Mark Brown is a managing partner in Brookfield’s Real Estate Group and serves as the portfolio manager for Brookfield Premier Real Estate Partners, Brookfield’s open-end US core-plus fund. Since joining Brookfield in 2000, he has held a number of roles across capital markets, investments and acquisitions and dispositions. Prior to his current role, he was responsible for global business and fund development for the asset manager and, prior to that, managing the capital structure and financing strategies for Brookfield Properties’ US office division. Brown was an integral part of Brookfield Properties’ acquisition of Trizec Properties and MPG Office Trust. He previously spent nine years with Salomon Smith Barney and Citicorp Real Estate, Inc. Brown holds a master of business administration from York University in Toronto and a bachelor of commerce degree from Laurentian University. He is the principal executive officer and chairman of the board for Brookfield DTLA Fund Office Trust Investor Inc.