Stephen P. Trapp

As Executive Vice President of Development and Construction for Columbia Property Trust, Steve Trapp leads the company’s development and construction platform, overseeing the planning and execution of all development and construction initiatives across Columbia’s owned and managed investments. He also directs the management of capital improvement and tenant improvement projects throughout the company’s 7 million-square-foot portfolio.

Over the past decade, Mr. Trapp has led the delivery of several high-profile commercial office development projects totaling millions of square feet across New York City, Washington, D.C., and Boston. His notable projects include the acclaimed 799 Broadway in Greenwich Village; the innovative repositioning and expansion of Terminal Warehouse in Chelsea; the 478-unit multifamily development, Hudson House, in Jersey City, New Jersey; TripAdvisor’s corporate headquarters in Needham, Massachusetts; and the award-winning mass timber vertical expansion at 80 M Street in Washington, D.C.’s Capital Riverfront neighborhood.

Mr. Trapp joined Columbia in 2020 from Normandy Real Estate Partners, where he served as a Principal and directed construction activities across the firm’s vertically integrated private equity platform. He brings more than 40 years of experience in the commercial real estate and construction industry.

Mr. Trapp earned a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering with Honors from Carnegie-Mellon University and a Master of Science in Construction Engineering and Management from the University of California, Berkeley. He holds Professional Engineer (P.E.) and LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP) designations and is an active member of the Urban Land Institute’s New York chapter.

He and his wife reside in northern New Jersey and have three children.