Liberty Property Trust Promotes Cohen to City Manager in Philadelphia
Posted February 21, 2012
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Brian Cohen
Liberty Property Trust has promoted Vice President Brian Cohen to City Manager of the company's Philadelphia portfolio.
In his new role, Cohen will manage development and oversee the leasing and property management of Liberty's properties located in the City of Philadelphia, including Center City Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
Currently, Cohen is responsible for overseeing the development of five buildings in the City of Philadelphia totaling approximately 515,000 square feet and representing approximately $160 million in investment including:
• a 205,000 square foot LEED Platinum office building for GlaxoSmithKline;
• a 56,000 square foot LEED Gold office building for Iroko Pharmaceuticals;
• two 50,000 square foot LEED Certified flex buildings; and
• the 150,000 square foot LEED medical office building for Penn Health.
Recently completed development projects for which Cohen has been responsible include
• One Crescent Drive, the nation's first developer owned LEED Platinum building;
• Three Crescent Drive, a LEED Gold office building; and
• the development of the 345,500 square foot LEED Silver bakery facility for Tasty Baking Company.
Cohen joined Liberty Property Trust in 2001 as the Director of Market Research. His responsibilities included researching Liberty's current markets, identifying new markets for expansion and assisting senior management in the company's investment strategy.
In 2003, Cohen transitioned into Liberty's acquisitions group where he was involved in acquiring more than $250 million of office and industrial properties located in seven geographic markets. In the eight years that Cohen has worked at Liberty Property Trust, he has been involved in the acquisition or development of properties containing over 4.5 million square feet in eight different geographic markets, representing approximately $550 Million.
Cohen serves on the board of PenJerDel, the Amarylis Theatre Company/VSA Arts of Pennsylvania, Valley Youth House of Greater Philadelphia, the Community Design Collaborative, the National Association of Industrial & Office Properties (NAIOP), CoreNet, and is on the Organizing Committee of the Greater Philadelphia Green Business Program.
Prior to joining Liberty Property Trust 2001, Cohen was a Senior Analyst at Ernst & Young in the Real Estate Advisory Services Group offering consulting services to corporate, institutional and public clients.
Brian has a BS in Real Estate from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. He resides in Narberth, Pennsylvania with his wife and two young children.
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