A Tradition of Retail

We buy and operate the everyday shopping centers communities depend on.

Premier Centers is a privately held investment firm with three generations of retail operating experience. We acquire and actively manage necessity-based, value, and neighborhood retail across the East Coast, pairing institutional discipline with a true operator's view of what makes a center perform.

100+Years in retail
1M+Square feet
100+Tenants
4States
3Generations
01PracticePrivately held · East Coast

Operators, not allocators.

Premier is a privately held owner and operator of shopping centers, built on three generations in retail. Before we owned centers, we ran the stores inside them. We know what it takes to make a lease work from the tenant's side of the counter, and that shapes how we do business as a landlord: we acquire, lease, and manage our properties directly, and we hold them for the long term. We do not buy to trade.

The portfolio is not organized around a single anchor or format. It includes grocery-anchored centers, big-box and value centers led by national retailers, and neighborhood centers built around the pharmacies, restaurants, and local businesses people rely on every week. These are the places where our tenants' customers shop, eat, and take care of the everyday. Our job is to keep them worth coming back to.

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Operators, not allocators

We ran retail businesses before we owned retail real estate. We evaluate a center the way a tenant would, because for decades we were one, and it makes us a better partner to the retailers we serve.

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Built to hold

We invest our own capital with no fund timeline. When we buy a center, we intend to keep it, and tenants and communities can plan around that.

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Hands-on, every asset

We walk our properties and know our tenants by name. Leasing, management, and improvements are handled in-house, by people who pick up the phone.

02The PortfolioVA · NC · NJ · NY

Necessity-based, value, and neighborhood retail. We buy carefully, operate hands-on, and hold for the long term.

Victorian Square

LocationRichmond, Virginia
Anchor / FormatBig-Box · 30+ tenants
AvailabilityInquire →

Big-box retailers, a large indoor flea market, and more than 30 small-business tenants serving the Richmond market.

Victorian Square, Richmond VA, aerial view 30 photos

Premier Landing

LocationRoanoke Rapids, North Carolina
Anchor / FormatWalmart · On I-95
Availability4 spaces · 1,600–5,000 SF

Anchored by Walmart, directly on Interstate 95. National retailers and local businesses serving highway traffic and the surrounding community.

Premier Landing, Roanoke Rapids NC, aerial view 30 photos

Buford Commons

LocationRichmond, Virginia
Anchor / FormatFood Lion · Grocery
Availability1,200 SF

A neighborhood center on Buford Court anchored by Food Lion, providing everyday retail and services to the surrounding community.

Buford Commons, Richmond VA, aerial view 8 photos

New Hope Square

LocationGastonia, North Carolina
Anchor / FormatFood Lion · Daily needs
Availability8,470 SF

Anchored by Food Lion, with a pizzeria, pharmacy, tax office, and Chinese restaurant. Steady local traffic on New Hope Road.

New Hope Square, Gastonia NC, aerial view 7 photos

Frontage Plaza

LocationCicero, New York
Anchor / FormatTwo centers · Neighborhood
AvailabilityInquire →

Two shopping centers in greater Syracuse, each holding a mix of small businesses and retailers serving the surrounding community.

Frontage Plaza, Cicero NY, full plaza view 30 photos

Shops at Bridgewater

LocationBridgewater, New Jersey
Anchor / FormatAdjacent Bridgewater Commons
Availability2 spaces · 1,800 & 2,043 SF

Service businesses and specialty shops next to Bridgewater Commons, serving the local area.

Shops at Bridgewater, Bridgewater NJ, aerial view 25 photos
Portfolio as of 2026 · Selective growth across the East Coast. Have a center that fits? →
For Sellers & Brokers

Considering a sale?

When you sell a center you built, who operates it next matters. If you own a necessity-based or value retail center on the East Coast, we would like to talk. We move quickly, we close, and we will treat what you built with care.

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Certainty of close

We invest long-term capital backed by deep financing and brokerage relationships. When we commit, we close, on the terms we agreed.

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Your tenants are in good hands

The retailers you leased to are handed to operators who understand their business, not a fund that will trade them.

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You deal with the principals

No layers and no committees. You work directly with the principals who make the decision.

03The Principals100+ years combined

Premier is led by people who have spent their careers running stores and building real estate, with more than 100 years of combined experience on both sides of the lease. When you sell to Premier, these are the people who will own and operate your center.

Hymie Mishan

Founding Principal

Hymie oversees acquisitions, financing, and asset management at Premier Centers. He has operated commercial and retail property for twenty years, and his work covers the full life of a deal: sourcing, structuring, debt, leasing, and management. He brings long-standing legal, brokerage, banking, and advisory relationships, which lets Premier move on a wide range of opportunities in a wide range of conditions.

He is a founding principal of Vista Property, which has purchased and developed over $450 million of commercial real estate since 2016, and the founder of Excel Property Consulting, which has brokered over $800 million in commercial mortgage loans, and Excel Management, which manages more than 85 properties across five states. He began his career as an investment and trading analyst at Citadel Investment Group.

Joseph Betesh

Founding Principal

Joseph leads Premier's acquisitions and day-to-day operations. He came to real estate as a retailer, having run five furniture stores across New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and he brought that experience with him: a working knowledge of tenant operations, customer behavior, and what it takes to keep a store profitable.

It shows in how Premier buys. Joseph walks every property, meets tenants personally, and reviews the leasing and operating detail before the firm commits. His focus is acquiring centers at the right basis and growing their income through steady leasing, close management, and practical improvements.

Eli M. Dweck

Principal · Real Estate Strategy

Eli directs site selection, entitlements, and project management for Premier. He has worked in development and acquisitions for more than thirty years, developing properties for national and regional chains and repositioning neighborhood convenience centers.

He underwrites and structures deals meant to work for every party at the table, and his relationships with lenders, investors, and tenants give Premier access to capital and to opportunities that never reach the open market.

Danny Betesh

Principal · Retail Strategy

Danny guides retail and merchandising strategy across Premier's centers. He has spent more than three decades in retail and has owned and operated more than 25 stores, which gave him a close read on how retail performs on the ground.

At Premier, he applies that judgment to the centers themselves: which tenants belong, what a trade area is missing, and how a merchandising mix holds up over time. His work has improved performance for tenants and owners alike.

04ContactWe answer personally, and quickly

Sellers, brokers, tenants, partners. Talk to us.

Sellers & Brokers
Own a center, or have a deal that fits? Use the form and it goes straight to the principals.
Tenants & Leasing
Looking for space at one of our centers? Apply for a lease online → or use the form.
Lenders & Partners
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Focus
Necessity-based, value & neighborhood retail · Virginia · North Carolina · New Jersey · New York

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