RALEIGH DURHAM (August 16, 2023) – Savills announced that it hired Zak Snider as an Executive Managing Director, bolstering its national life sciences team and expanding its capabilities in the Raleigh Durham region.

“With respect to real estate, the life sciences ecosystem continues to rapidly evolve. More than ever, today’s occupier demands an advisor who understands all facets of their business and can guide them through every step of their complex requirements,” said Austin Barrett, Vice Chairman and Head of Savills Life Sciences team. “Someone like Zak, who has significant agency and tenant representation experience, will serve as a creative and strategic sounding board for clients, but also the team at large as we grow our practice across key North American hubs.”

As part of Savills Life Sciences team, Snider will be focused on growing our Southeast life sciences capabilities as we continue to see a migration of talent and science. He will work closely with Barrett and the wider team, including Vinnie Durand, Associate Director, and Ryanne Boursiquot, Lab and Facility Planner, both of whom are based in the Raleigh Durham Region. In addition, Snider will partner with Tucker Shade, Executive Vice President and North Carolina Market Leader for Savills, on local pursuits and team development.

Snider previously served as Vice President of Leasing for a local life sciences owner where he led all aspects of the firm’s regional life science portfolio. Prior to that, he was the Vice President of Global Real Estate Partnerships & Asset Management at WeWork, serving as the asset manager for its $1 billion sale and $200 million redevelopment of the former Lord & Taylor Building in New York. He also served as a Senior Vice President at CBRE in New York City, executing more than 10 million square feet of transactions, including two separate deals over 1 million square feet and several transactions eclipsing 100,000 square feet. Snider has also won several awards over the course of his career, most notably the coveted Real Estate Board of New York’s “Most Ingenious Deal of the Year” award in 2015. He has a Master’s of Architecture from Yale University.

With more than 40 offices and over 900 employees in North America, Savills provides local and international clients with a comprehensive and cohesive suite of services and solutions such as tenant representation, occupancy strategy and analytics, workplace strategy, capital markets, workforce and incentives strategy, labor analytics, and project management.