WPG - Look Who's Buying Washington Prime Group

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If the word “optimism” was a person, who would it look like?

No doubt about it, the answer is Lou Conforti, the unconventional CEO of Washington Prime Group (WPG).

(Source: NAREIT interview)

Conforti is a standout personality amongst a parade of identikit types that normally grace REIT C-suites. Only he could boast on an earnings call:

“Give us the clumsiest multiple of a strip-center pier, and our assets are quite frankly better than anyone. Everybody stayed for a couple of fields and do