Presenter
Yanni Tsipis
Senior Vice President - Seaport, WS Development
Yanni Tsipis is Senior Vice President - Seaport at WS Development in Boston and oversees the company's Seaport project, a 7.7 million square foot mixed-use development currently underway in Boston's Seaport District, which is the largest private development project in the city’s history. Prior to his tenure at WS, Yanni spent nearly 15 years at Colliers International after completing undergraduate and graduate studies at MIT in civil engineering and planning. At Colliers, Yanni focused his work on managing large-scale urban development and historic rehabilitation projects. His project experience at Colliers included multiple commercial, multifamily residential, hotel, and other project types, and spanned over $2 billion of development projects, all in the City of Boston. Yanni has written four books about the history of the city's transportation infrastructure, serves on numerous non-profit boards, and is a past member of the Boston Landmarks Commission.