Richard has more than 30 years of experience in real estate development. His impressive background provides key insights into today’s marketplace.

Prior to GIP, Mr. Curto was CEO and a Trustee of Prime Group Realty Trust (NYSE: PGE) from November 1997 through April 2002. As a publicly traded real estate investment trust, PGE owned, developed, managed, and leased over $1 billion of mixed-use real estate. Mr. Curto joined the company through its affiliate, The Prime Group, Inc., where he served as Executive Vice President.

From 1981 to 1994, Mr. Curto was Senior Vice President of Kemper Financial Services, a $65 billion money management firm, where he oversaw the activities of the real estate lending and equity investment group. At Kemper, Mr. Curto was responsible for investing more than $5 billion in joint ventures and direct investments of most types of real estate across the United States.

Mr. Curto began his career at Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he focused on asset management and joint ventures of mixed-use and commercial properties located throughout the United States.