executive profiles
Gerald D. Cohen, Founder and Principal
Gerald D. Cohen (“Jerry”) is founder and manager of SF Properties, LLC, SF Properties, Inc. (“SF Properties”), and CGI Companies with expertise in financing, leasing, developing and managing real estate. He is also a founding partner of SSG Development, LLC where he is in charge of financing and strategic planning
Mr. Cohen operates over 30 properties consisting of shopping centers, downtown store blocks and office buildings. He has extensive experience in the renovation and restoration of properties throughout Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.
Mr. Cohen was a founder of Commonwealth National Bank (2001), a nationally chartered bank in Worcester, Massachusetts. He currently serves as a member of the Executive Committee, chairman of Nominating and Governance Committee, and the Board of Directors.
Mr. Cohen currently serves as a member of the Board of Overseers at The Children’s Hospital in Boston; a member of Kellogg’s Graduate School of Management’s Real Estate Research Center Advisory Board and Kellogg Alumni Council; a member of Brown University’s Corporation Committee on Facilities and Design and its Strategic Long Range Committee and Chairman of the Real Estate Sub-Committee; an Overseer of the Museum of Science; and member of the Executive Board of the New England Anti-Defamation League. Mr. Cohen is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (“ICSC”) and a licensed Massachusetts and New York real estate broker. Additionally, Mr. Cohen was appointed Director of the MassDevelopment Board in November 2007.
Mr. Cohen was a Member of HEFA (1989 – 1991). A graduate of Brown University (1975), Mr. Cohen also received his MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management (1979).
Steve Boulanger, Controller of SF Properties, Inc.
Steve Boulanger has been Controller of SF Properties, Inc. since April, 1998. Steve graduated from Northeastern University in June 1983 with a Major in Accounting. He began his career with Prudential Development in Los Angeles, California as a Project Accountant. Since then, he has been involved in all aspects of real estate asset management, including acquisition, disposition, leasing, investment analysis and reporting. Prior to joining SF, Steve spent several years working exclusively on retail portfolios for The Hutensky Group in Hartford, CT, and Gravestar, Inc. in Boston, MA.