Thomas Gast

Tom Gast is a Principal of Gast Retail Group located in Santa Ana, California, specializing in retail brokerage and consulting services for property owners, retailers and supermarket operators. Other areas his firm handles include dispositions, investment sales, retail development and project management. Prior to joining Gast Retail Group, Mr. Gast was President of De Rito Partners West, Inc. where he was responsible for all new development and acquisition activities in California and Nevada. He was formerly Senior Vice President of Real Estate for Ralphs Grocery Company, headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Ralphs is a division of The Kroger Company (Cincinnati, Ohio), the nation’s largest supermarket chain with annual sales in excess of $70 billion. The company operates over 2400 supermarkets and multi-department stores in 31 states under two dozen local banners including Kroger, Ralphs, Fred Meyer, Food 4 Less, King Soopers, Smith’s and Smith’s Marketplace, Fry’s and Fry’s Marketplace, Dillons, QFC and City Markets. Ralphs is the premier conventional supermarket chain in Southern California and the largest Kroger retail division with 268 stores presently in operation throughout the state. Food 4 Less, a sister division of Ralphs, is also headquartered in Los Angeles and is the fastest growing price impact supermarket operator in the country today with 145 stores in four states. Mr. Gast was responsible for overseeing new and existing store development for Ralphs supermarkets and Food 4 Less price impact stores in California and Nevada including property management and surplus property dispositions, as well as supporting backside warehousing and distribution facilities for both supermarket formats. He has over 30 years of retail experience, 24 of which were in real estate. Prior to the merger with Ralphs Grocery Company in 1995, Mr. Gast held the title of Director of Real Estate for Alpha Beta Company. He holds a California Department of Real Estate Broker License and is a graduate of California State University at Fullerton with a BA degree in Business Administration and an MBA degree in Finance. He is married with four sons and resides in Yorba Linda, California.

• Specialties
  Investment Sales Broker, Tenant Rep
• Languages
  English
• Markets
  Inland Empire (California), Los Angeles, Orange County (California), San Diego
• Property Types
  Land, Retail
• Awards
  Licensed California Real Estate Broker
• LinkedIn Profile
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• Websites
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• Education
  California State University Fullerton, Bachelor of Arts, Business Administration, Marketing 1979 California State University Fullerton, Masters of Business Administration, Real Estate Finance 1988
• Organizations
  International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)