Jim Boyle is currently General Manager of The Shops at Atlas Park in Queens, NY. The Shops at Atlas Park is the first true lifestyle/entertainment center in the five boros of New York City. Opened in 2006 by an affiliate of ATCO Properties and Management, the project is a nationally recognized urban brownfields redevelopment that involved the adaptive re-use (for entertainment and retail/restaurant) of approximately 12-acres of a large industrial and warehouse site that had been in operation for over a century. Boyle's responsibilities involve property operations, organizational management, facilities management, financial management, merchant relations, PR and community relations and other duties.
Jim has a B.A. Degree from Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ. He started his career in the industry after graduation with The Rouse Company working as a center Marketing Director and later as a Corporate Regional Marketing Director, with offices in Toledo, OH, Lousville, KY and Cherry Hill NJ. From 1998 to 2005, Jim worked for Westfield Corporation's Airport Business Division as General Manager of the award-winning redevelopment of the concession program at Newark Liberty International Airport. This project was the flagship property of the Westfield Airport portfolio and involved the complete redevelopment of 110 retail and food concession locations. More recently, Jim served as General Manager of the Gordon Group's project on the historic Atlantic City, NJ Boardwalk, The Pier Shops at Caesars. This was ground-up development over an existing historic steel and concr ete Pier extending 900 feet over the beach and Atlantic Ocean. Jim managed this property from base building construction through Grand Opening.
Jim has participated in the NJ/NY Council of Shopping Centers since 1999 and has been a member of the Board since 2002. Jim is a native of Northern New Jersey and grew up in Rutherford and Wayne.
