Graycor hires construction vet to lead Southwest division

Graycor Development has employed 30-year business veteran Brett Helm as basic supervisor of its Southwest Division, the Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois-based agency introduced in an April 15 LinkedIn post.

Based mostly out of the corporate’s Phoenix workplace, Helm will help the agency’s warehouse and distribution portfolio whereas in search of new alternatives in superior manufacturing, semiconductors and retail, in accordance with a information launch shared with Development Dive.

He may also concentrate on strategic portfolio progress within the knowledge heart house and semiconductor initiatives, alongside expertise administration.

Earlier than becoming a member of Graycor, Helm spent greater than twenty years as a challenge govt for Redwood Metropolis, California-based DPR Development, adopted by management roles within the Phoenix workplaces of Falls Church, Virginia-based HITT Contracting; Windfall, Rhode Island-based Gilbane Constructing Co.; Chicago-based Clayco; and Swedish builder Skanska.

“Brett is an distinctive addition to our group, bringing great market experience and a stellar popularity amongst his community of shoppers, subcontractors and colleagues,” mentioned Tim Hanifin, Graycor president, within the launch.

Superior manufacturing initiatives have been a giant focus within the area, and a few development corporations have established separate items for the sector, together with Skanska and Edmonton, Alberta-based PCL, which has U.S. headquarters in Denver.

Graycor sees Phoenix and the Southwest area as notably ripe for knowledge heart growth because of the comparatively decrease value of energy and the decreased menace of pure disasters, per the information launch.

A few of Graycor’s notable initiatives within the space embrace:

• The Elliot Gateway industrial park in Mesa, Arizona. 
• Rinchem chemical warehouses in Chandler and Shock, Arizona. 
• The 1.25 million-square-foot G303 manufacturing and distribution facility for Mlily in Glendale, Arizona.
• A Unified Cargo Processing facility, encompassing roughly 635,000 sq. toes inside the SkyBridge Arizona grasp plan in Mesa.