Mr. Taylor O. Chess is President of Development for The Peterson Companies and serves on the company’s Investment Committee. Throughout the course of his career, Mr. Chess has identified development and acquisition opportunities and forged public and private partnerships that have generated world-class developments valued at more than $1 billion.



Prior to joining The Peterson Companies, Mr. Chess was Senior Vice President of Investments at Regency Centers where he established the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast offices. During his eight-year tenure, he developed 11 centers valued at approximately $660 million and assisted in the acquisition of 140 centers.



Mr. Chess studied at California State University, Northridge. He serves on numerous philanthropic boards and committees including Joe Gibb’s Youth for Tomorrow, Fairfax County’s Sports Tourism Tax Force, Fairfax Founders Board, and mentor’s real estate students through ULI’s mentoring programs. He served as ICSC’s State Director of Maryland, Washington D.C. and Virginia and has been a guest speaker for the GWU Real Estate Program. He is an appointee of the Governor of Virginia.