Scott Spector is a Principal and Co-founder of Kodiak Properties, L.L.C., a firm specializing in the acquisition of retail centers for investment throughout the Mid-Atlantic region founded in 1994. Mr. Spector is also the Principal and Founder of SPMC Urban Properties, LLC, a firm founded in 2012 specializing in the acquisition and development of mixed-use urban infill properties in Washington, DC. Prior to forming Kodiak Properties Mr. Spector’s 40-year professional career has included: Principal and Co-founder of PrimeCore Realty Advisors, Inc., a full service real estate advisory firm, specializing in the acquisition of outstanding real estate investments for a select group of investor clients; Principal of Triad Partners, a diversified real estate consulting joint venture partnership that provides portfolio asset management services to institutional and individual clients; and Vice President of Leasing, Development and Acquisitions for Demar, Inc., where Mr. Spector completed significant transactions with many other Fortune 500 companies such as Shell Oil, Security Pacific Corporation, Merrill Lynch, Westinghouse Electric Company, Gulf & Western, Prudential, Xerox, and Norwest Mortgage Company.
Scott has extension experience in nearly every aspect of the commercial real estate business from acquisition and development to leasing, management and disposition. He has also been involved in a broad range of income-producing properties, including office buildings, industrial/R & D projects, retail centers and multi-family developments.
Mr. Spector’s professional involvements include memberships in the Urban Land Institute, National Association of Industrial and Office Parks (NAIOP) and the District of Columbia Building Industry Association (DCBIA). He was the Co-Chairman for the 2003 and 2004 International Council of Shopping Centers Mid-Atlantic Idea Exchange Program.
Additionally, Mr. Spector is active in local charities. Currently, Mr. Spector serves on the Board of Directors of Friends of the Pathways in Jackson Hole. In addition, for the past four years he was on the Resource Council for the Grand Teton National Park Foundation. In Washington, DC, Mr. Spector is on the Executive Committee and the Board of the Sitar Center, an after-school program in the visual arts, music, drama, dance and creative writing. Formerly, Mr. Spector served as the Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Phillips Collection, Washington, DC’s leading modern art museum as well as on the Board of Miriam’s Kitchen an organization dedicated to ending chronic homelessness in Washington, DC.
He is a graduate of Cornell University.