BJ's Wholesale Club Names John R. Roberts Senior Vice President of Real Estate and Property Development.NATICK, Mass. -- BJ's Wholesale Club BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. NYSE: BJ is a membership-only warehouse club chain operating in the East Coast of the United States, as well as in the state of Ohio. History , Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BJ) today announced that John R. Roberts has joined the Company as senior vice president of real estate and property development. In this position, Mr. Roberts will be responsible for the Company's real estate division, reporting to BJ's president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Michael Wedge. Commenting on the appointment, Mr. Wedge said, "BJ's is extremely fortunate to attract a person with John's record of success in areas critical to BJ's future growth and development. His experience and success in expanding retail franchises will be critical to BJ's as the Company moves to its next level of growth." Mr. Roberts has more than twenty-five years of strategic leadership experience in real estate within the retail industry, including nine years with The Home Depot The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services. Headquartered in Vinings, just outside Atlanta in unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia, Home Depot employs more than 355,000 people and operates 2,164 big-box , Inc. In addition to The Home Depot, Mr. Roberts was director of real estate for Lechmere, Inc., and senior vice president of retail for AMB AMB Ambient AMB Ambassador AMB Amber AMB Ambulance AMB Associação Médica Brasileira (Brazil) AMB Ambulatory AMB Advanced Memory Buffer (FBDIMM control unit on DRAM) Property Corporation. In 2000, he established Roberts Realty Group based in Andover, MA, a company specializing in shopping center shopping center, a concentration of retail, service, and entertainment enterprises designed to serve the surrounding region. The modern shopping center differs from its antecedents—bazaars and marketplaces—in that the shops are usually amalgamated into acquisition and redevelopment. Mr. Roberts is a graduate of Bowdoin College. BJ's introduced the warehouse club concept to New England in 1984 and has since expanded to become a leading warehouse chain in the eastern United States. The Company currently operates 154 BJ's clubs, one ProFoods Restaurant Supply club and 80 gas stations in sixteen states. BJ's press releases and filings with the SEC are available on the Internet at www.bjs.com. |
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