban Land Institute (Entertainment Development Council), International Council of Shopping Centers, and the Missouri Bar Association and is a member of the editorial advisory board of Shopping Center Business magazine.