Drew Gorman has nearly thirty years’ experience in the shopping center development business. Mr. Gorman is currently Senior Vice President of Acquisitions and Development for ECHO Realty. Prior to joining ECHO, he was the Managing Director for Faison where he was responsible for all leasing and sales activities for the Northeast / Mid-Atlantic region. In 2010, Mr. Gorman co-founded Westmoreland Partners, a privately held, retail real estate and advisory company, specializing in redevelopment and repositioning of distressed assets and select ground-up development.  He also served as Senior Vice President of Development for Palisades Realty & Development and Chief Operating Officer-Northeast Region for Federal Investment Realty Trust.

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As Senior Vice President of Acquisitions and Development, Mr. Gorman was in charge of expanding ECHO's presence in the MidAtlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States through the acquisition/ redevelopment and ground-up new development of supermarket-anchored shopping centers. Mr. Gorman and his partner, Howard Biel, opened ECHO Real Estate Services' Washington, DC office in September 2012.  Since joining ECHO, Mr. Gorman has overseen the acquisition and/or development of 30 shopping centers totaling nearly 3 million square feet.

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At Faison, Mr. Gorman was responsible for all leasing and sales activities for the Northeast Region of Faison, which between 2002 and 2010, completed the development of nearly five million square feet of retail projects, .  In addition to the leasing and sales responsibilities, Mr. Gorman also had direct involvement with all land acquisition, development, financing, disposition, and partnership relations of Faison projects.

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Mr. Gorman joined Faison as a member of Palisades Realty & Development (which was merged into Faison in 2002) as Senior Vice President. Prior to joining Palisades, Mr. Gorman enjoyed an eight-year career with Federal Realty Investment Trust where he successfully leased over 1.2 million square feet of space with an aggregate lease value in excess of $250 million. Mr. Gorman started with the Trust in 1992 as a Leasing Associate and was promoted to Anchor Leasing in 1994. In 1998, Mr. Gorman became the Vice President of Anchor Leasing, where he managed the department responsible for identifying anchor leasing opportunities for the Trust’s 15 million square foot national portfolio as well as key anchor tenancy for the Trust’s new and redevelopment projects. In 1999, Mr. Gorman assumed the position of Chief Operating Officer – Northeast Region where he directed the activities of a staff of 265 accountable for all operating responsibilities for the Boston, Hartford, New York, Philadelphia, Detroit and Chicago markets. While in this position Mr. Gorman supervised the operation of 50 retail properties: he identified and initiated $20 million of redevelopment opportunities and $15 million of new development opportunities: and he negotiated over 250,000 square feet of new leases for the region.

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Mr. Gorman has a M.B.A. degree from Loyola College in Baltimore and a B.S. degree from Towson University. He is an active member of the International Council of Shopping Centers and Urban Land Institute.