Michelle Caplan
Executive Vice President
Dallas Commercial Retail Division
The Weitzman Group
mcaplan@weitzmangroup.com



Professional Background
Michelle W. Caplan is an Executive Vice President with the
Dallas/Fort Worth Commercial Retail Division of The
Weitzman Group, which she joined in 1998. Caplan specializes
in retail project representation and retail tenant representation.
She has extensive experience working as part of the development
team on new retail projects, working with the team on
entitlements, land use, zoning issues and pre-leasing. Prior to
joining The Weitzman Group, she worked at The Shopping Center Group, Inc.,  a retail real estate company based in Atlanta, Georgia, for six years.  At The Shopping Center Group and The Weitzman Group, she has focused on tenant representation, project leasing and the disposition of excess properties for national retailers.

Representative Client List  
Caplan’s representative client list includes:
  • Saks Fifth Avenue OFF FIFTH
  • Starbucks
  • Zale Corporation
  • T.G.I. Friday’s
  • Xando Café
  • Great Outdoors
  • Mothers Work
  • Factory 2-U
  • Party City
  • Hit or Miss  
  • Staples
  • Chipotle
  • Gymboree
  • Kidville
  • Krystal Hamburgers
  • Planet Beach Tan
  • Rainbow Apparel
  • The Cash Store
  • YUM! Brands
  • The Home Depot
  • Popeye’s Fried Chicken
  • Leslie’s Swimming Pool Supplies
  • Bruegger’s Bagels
  • Sears Optical
  • Blimpie Subs & Salads
  • Avenue
  • Noodles & Co.
  • Rubio’s Baja Grill
  • Corner Bakery
  • On The Border
  • Cinemark (disposition)
  • Eckerd (disposition)
  • Winn-Dixie (disposition)
  • Payless ShoeSource (disposition)
  • Treasury Drug (disposition)
  • Kroger (disposition)
  • Johnny Rockets (disposition)
  • Petco (disposition)

Representative project list
Projects Caplan has worked on include:

  • Old Town - Dallas
  • Chapel Hill - Fort Worth
  • West Plano Village - Plano
  • Shops of Mockingbird - Dallas
  • Village on the Green - Dallas
  • Weatherford Marketplace - Dallas
  • 1001 Ross - Downtown Dallas
  • 1417 Commerce - Downtown Dallas
  • Kirby Building - Downtown Dallas
  • West End Station - Downtown Dallas
  • Village On The Parkway - Addison
  • One Main Place – Downtown Dallas (retail portion)
  • The Shops of Flower Mound
  • Kensington Square – Corinth
  • Castle Hills - Carrollton
  • Grapevine Towne Center - Grapevine
  • Shops of Southlake - Southlake
  • Trinity Valley/Trinity Plaza - Carrollton
  • Lakewood Village - Dallas
  • Stone Street Gardens - Downtown Dallas
  • Frisco Marketplace - Frisco
  • Frisco Village - Frisco
  • Frisco Bridges - Frisco
  • Main Street Village - Frisco
  • North Frisco Village - Frisco
  • Custer & Virginia - McKinney
  • McKinney Marketplace - McKinney
  • Twin Creeks Village – Allen
  • MacArthur Marketplace - Irving
  • Caruth Haven - Dallas
  • Windhaven Plaza - Plano
  • Willow Bend Market -  Plano
  • 4617 Cole - Dallas
  • 4528 McKinney - Dallas
  • 4502 McKinney - Dallas

Honors and Awards
Caplan, a consistent top producer for The Weitzman Group, has ranked in the statewide company’s Top 10 in 2000 and from 2004 through 2010. She was included into Weitzman’s Chairman’s Circle in 2007 and its President’s Circle in 2002. She earned the Cencor Broker of the Year award in 2005.

Organizations
Caplan is active in professional organizations including the International Council of Shopping Centers.

Education
Caplan received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana.