Before founding Pecan Development, the real estate economist and industrial engineer Markus Brod spent six years as head of the Rhine-Main branch of HOCHTIEF Projektentwicklung. He was responsible there for completing and marketing the existing project portfolio as well as acquiring and realizing new projects. These included Loftwerk, Börsentor, the Europaquartett, BelVerde and BelVista in Frankfurt. Prior to that he held various posts in a development capacity at OFB, culminating in the role of branch manager.