Mr. Berson joined Parkway Corporation in 2018 and serves as President of Parkway Commercial Properties, a role in which he oversees Parkway’s growing real estate business. During his tenure, Parkway has developed about one million square feet as trophy office, multi-family, and hospitality, representing approximately $650 million and includes a 360,000 SF trophy office building leased by global law firm Morgan Lewis, a multifamily project in Philadelphia’s “old city” which achieved 95% leasing in just three months, and is currently delivering another 550,000 SF trophy office building leased entirely by global insurance provider Chubb. Parkway is also in predevelopment for several additional multi-family residential projects in multiple US markets. 

Prior to Parkway, Brian worked at Brandywine Realty Trust and served as Vice President of Development, overseeing development work in New Jersey and Washington DC, before which he was Vice President of Leasing and Development at Liberty Property Trust, where he held responsibility for the firm’s leasing, development, and asset management at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Having developed real estate in Washington DC before that with Hines and LCOR, he has 30 years of experience in the industry and has developed well over two billion dollars’ worth of real estate. 

Mr. Berson received his Master of Architecture from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation and his Bachelor of Arts from the Washington University in St. Louis School of Architecture. He holds a Pennsylvania architecture license and National Council for Architectural Registration Board certificate. Mr. Berson sits on the Board of Trustees at NAIOP Philadelphia, at the American Heart Association’s Hard Hats with Heart, and is a Board member at the Central Philadelphia Development Corporation.  He has been featured prominently as a guest lecturer, panelist, and instructor at many of the region’s universities.     

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