Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust announced that its Board of Trustees had selected Brian Harper as successor President and Chief Executive Officer of the Trust. Harper will be appointed and assume such position on a date no later than June 15, 2018, at which time the current President and Chief Executive Officer of the Trust, Dennis Gershenson, will retire. Mr. Harper most recently served as Chief Executive Officer of Rouse Properties.

Mr. Harper also served as the Chief Operating Officer of Rouse from April 2015 to September 2016 and as Executive Vice President of Leasing and Acquisitions of Rouse from January 2012 to April 2015.