Steve Laver

Expertise

Service Specialty: Strategic Advisory, Capital Markets, Restructuring.

Mr. Laver has over 30 years of experience creating, building and selling operating
businesses for some of North America’s premier companies.

Career

He was a National Partner of
Trammell Crow Company (now CBRE), Chief Operating Officer of Brookfield Properties, and
the first President of its facilities management business (now BrookfieldGIS). Mr. Laver was
also Chief Operating Officer and a founding Partner of Bentall Capital (now
BentallGreenOak). He was President of Intrawest's luxury residence club division, where he
created, developed and sold successful resort projects in the US and Canada. Mr. Laver
was also President of the global sales and marketing firm Playground, where his teams sold
over $4 billion of real estate in 15 countries. He co-founded Forte International, a lifestyle
marketing/sales company, and was a founding owner of Sotheby's International Realty
Canada, building it into the largest franchise for that brand prior to sale. Mr. Laver has been
affiliated with the firm since 2013. He was educated at Principia College and Harvard
Business School, and is registered with FINRA with Series 63 and 79 licenses.