George Fox appointed vice president at Divaris Real Estate

George Fox has been appointed vice president of sales and leasing in the Virginia Beach office of Divaris Real Estate Inc. 

Fox brings to the job 13 years of commercial real estate and retail brokerage experience working for publicly traded and private shopping center investment companies.

He will focus on developing and executing leasing strategies to accomplish the business and investment goals of clients. 

DRE said that Fox played a key role in the planning and implementation of numerous leasing initiatives and operational efficiencies that led a private Virginia Beach real estate company, Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, to become the first publicly traded retail real estate investment trust (REIT) headquartered in the state of Virginia.

Before joining Divaris, Fox served as director of leasing for Hackney Real Estate Partners and was a senior vice president of business development and director of leasing for Wheeler. In this position, he was responsible for creating new strategic partnerships, with a focus on shopping center acquisitions, development, re-development, third-party leasing and management, and big-box retail leasing.