"Matt will be responsible for analyzing market needs and assisting national, regional and local retailers with store locations within the company's Mid-Atlantic portfolio of NecessityRetail Centers," says Earl Kurtz, vice president of Edens & Avant's retail leasing group.

Necessity Retail Centers in the region include the following: Delaware -- Sussex Plaza in Seaford; Virginia -- Pinecrest Plaza and Mallow Mall in Covington, Lake Montclair Centerin Dumfries, Village Courts in Lynchburg, Promenade at Manassas, in Manassas, Mountainview Plaza, in Martinsville, Town Center at Twin at Hickory, Towne Crossings and West Broad Commons in Richmond, Southwest Plaza in Roanoke, Ridgewood Farm Village in Salem, and Cypress Point in Virginia Beach; Maryland -- Crofton Station in Crofton, Riverview Plaza in Frederick and East Town Plaza in Pocomoke.

Edens & Avant, headquartered in Columbia, SC, owns and manages more than 250 shopping centers in 18 states.