Drew Planting

Mr. Planting is a Managing Partner at GPI Companies. Prior to establishing GPI, Mr. Planting was a Senior Partner at the J.H. Snyder Company, where he created and directed the company’s value-added acquisitions division, which provided a profitable element to the firm’s already robust development activities. While at the J.H. Snyder, Mr. Planting was responsible for acquiring over one million square feet of commercial office and retail. Under his aegis, these assets were rehabilitated and stabilized, and then exited for maximum equity returns.

Prior to joining the J.H. Snyder Company, Mr. Planting was a partner at Maguire Partners where he headed the development and leasing of the 3.6 million square foot commercial component of Playa Vista (part of the 1,000 acre master-planned mixed-use development of the former Howard Hughes aircraft plant).

Prior to Maguire Partners, he was a Director at Cushman & Wakefield where he started his real estate career. During his 16 year tenure at Cushman & Wakefield, he headed institutional accounts and represented multiple Fortune 1000 companies including Chubb & Son, Dow Jones, Viacom, MTV, Pacific Bell and Interpublic Group.

Mr. Planting received his B.A. in Economics with Distinction from the University of California, Berkeley. He is the former board chair of the Hollywood Partnership (BID) and serves on the Board of Trustees of Loyola High School. He is a guest lecturer at the UCLA Anderson School of Management and the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate Development.