LAWRENCE F. GRAHAM
Chief Administrative Officer
A real estate professional with more than 35 years of experience in both the public and private sectors, Lawrence Graham retired as Executive Vice President of Brookfield Properties in March 2011. Among his responsibilities prior to retiring was the repositioning of the World Financial Center, an eight million square foot complex in lower Manhattan.
Previously, he developed and managed a pipeline new projects in the U.S. and Canada. Five of these projects totaling 3.5 million square feet were completed as of 2009. The two largest projects are the 1.2 million square foot Bay Adelaide Centre in Toronto and the 1.1 million square foot 300 Madison in NYC.
As Senior Vice President for Operations from 1996 to 2002 he was responsible for the operations and management of the company’s U.S. office building portfolio of 18 million square feet.
After the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, Mr. Graham organized and supervised the $140 million restoration of the company’s buildings, including the World Financial Center and its Winter Garden and received the 2002 Building Trades Employers’ Assn. Leadership Award.
Mr. Graham joined Brookfield’s predecessor, Olympia & York, in 1989 and played a significant role in its restructuring efforts from 1991 to 1996.
Prior to joining Olympia & York, he served as a consultant and financial advisor to numerous companies and organizations including: Battery Park City Authority (BPCA), The Trump Organization, Shearson, Drexel Burnham, Ryland Group, FDIC and Claridge Properties, among others.
Earlier in his career, he served with the New York State Urban Development Corporation (UDC) and BPCA, as Chief Financial Officer of both organizations from 1978 to 1982, and as the first President of the Times Square Redevelopment Corporation under UDC from 1982 to 1984.
After graduating from Princeton University in 1968, he held positions at F.I. du Pont & Co. and Chemical Bank.
Mr. Graham currently serves on the boards of and is Treasurer of both the Bowery Residents Committee and the Community Environmental Center. He is also a member to the Vestry of Trinity Wall Street.
Mr. Graham is married and has three grown sons.
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