Glimcher Realty Trust (NYSE: GRT) is one of the country's leading retail real estate investment trusts. A premier developer, manager and owner of award-winning shopping malls, Glimcher has established a top portfolio of enclosed regional malls, open-air centers and fashion outlets throughout the United States. Since the company's inception more than 50 years ago, Glimcher has evolved dramatically from a family-owned developer of single tenant and anchored strip centers in the Midwest to a company focused on high quality malls throughout the country. Herb Glimcher, Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Trustees, founded The Glimcher Company in 1959, grew the company from the 1960s to the 1990s, and formed Glimcher Realty Trust, taking the company public in January 1994.