Nicholas Hodge

传：Nick Hodge is the CEO and Fund Manager for Essential Growth Properties. He has been in commercial real estate for 25 years, including 20 years with The Kroger Co. where he most recently served as Vice President, Corporate Real Estate (Head of Real Estate), covering nearly 3,000 retail, industrial & manufacturing assets. In addition to deploying over $2 Billion per year in brick & mortar capital for Kroger and serving on their Capital Committee, he also had direct P&L responsibility for 200 company owned shopping centers. Nick is on the Board of Trustees for the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), the Downtown Cincinnati Improvement District Board and serves on the Financial Committee for the Downtown Cincinnati Development Corporation (3CDC). He holds both a BA from Washington & Lee University and an MBA in Finance from The Ohio State University. Nick and his wife Tracy live in Cincinnati, OH and have 4 children, Graham (19), Owen (16), Elena (16), and James (13).