Peter Garver is the founder and president of Garver Development Group LLC (GDG) and is involved with all phases in the planning and development of real estate projects. These
projects typically leverage existing infrastructure, and include adaptive re-use, re-positioning of existing buildings as well as new construction. GDG provides third party services, which include development management, owner and tenant advocacy and distressed asset management.
Prior to founding GDG, Peter was Vice President of Development for Corporate Office Properties Trust (COPT, where he oversaw the development group. In his five years at the
real estate investment trust, Peter spearheaded the transformation of COPT into a company that counts green development as fundamental to its culture and core business model. Under Peter’s leadership COPT achieved: its first four LEED Gold certified buildings; three LEED Silver certified buildings; 24 additional LEED registered buildings; won the NAIOP 2005 National Green Development Award; won the USGBC Baltimore 2005, 2006 and 2007 Green Leadership award; and nine COPT employees became LEED Accredited.
Peter is a licensed architect who spent twelve years practicing architecture prior to his work as a developer. He is a licensed Real Estate Salesperson and a LEED Accredited Professional. Peter earned a Masters of Architecture degree from the University of Virginia and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee.
Peter is active in the following organizations:
- NAIOP: national Private Developers Forum
- ULI: national Small Scale Development Council- Assistant Chair; ULI Baltimore District Council Executive Committee and founding chair of Regionalism Committee
- Mt. Washington Improvement Association, chair of Land Use and Zoning Committee; former President
- Waldorf School of Baltimore Board of Trustees
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