Arthur Tropp is Senior VP, Real Estate for Williams-Sonoma, Inc. This puts him in charge of all areas of real estate negotiation and site selection for all brands, internationally and domestically. Tropp also supervises the real estate requirements of a whole slew of corporate facilities. Other roles he has held at the company include: a project with Howard Lester to develop the firm’s retail footprint; supervising the site selection, negotiation and administration of thousands of commercial leases and other real estate transactions throughout North America, Asia, Australia and Europe. Tropp has been with the firm since 1989.