Will Smith is the founder, President & CEO of Knightsbridge Development Corporation, a third-party Development Management firm, that also provides Construction Management and Advisory Services to many of the leading real estate investment trusts, as well as both publicly traded and privately held real estate development companies in Canada, the UK , EU, and Latin America, including RioCan, Allied Properties, GWL, QuadReal, EPCOR, ExxonMobil, and Haworth.

Under Will’s leadership Knightsbridge Development Corporation has grown into a firm specializing in large and complex mixed-use projects ranging from 1 million to 3 million square feet with individual project values in excess of $1 billion, with offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Montreal, as well as London in the UK.

In addition to his responsibilities as President and CEO of Knightsbridge Development Corporation, Will also acts as President for the firm’s subsidiary business in Central America, Desarrollos Knightsbridge Limitada, and PanAm Construction Managers which service clients in Central and South America with offices in San Jose Costa Rica.

Prior to Knightsbridge, Will worked on projects in North America, the United Kingdom, Europe, and Asia while employed by the Selfridges Group, The New York City Port Authority, and CBRE Global Corporate Services, with a focus on Retail, Hospitality, High Rise Office, and Commercial projects.

Will is a fellow of the Charter Institute of Building (UK), and the Canadian Green Building Council.

Will holds an undergraduate degree in Engineering and a Masters in Real Estate from Cornell University.