Gerard (Stick) Thibodeaux, SCLS

Gerard (Stick) Thibodeaux is Senior Vice President of Sales and Leasing for Kahn Development Company. He has over thirty years of real estate experience, primarily in retail leasing and development. He began his Shopping Center career as Southeast Regional Manager for Maurin-Ogden, a predecessor to Stirling Properties, one of the top Commercial and Development firms in Louisiana. Prior to joining Kahn Development in June of 2001, he was employed for ten years with Acadia Realty Trust; a New York based Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), specializing in shopping centers and its predecessor Mark Centers Trust/ Mark Development. During his initial tenure with Acadia Realty/MCT, Stick held the position of Regional Leasing Manager. This position required him to oversee the leasing, management and operations of the company's southeast regional portfolio consisting of twelve shopping centers containing over two million square feet. In 1995, he was named to the position of Vice President of Real Estate, Southeast. In addition to the above duties, he was responsible for all re-development of the portfolio. In 1997, his position was changed to Vice President of Leasing. In addition to the leasing and development duties for the Southeast, he was also given the responsibility for the Midwest portfolio, adding an additional one million square feet to his duties. He was consistently recognized as one of the top leasing producers in the company. As a member of the Kahn Development team, Stick is responsible for all leasing and sales of the company’s portfolio and leads the effort to tenant the Village at Sandhill, a 1,400,000 sq. ft.  mixed use project in Columbia, SC.

He received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Louisiana, Lafayette in 1975. In 1978 he completed his real estate appraisal requirements from the University and that same year was named to the Graduate Realtor Institute (GRI). In 1981 he received the Commercial Investment Division (CID) designation from Century 21 International. As owner/manager of his firm, he was recognized as having one of the nation's top ten commercial offices in total sales volume. The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) awarded him the Inaugural Certified Leasing Specialist (CLS) designation in 1994 after completing ICSC’s Advanced Leasing Course at Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan and in 2004 received the designation of Senior Certified Leasing Specialist (SCLS). He has been named ICSC North Carolina/South Carolina State Director for the 2012-2014 terms. He is a licensed Real Estate Broker in the states of Florida and South Carolina and a licensed auctioneer in the state of South Carolina. He is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), the Urban Land Institute, the National Auctioneers Association (NAA) and The South Carolina Auctioneers Association (SCAA). He has served as a board member on the Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce. He has also served as President of the Cardinal Newman School Board and is currently serving on the Cardinal Newman Capital Campaign Fund as well as Secretary of the St. John Neumann Parish Advisory Council


Gerard (Stick) Thibodeaux, CLS
Senior Vice President Sales and Leasing
Kahn Development Company
101 Flintlake Dr
Columbia, SC 29223
Phone: (803) 227-1267
Fax: (803) 788-5923
Email: stick@kahndevelopment.com