
A banking internship sent Conor Flynn looking for something he could build. At Kimco Realty, he found a career in the places people visit without making an occasion of it.

The Regency Centers CEO spent years learning how places work. Her longest-running investment began on a Virginia softball field, with her mother watching from the sidelines.
Brian Kosoy built Sterling Organization around shopping centers while much of the investment world looked elsewhere. His career runs from New York lease negotiations to a $110 million Rodeo Drive sale, but the everyday business of retail is where he keeps returning.