Prince George's Woos Retailers at Vegas Convention

From Freakanomics to Zuckerbergs, Prince George's County officials rubbed elbows with bigwigs in the retail real estate, business and marketing industries at the Global Retail Real Estate Convention in Las Vegas.

For the first time, Prince George’s boosters hosted a nighttime reception for developers and retailers, according to BizJournals.com. And, according to a county spokesperson, things went well.

“We had a very successful event,” David Iannucci told BizJournals. Iannucci, the assistant deputy chief administrative officer for County Executive Rushern Baker, wouldn’t identify any specific prospects but he reportedly said the county had set up more than a dozen official meetings with developers and retailers.

Iannucci told BizJournals that the county made connections with businesses including grocery stores that could anchor commercial developments in Prince George’s County, as well as developers of existing sites and those who could potentially develop new sites in the county.

The Global Retail Real Estate Convention - or RECon is an annual gathering of the shopping center industries. According to its website, more than 30,000 people attended between May 19 and May 21, and there were more than 1,000 exhibitors. 

Featured speakers at the convention included Freakanomics author Steven Levitt and Randi Zuckerberg, Facebook’s former head of marketing and founder and CEO of Zuckerberg Media.