Brian M. Jones, former president and CEO of the Forest City West Commercial Group, will deliver the keynote at the Gazarian Speaker Series presentation, “The Art and Science of Retail Place-making,” from 8-11 a.m. Friday, March 7 at Fresno State. The free, public event will be at the Alice Peters Auditorium in the Peters Business Building. Presented by The Garzarian Real Estate Center at Fresno State and the Urban Land Institute of San Francisco, it includes a continental breakfast and a retail industry panel with a Q&A session mediated by Arakel Arisian of the Arisian Group. Registration is required and will continue through Tuesday, March 4, or when maximum capacity is reached at 125. Parking is free with registration. INFO: Jacqui Curry at jacquelinc@csufresno.edu.
