Greg Filipek

As founder and Principal of SORA Northeast, Greg has more than 42 years of development and construction experience in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Delaware, Virginia and New York.

Greg earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Construction Technology / Management from Rowan University (attended University of Connecticut) and was previously Director of Development at Joseph Jingoli & Son, and Senior Vice President at Trammell Crow Company.

Career Highlights

As co-Founder and Principal of the SORA companies, his credits include the development of over 10 million square feet of commercial retail space, including department stores, big box retailers, regional and strip centers, theaters and movie complexes; as well as development of over 9 million square feet of commercial office space. Other projects include parking structures, distribution centers, hotels, multi- family housing units and University student housing.

Projects Include:

• Hamilton Square @ The University of Penn: 52,000sf Cinema with a full service restaurant, 37,000sf Specialty Market, and an 800 car parking structure.

• Development of the Wharton Executive Training Center, a state of the art, multi use facility with a 150-luxury suite hotel with two full service kitchens, health club, restaurant, administrative offices, classrooms and lecture auditoriums for the University of Penn.

• A recent redevelopment as master redeveloper has garnered national news and awards as an example of smart growth principals in municipal downtown revitalization. The $300m Glassboro Central Business District connected via a newly built boulevard with Rowan University, recreates a downtown with 884 student housing beds, a Hotel conference center, 200,000sf of retail, including a 36,000sf Barnes and Noble College Bookstore, 150,000sf of commercial office space, and 700 new units of residential.

• A Board of Director for the Gloucester County Chamber of Commerce and a current member of GCCC, SNJDC, SJCC, ACUHO, NACUBO, and ICSC, Greg has appeared as a guest speaker at the New Jersey Law Institute, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission and the New Jersey Downtown Redevelopment Institute to lecture about Smart Growth Development and Redevelopment of downtowns. He has also been an invited feature lecture at University of PENN School of Architecture, and the American Society of Civil Engineers.