Richard Chase Palamar, President and Founder

Rick has over 35 years of experience in the commercial real estate development arena. He began in the appraisal field, rising to the position of partner with Rogers and Taylor appraisers in New York. He later relocated to North Carolina for the role of vice-president with Barnett Properties, a regional development firm. Rick established Chase Development Company in 1985, and is responsible for overseeing the acquisition, renovation and development of new projects for the company.

Rick is a long-term member of the International Council of Shopping Centers, and is active in his community of Henderson, North Carolina, where he has served in leadership roles with The Church of the Holy Innocents, the local private school, Kerr-Vance Academy, and the Henderson Family YMCA. He is a graduate of Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, where he majored in economics.