Biff Ruttenberg

Roger “Biff” Ruttenberg has 50 years of retail development, redevelopment, management, and leasing experience. His real estate background, including mortgage banking and construction experience, has contributed to Mr. Ruttenberg’s years of successful business projects and relationships.

Atlas Partners is an investment firm with three areas of focus: retail real estate ownership; distressed commercial and industrial loan acquisition; and early stage business investing.

Prior to co-founding Atlas Partners, Mr. Ruttenberg was Senior Vice President and head of the retail group at Frain Camins & Swartchild•ONCOR International. There he oversaw a leasing and management portfolio of approximately two million square feet and as well as the group’s leasing activities representing numerous national retailers.

Prior to joining FC&S in 1991, Mr. Ruttenberg founded Lakewest Equity, Inc. in 1978, a Chicago-based shopping center development firm. The firm was responsible for over 2.2 million square feet of retail development projects, 195,000 square feet of industrial space, and 74,000 square feet of office space with a total value in excess of $115 million. In 1990, Lakewest Equity, Inc. ceased active development.