Corporate Overview
Garver Development Group LLC is keenly focused on protecting our partners’ interests and driving value creation through our hard work. We stand in the Owner’s shoes as its advocate, with fealty to no one else. Specifically, our role can include:
- Joint Venture Developer
- Fee Developer
- Feasibility Analysis
- Owner’s Rep
- Owner’s Project Manager
Garver is a real estate services company that provides, either directly or through strategic partnerships, any assistance needed for a building or development project.
Our deepest experience includes these project types:
- Multi-Family and Senior Housing
- Self-Storage
- Adaptive Re-use
- Corporate Headquarters Relocation
Our seasoned staff uses a unique set of skills and tools to create value as we:
- Assemble the best team available based on the project type and location
- “Tap the wisdom in the room” through facilitation
- Guide the project by its goals and best practices rather than who has the loudest voice
- Speak the language of the many specialists involved in projects today, from engineers to lawyers to building code officials
- Ensure that the focus on technical issues remains in service of the project’s goals, by breaking through the “silos” in which specialists are typically housed; this often leads to solutions that would not otherwise be seen
- Quickly analyze what needs to be done
- Think outside the box and apply our passion for problem solving
- Be hard on the issues and soft on people
Team
Peter Garver
Founder and President of Garver Development Group, Peter excels at protecting the interests of his partners. He creates value through his focused and respectful manner of working on projects with the various players. His proven track record with mixed use, self-storage, corporate office and senior housing work includes over 6 million square feet of development since the late 1990’s.
Peter has led development work for joint venture partners, a REIT, private corporate clients, public entities and non-profits. He is a licensed Real Estate Salesperson and a LEED Accredited Professional. A licensed architect, he practiced for ten years prior to his work as a developer. Peter earned a Masters of Architecture from the University of Virginia and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee.
Peter is active with NAIOP as a member of its national Private Developers Forum and the Board of the Maryland State Boychoir. An accomplished marathon runner and open-water swimmer, he was the top fundraiser for the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Swim seven years running, and now supports cancer research at Johns Hopkins as part of Swim Across America- Baltimore.
Speaking & Presentations
Executives at Garver are available to speak to large or small groups regarding real world sustainable real estate experiences, solutions and to lend insights into completed or projects underway.
Recent speaking engagements include:
Bisnow Multi Family Forum panel participant
Baltimore Business Journal panel discussion “The Future of Columbia”
Maryland Center for Construction Education & Innovation “A Mile In Your Shoes” event (regarding project delivery methods) table leader
Clark Leadership CEO Groups- presented “Office Trends: Office as an Environment; Office (Building) as an Artifact”
SMPS MD Developers’ Panel: “Sustainable Development in the Corridor”
BOMA Maryland “Economic Update” Commercial Real Estate Presentation
Anne Arundel County Economic Development Corporation, Energy Efficiency Roundtable, Panel Discussion
NAIOP MD, “Green Buildings: Are They Valuable To Tenants?,” Moderator
Greater Baltimore Committee, Small Business Summit, Panel Discussion re; Green Development
Greater Baltimore Committee, Built Environment and Sustainability Committee, Panel Discussion
U.S. Green Building Council, Jacksonville, Florida, Master Speaker Presentation: “Green Development and the Bottom Line”
CREW Baltimore, “The State of the Region” panel participant
NBI Conference, Mastering…Development Processes in Maryland, Baltimore, MD “Sustainable Development Requirements and Trends”
The Downtown Partnership Business Over Breakfast, Baltimore, MD “Green Development Update”
The Daily Record Symposium, Baltimore, MD “Go Green for Green”
CoreNET Global Conference, Tyson’s Corner, VA “Corporate Sustainability Programs: the Developer’s View”
Maryland Economic Development Agency spring meeting, Hagerstown, MD “Green Buildings for Economic Development”
National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, Phoenix, AZ “Speculative Green Office Development Case Studies”
National Facilities Management & Technology Conference, Baltimore, MD “Creating Healthier Offices”
Commercial Real Estate Women, Baltimore, MD “How sustainable building techniques benefits the bottom line”
Urban Land Institute Industrial Office Product Council, Denver, CO “Green building trends in the future and how to get on the bandwagon”
NAIOP national meeting San Francisco, CA ” Update on new trends, best practices and the latest technological advances in green and sustainable building design”
Green Building Alliance/NAIOP Green Sense conference, Pittsburgh, PA Keynote: “Why Green Spec Office Development?”
In the News
Testimonials
On multiple projects in Columbia, Garver Development makes very significant contributions to our endeavors here in Downtown. Peter Garver well understands how to drive value creation in real estate development. That combined with his positive demeanor, integrity and reputation fashion him as a powerful force to be reckoned with and we are pleased to be working with him. Garver was an integral part of our success at bringing Whole Foods to the adaptive re-use of the former Rouse Company headquarters. Peter helped us figure out how best to re-position this building. He understands both the big-picture business points as well as the technical details, and pivots from one to the other without missing a beat.