Leading general contractor Graycor Construction Company has hired 30-year industry veteran Brett Helm as General Manager of its Southwest Division. Part of Graycor’s senior leadership team, Helm is charged with leading the company’s regional talent pipeline and diversifying and expanding its presence across commercial real estate growth markets.
Based in Graycor’s Phoenix office, Helm will support an established warehouse and distribution portfolio while also actively seeking new opportunities in advanced manufacturing, semiconductors and retail. With extensive experience in the high-tech sector, he will also focus on strategic portfolio growth in the data center space.
“Brett is an exceptional addition to our team, bringing tremendous market expertise and a stellar reputation among his network of clients, subcontractors and colleagues,” said Graycor President Tim Hanifin. “We are thrilled to welcome him as a leader and executive, and have full confidence in his ability to steer Graycor’s Southwest region toward continued success.”
Prior to joining Graycor, Helm spent more than two decades as a Project Executive for DPR Construction, followed by leadership roles at HITT Contracting, Gilbane Building Company, Clayco and Skansa.
“I’m thrilled to join Graycor, and champion its philosophy of growing our business by growing our people,” said Helm. “That is a particularly compelling ambition in the Southwest, where there is so much opportunity to build business, build relationships and deliver results that are strategic, innovative and long-lasting.”
In its more than three decades in the Southwest, Graycor has completed landmark projects including the recently completed Elliot Gateway industrial park in Mesa, Arizona, Rinchem chemical warehouses in Chandler and Surprise, Arizona, the 1.25 million-square-foot G303 for MLILY, and approximately 635,000 square feet within the SkyBridge Arizona master plan in Mesa, Arizona, slated to become a first-of-its-kind Unified Cargo Processing (UCP) facility.
Other notable Phoenix-area projects by Graycor include Camelback Collective and AC by Marriott hotel, numerous medical and retail deliveries, and more than $500 million of warehouse/distribution facilities over the past five years, including IndiCap’s Virgin Industrial Park, Sunbelt Investment Holdings Inc.’s (SIHI) Camelback 303, Innovation Park Deer Valley Site B for Mack Real Estate Group, and Buckeye 77 at Southern Industrial Center.
