Mark Demaree

With 30 years at Choate and more than three decades in the industry, Mark directs Charlotte’s preconstruction team with a strategic, analytical approach that ensures project success from day one.

His dual leadership background in preconstruction and operations provides clients and project teams with unique, cross-sector insights.

From initial planning to groundbreaking, Mark drives design collaboration and value-based cost modeling, proactively neutralizing risks and inefficiencies before they can impact a project’s trajectory.

If you could close your eyes and be anywhere on earth when they opened, where would you be?

Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium - watching F1 fly from La Source through Eau Rouge / Raidillon and up the hill to Kemmel.

Which superhuman power do you wish you had?

Clairvoyance.

What’s the one piece of advice you would give others about life?

Borrowed from the Captain – “There may be people who have more talent than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do – and I believe that.” – Derek Jeter