Bob Peck of the GSA Taking Advantage of a Down Market
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On July 13th Bob Peck of the General Services Administration to speak and take questions on Taking Advantage of a Down Market – GSA leasing in 2009-10. As Commissioner of Public Buildings, Mr. Peck, a 1978 GSD Loeb Fellow, has been responsible for national leasing (as well as buying, managing, designing and building) government space in an unusually strong renters market. The Public Building Service has responded by executing 40 leases totaling more than 4 million square feet in the first eight months since Mr. Peck took office last August. Mr. Peck has also served as managing director of Jones Lang LaSalle and Commissioner of Public Buildings during the Clinton Administration as part of a lengthy career of public service and work in the private sector. In addition to his Loeb Fellowship, Mr. Peck holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania and a JD from Yale Law School.