Avison Young has hired Peter Victor, UK head of leasing at HB Reavis, as a new principal leading its UK and EMEA occupier and investor client engagement.
Victor will be based in the London office, and will focus on expanding occupier and investor client relationships across the region in his new role. He will report to principals Jason Sibthorpe and Harry Klaff, who is also president of clients.
A native New Yorker, Victor began his real estate career in San Francisco in 1998 with Boston Properties, the largest publicly traded developer in the US.
He then joined Cushman & Wakefield as a senior director in 2003, before moving to London as international partner and head of the international desk in 2007.
Victor left C&W to join CBRE as an executive director in 2017, to lead its office leasing business across the EMEA markets. He focused on growing its annual revenue and increasing cross-border leasing, with a particular emphasis on US and EMEA deal flows.
He then moved to HB Reavis in 2019, where he was part of the UK leadership team and head of leasing. His responsibilities included the leasing strategy and design for mixed-use development One Waterloo.
Sibthorpe said: “Peter brings more than 25 years of experience to this role and benefits from a unique, international perspective gained from his involvement in development, leasing and investment activities across the US and EMEA.”
Klaff said: “Peter has a terrific track record of coordinating and managing teams across multiple markets to secure and execute world-class client solutions.
“He’s had considerable experience advising some of the largest corporations in the world and he’ll significantly strengthen our ability to deliver for our international clients.”
Victor said: “As we emerge from the pandemic, our clients have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to transform the built environment, driven by new occupier expectations for real estate to support employee wellness and global sustainability agendas.”
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