Rockefeller Group has tapped a longtime executive to oversee and grow its development business.
Rockefeller said it appointed Brandi Hanback as executive vice president and head of development effective Jan. 1. In her new role, Hanback oversees about $6 billion in active projects that collectively total more than 17 million square feet.
She and Tom Weeks, also an executive vice president of development, previously served as co-heads of development. Hanback has served as a co-head of development since early 2024 after holding other leadership positions within the company’s development business.
“Her early contributions to our industrial development expansion positioned us extremely well to serve the growing ecommerce and logistics sectors, and in recent years she has been instrumental in the implementation of our growth strategy into new markets and product types,” Rockefeller President and CEO Daniel Moore said in a statement.
Hanback, who joined Rockefeller in 2003, led its industrial development platform from 2013 to 2019 before being named deputy head of development. She's based in Annapolis, Maryland.
Since 2019, the company’s active project portfolio has more than tripled, Rockefeller said. It now has more than 40 developments in roughly 15 states, including multifamily, industrial, office and mixed-use projects.
Rockefeller’s properties in Washington, D.C., include 1901 L St. NW. It’s also behind the redevelopment of Metro's former headquarters at 600 Fifth St. NW, one of the only large-scale office projects underway in the nation's capital.
While the Washington metro area is experiencing reduced office construction, it is also seeing one of its largest apartment inventory expansions on record, according to a CoStar market report. Once the latest round of completions comes on line, however, multifamily projects are expected to slow considerably.
Meanwhile, higher land costs have limited the development of bulk distribution space in Washington’s industrial market, according to CoStar.
Before Rockefeller Group, Hanback started an international trade services group, worked for KPMG and served as the executive director of the National Association of Foreign-Trade Zones.