Sandie Witmer An alumnus of the University of Miami with a major in Marketing and a minor in Psychology, Sandie Witmer is a visionary with a talent for understanding consumer behavior and perceiving new trends in the retail real estate industry before they emerge. Her experience working for regional and national developers such as The Green Company and The Rouse Company in the 80's allowed her to test her insights and provided the springboard toward creating a new kind of company. At the start of any great enterprise, there has to be a great idea. As a principal of Retail Estate, Sandie Witmer is the idea person, who developed a new philosophy in retail real estate and development. Proactive instead of reactive, their goal was to identify voids in the market place and attack them with ingenuity, creativity and unconventionality. In other words, see what is not there and make things happen, think outside the box and color outside the lines. Using this unique attitude, Sandie has recruited and trained one of the most successful leasing staffs in the country on a variety of real estate venues, from strip and community centers to historic and city government projects to urban and lifestyle developments to regional malls. Starting with the birth of the pioneering and award winning project, CocoWalk, Sandie has lead her team in concept development, from the visualization to the implementation of next generation retail. She has foreseen the journey from festival market to urban entertainment center to suburban town center. Sandie is a licensed Florida real estate broker and an active member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC). On a personal level, she contributes to numerous charitable organizations and is actively involved in Stop Hunger Now.