Phil McArthur CSM, CDP, CRX is the Founder and Chairman of McARTHUR Retail Development Specialists, a leading retail real estate advisory firm based in Dubai, UAE. Phil McArthur has dedicated his professional career to the development and expansion of retail destinations globally. Over the past 40 years, he has developed an international reputation for strategically positioning projects, ensuring efficient execution and delivering consistently strong financial returns in the shopping centre industry across the Middle East, North America, North Africa, and Asia.

Having worked with the finest retail development firms including Brookfield, Ivanhoe Cambridge, MAF Shopping Malls, and Al Futtaim Real Estate, Phil formed his own retail advisory firm in 2011. Since that time, the McARTHUR team has worked with over 150 developers in 22 nations planning new retail destinations as well as rescuing poor-performing investments.

Phil’s leadership role at McARTHUR Retail Development Specialists is to work with an extensive team of experts to help retail developers plan and execute new projects as well as assist mall owners to improve investment performance of under- achieving assets.

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