Gladstone Commercial Corporation Elects Walter H. Wilkinson, Jr. to its Board of Directors
October 07, 2014 at 03:56 pm EDT
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Gladstone Commercial Corporation announced that its board of directors elected Walter H. Wilkinson, Jr. to the board to fill the directorship vacancy created upon the death of a former director. Mr. Wilkinson was also appointed a member of each of the company's Compensation Committee and Ethics, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, effective immediately. Mr. Wilkinson is the founder and a general partner of Kitty Hawk Capital.
He has served as a director of RF Micro Devices since 1992 and has served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors since July 2008. He currently serves on the board of the N.C. State University Foundation and has previously served on the boards of other universities and related organizations.
Gladstone Commercial Corporation is a real estate investment trust (REIT). The Company is focused on acquiring, owning and operating net leased industrial and office properties across the United States. It conducts its operations through a subsidiary, Gladstone Commercial Limited Partnership (Operating Partnership). It owns about 133 properties totaling 16.84 million square feet of rentable space, located in 27 states. Its properties are geographically diversified, and its tenants cover a broad cross section of business sectors and range in size from small to large private and public companies. Its properties are located in various states of the United States, such as Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Georgia, North Carolina, Alabama, New Jersey, Michigan and South Carolina. The Company's properties have tenants from various industries, such as telecommunications, diversified/conglomerate services, healthcare, automotive, banking, diversified/conglomerate manufacturing, and others.