Larry Farren
Real Estate Acquisition and Development | Head Coach | VP | SVP | Site Selection
- Role
- Group Director - Walmart Sam\'s Club - Real Estate Strategic Acquisition at Walmart
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Larry Farren
Larry Farren is a forward thinking innovation leader and world-class real estate developer with a strong commitment to driving revenue. He\'s completed development projects and pioneered new real estate formats in the Bay Area, Seattle, and Arizona markets. As a Senior Strategist and creative problem solver for the second largest retailer in the world, he incorporates the latest technologies and design thinking into retail, office and industrial spaces.Along his 25-year path from deal maker to strategic innovator, Larry has successfully completed 400+ development and construction projects. He assumed progressive leadership positions at Foss Redevelopment, and Trammell Crow Company setting himself apart as a dynamic and result-driven member of their management teams. He created best-in-class urban and suburban spaces, non-prototypical infill corporate office buildings, and fulfillment/manufacturing facilities.Larry joined Costco Wholesale as VP of Real Estate in the San Francisco Bay Area NWAP, overseeing acquisitions and strategic plans for regional expansion. He built a reputation for finding creative solutions to operating challenges, and negotiating win-win agreement among stakeholders, which led to his current role as the leader and coach of a dynamic innovation team, reporting directly to the EVP/CIO.As Senior Innovation Strategist he applies his business and financial acumen and broad-ranging knowledge of innovation disciplines such as advanced mapping systems, robotics, and systems that improve membership retention. With an innate ability to identify and nurture creative talent, Larry is experienced at driving large, complex projects to successful completion. He pushes the edge of design and system innovation, while continually looking ahead to discern the consumer and technology directions that will define the next generation of business.
Experience
Group Director - Walmart Sam\'s Club - Real Estate Strategic Acquisition
Dec 2023 — Present · US
Education
UW Foster School of Business
Master of Business Administration (MBA), MBA
2002 — 2005
Skills
- Real Estate Development
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Negotiation
- Market Analysis
- Operations Management
- Real Estate
- Coaching
- Collaborative Problem Solving
- Corporate Real Estate
- Leadership
- Contract Management
- Budgets
- Strategic Planning
- Retail
- Budget
- Strategy
- Contract Negotiation
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