Cafaro Company

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Cafaro Company
Type	private
Founded	194x
Founder	William M. Cafaro
Headquarters	Youngstown, Ohio, USA
Area served	USA
Industry	Retail
Services	Shopping center management

Cafaro Company is an American company which owns several retail shopping centers throughout the United States. Based in Youngstown, Ohio, it is the largest privately owned shopping center development and management company in the United States.^[1]

Cafaro Company began in the 1940s. William M. Cafaro and his brother John began developing grocery stores for Kroger, and later moved on to developing shopping centers. The two brothers managed the non-grocery tenants in the centers they developed. In 1965, they opened their first regional mall property.^[1]

In the 1980s, Target Corporation asked Cafaro to develop centers for them in the Pacific Northwest.^[1]

The company manages more than 34,000,000 square feet (3,200,000 m²) of commercial real estate throughout the United States.^[2] Anthony Cafaro, Sr., is president and CEO of the Cafaro Company, and his sons Anthony Jr. and William A. are vice presidents.^[1]