We're a living connection to history. We're a living connection to history. As I like to say, my grandmother's generation

built the theater. My mother's generation helped save the theater. My generation we're trying to improve it and my

daughter is going to be able to have a theater that she can enjoy. This is built, the

podcast where you meet creative leaders in the commercial real estate industry and hear how they do what they do.

I'm your host Brian Mann, Chief Innovation and Marketing Officer with Fidelity National Financial.

In our fifth season of built, we're taking a closer look at the places we gather. From museums to theaters to stadiums, we're interested in the spaces that bring us together and the people who work in them.

In this episode we're talking to Mike Integlietta.

He's the Central New York-based Executive Director of the Syracuse Area Landmark Theater, which is a historic theater in downtown Syracuse.

There is a small and dedicated staff and we all spend far too much time in the theater.

But the executive director oversees the staff,

so all the departments report to me.

I also in the primary booker of the venue, were primarily a rental venue.

So that's my responsibility as well as handling the financial settlement of the shows.

And I'm the primary spokesperson for the theater.

I work most closely with the Board of Trustees.

I'm the interface with the community.

So I'm the person who goes to community meetings

and represents us at the Chamber of Commerce

and things like that.

Mike has served as the Executive Director

of the Landmark Theater since 2015,

but he's no stranger to the area.

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