Tom Ward | SVP, IR |
David Simon | Chairman and CEO |
Rick Sokolov | President and COO |
Andy Juster | CFO |
Steve Broadwater | Chief Accounting Officer |
Steve Sakwa | Evercore ISI |
Michael Bilerman | Citi |
Christy McElroy | Citi |
Rich Hill | Morgan Stanley |
Craig Schmidt | Bank of America |
Alexander Goldfarb | Sandler O’Neill |
Ki Bin Kim | SunTrust |
Jeremy Metz | BMO Capital Markets |
Caitlin Burrows | Goldman Sachs |
Nick Yulico | UBS |
Vincent Chao | Deutsche Bank |
Michael Mueller | JP Morgan |
Floris van Dijkum | Boenning |
Linda Tsai | Barclays |
Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the First Quarter 2018 Simon Property Group Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later, we will conduct a question-and-answer session; instructions will be given follow at that time. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this call is being recorded. I would like to introduce your host for today’s conference, Mr.