Gabriel Grant

Biography: Gabriel Grant Principal, Spectrum Development Solutions http://www.spectrumdevsolutions.com/ Gabe is a Seattle native with a passion for creating great places and a deep commitment to civic affairs, and brings a strong multi-disciplinary approach to real estate. He has extensive experience identifying investment opportunities, structuring and negotiating complex real estate transactions, and managing the creative repositioning of a variety of asset types. Prior to joining Spectrum, Gabe was Vice President of HAL Real Estate Investments where he was responsible for the financial performance of a diverse portfolio of commercial real estate assets totaling over 1 million square feet located in the Seattle metro area and overseeing acquisitions and dispositions totaling over $350 million. Representative projects include: repositioning the Pike Plaza building in downtown Seattle into a new City Target store; the acquisition via short-sale, lease to Polyclinic and subsequent re-sale of the Polyclinic Madison Center on First Hill (winner of NAIOP “Deal of the Year”) ; the acquisition, entitlement and sale of numerous land sites throughout the city, including a 40-story residential apartment site in downtown Seattle; the off-market acquisition of distressed debt and transition to ownership of 45,000 square Pacific Commercial Building in Pioneer Square, including full lease up to a variety of creative class tenants. Gabe began his real estate career at Preservation of Affordable Housing (POAH) in Boston, working on complex mixed-income multi-family acquisition and renovation projects. Gabe was a member of the HALA committee that presented a broad set of recommendations, called the “Grand Bargain,” to the Mayor for how to create more affordable and market rate housing in the city. He is a board member of Bellwether Housing and has served on numerous non-profit and civic boards, including Historic Seattle and the Downtown Seattle Design