Featured Speaker

David Bevert

David Bevirt serves as Executive Vice President of Corporate Leasing and Strategy for Strategic Property Partners and the lead for all office leasing efforts. Encompassing 9M square feet of office, residential, hotel, retail and educational space, Water Street Tampa is one of the largest mixed-use developments in the country.

Notable Experience:
Mr. Bevirt is a 34-year veteran of the Washington DC area commercial real estate industry. Prior to joining SPP in 2018, Mr. Bevirt was Senior Vice President with Brookfield Properties where he was responsible for all leasing and marketing efforts for the portfolio’s 25 core and opportunity fund assets in DC, Maryland, and Virginia, totaling 8 million square feet.

Education:
  • Purdue University
  • BA, Landscape Architecture ‘83
  • MS, Urban Planning ‘85

Boards and Professional Affiliations 
  • 2020 – Present - Board Member, Saint Petersburg Area Economic Development Corporation
  • 2019 – Present - Board Member, Enterprise Florida, Inc.
  • 2019 - Present - Board Member, Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce
  • 2018 – Present – Business Development Committee, Tampa Bay Economic Development Council
  • 2014 – 2018 - Board Member, NoMa Business Improvement District
  • 2012 – 2018 – Board Member, Executive Committee Member & Education Committee Chairman, NAIOP Northern Virginia
  • 2007 – 2009 Director – National Association of Realtors (Washington, DC)
  • 2006 President, Washington, DC Association of Realtors (WDCAR)
  • 2003 President, Greater Washington Commercial Association of Realtors (GWCAR)
  • Life member, Million Dollar-Leasing Club (has also served on the association’s Board of Directors as Regional Chairman for the District of Columbia)
  • Advisory Board Member, Best Buddies of Northern Virginia
  • 1995-2005 - Board Trustee, National Multiple Sclerosis Society