Alex Rose

Biography: Alex J. Rose serves as President, Development for Continental Development Corporation in El Segundo, California. He is responsible for leading all development, acquisition, disposition and redevelopment activities for the suburban office/medical/R&D park developer, whose holdings cover nearly 5 million square feet in Southern California’s Los Angeles County South Bay and City of San Francisco markets. Over the past thirty five years, Rose has overseen the development and acquisition of over 4 million square feet of Class A office, medical, recreation and retail space and the redevelopment of over 3 million square feet of single-tenant R&D facilities into multi-tenant general and medical office space, restaurants, retail, entertainment and education uses, collectively totaling several hundred projects and nearly $3 billion in real estate development activity. Previous company responsibilities have also included planning and execution of all tenant improvement, core and shell renovation and new construction work; major facilities maintenance and upgrades; project budgeting and cost controls; internal project management; architect, engineer and contractor management; asset and property management. Rose also has extensive experience in title insurance and is a licensed California attorney, with experience in general civil and bankruptcy litigation practices. He is an Urban Land Institute Trustee and Foundation Governor, member of ULI's Small Scale Development Council, has served as Chair of ULI’s Los Angeles District Council Executive Committee, Chair of ULI’s Commercial and Retail Development Council and numerous other national and local leadership positions. Rose has chaired and served on over 40 national and local ULI Advisory Service assignments focusing on downtown and transit corridor redevelopment, revitalization and strategies as well as office and mixed use development issues. Rose serves on the Board of Trustees of the California Science Center Foundation, the Board of Advisors of the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, the Advisory Board of The Bay Club, a multi-campus, premier active lifestyle and hospitality company, the Board of Business Advisors of Tideline Partners, a San Diego-based small scale, infill development firm, the Board of Directors of the El Segundo Economic Development Corporation, the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of BizFed and in various leadership positions in numerous other non-profit, civic, community and academic organizations.