Professional Background
Michelle W. Caplan is an Executive Vice President with the Dallas-Fort office of Weitzman, which she joined in 1998. Caplan specializes in retail project representation and retail tenant representation. She has extensive experience working as part of the development team on new retail projects, working with the team on entitlements, land use, zoning issues and pre-leasing. Prior to joining Weitzman, she worked at The Shopping Center Group, Inc., a retail real estate company based in Atlanta, Georgia. At The Shopping Center Group and at Weitzman, she has focused on tenant representation, project leasing and the disposition of excess properties for national retailers.
Honors and Awards
Caplan received the 2016 "Retail Broker of the Year" for her commercial retail real estate success in North Texas from the Dallas Business Journal. Caplan has consistently ranked in the statewide company’s Top 10 for most years from 2004 to 2024. In 2023, she ranked as the No. 1 producer on a statewide basis for Weitzman. She was included into Weitzman’s Chairman’s Circle in 2007 and its President’s Circle in 2002. She earned the Weitzman Broker of the Year award in 2005. She consistently ranks among D-FW's top-producing brokers as well, based on the Heavy Hitters ranking by the Dallas Business Journal, and she was ranked Top Retail Broker in North Texas for 2015 and 2010. She also holds the Power Broker ranking from D CEO Magazine.
Representative Clients: Project Representation
Projects Caplan has worked on include:
- 1001 Ross – Downtown Dallas
- 1417 Commerce – Downtown Dallas
- 4502 McKinney Avenue - Dallas
- 4528 McKinney Avenue - Dallas
- 4617 Cole
- Arbor Crossing - Flower Mound
- Bianco Properties: Arlington, Dallas, Farmers Branch
- Caruth Haven - Dallas
- Castle Hills - Carrollton
- Chapel Hill – Fort Worth
- Custer & Virginia - McKinney
- Frisco Bridges - Frisco
- Frisco Marketplace - Frisco
- Frisco Village - Frisco
- Grapevine Towne Center - Grapevine
- Hall Arts Retail - Dallas
- Hall Park - Frisco
- Kensington Square – Corinth
- Kirby Building – Downtown Dallas
- Lakewood Village – Dallas
- Lincoln Square, Arlington
- MacArthur Marketplace - Irving
- Main Street Village - Frisco
- McKinney Marketplace - McKinney
- North Frisco Village - Frisco
- Old Town – Dallas
- One Main Place – Downtown (retail portion)
- Shops of Mockingbird - Dallas
- Shops of Southlake - Southlake
- Stone Street Gardens – Downtown Dallas
- The Shops of Flower Mound
- The Shops at Vineyard Village - Euless
- Trinity Valley/Trinity Plaza - Carrollton
- Twin Creeks Village – Allen
- Village on the Green - Dallas
- Village on the Parkway - Addison
- Weatherford Marketplace - Dallas
- West End Station – Downtown Dallas
- West Plano Village - Plano
- Willow Bend Market - Plano
- Windhaven Plaza - Plano
Representative Clients: Tenant Representation
Retail concepts Caplan has worked with include:
- Ascension Coffee
- Avenue
- Bar Louie
- Be Fit Modern Pilates
- bellagreen
- bevello
- Blast 825°
- Blimpie Subs & Salads
- BodyBar
- Bonchon
- Bruegger’s Bagels
- Chipotle
- Chop’t
- Corner Bakery
- CycleBar
- Factory 2-U
- D 1 Sports Training
- El Rancho
- Flywheel Sports
- GameStop
- Glosslab
- Gymboree
- KFC
- Kidville
- Knockout Sports Bar
- Krystal Hamburgers
- La Madeleine
- Leslie’s Swimming Pool Supplies
- Macaroni Grill
- Mothers Work
- Naf Naf
- Nekter Juice Bar
- Nestle Tollhouse Cafe
- Noodles & Co.
- On The Border
- Party City
- Pet Supermarket
- Phenix Salons
- Piada Italian Street Food
- Pizza Hut
- Planet Beach Tan
- Popeye's Fried Chicken
- Puttery
- Rainbow Apparel
- Regis Salons
- Rock Bottom Brewery
- Rubio's Baja Grill
- Rusty Taco
- Saks Fith Avenue OFF FIFTH
- Salons by JC
- Sam's Club
- Sears Optical
- Sev Laser
- Skechers
- Slim Chickens
- Smashburger
- Snap Kitchen
- Spec's
- Staples
- Starbucks Coffee
- Starpower
- Stretch Zone
- Taco Bell
- T.G.I. Friday's
- The Cash Store
- The Cookshack
- Tin Star
- Toy Maven
- Trina Turk
- Valvoline
- Vein Clinics of America
- VooDoo BBQ & Grill
- Xando Café
- YUM! Brands
- Zale Corporation
- Cinemark (disposition)
- Dillard's (disposition)
- Eckerd (disposition)
- Kroger (disposition)
- Payless ShoeSource (disposition)
- Petco (disposition)
- Treasury Drug (disposition)
- Winn-Dixie (disposition)
Organizations
Caplan has been active in professional organizations including the International Council of Shopping Centers, which she joined in 1992, Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) and the North Texas Commercial Association of Realtors.
Education
Caplan received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana.
