meet our team
Born into a family of ironworkers, Tom studied business and finance at UC Berkeley before returning to his love for development and steel business. He and his brother joined forces to cultivate Glazier Steel into one of the Bay Area’s foremost steel contractors doing increasingly large projects in various industries over the last 20 years. Tom has always been passionate about construction as a means of transforming entire communities and changing landscapes. Raw materials like piles of steel beams, pallets of wires, and trucks with cement become a place where companies create, families make a home and communities thrive!
Tom is also a large part of the executive team at Walnut Creek Mission Church. He has served on the Board of Directors since helping to found the church in 2017. Mission Church is passionate about making a positive impact in the surrounding community and abroad by mobilizing its members through various outreach programs like Mission Cares- believing that church gets special when it becomes the one society that exists for the benefit of those are not its members.
At Thrive Equities, Tom is thrilled to create new opportunities for meaningful impact in communities and adding value(s) to creative real estate development.
tom glazier | principle
Steve believes in a world where local communities and cultures are championed instead of dampened. Where creativity, art, and uniqueness return to our downtowns, buildings, and real esate development projects. The return of vibrant cities with character, and the end of the modern day cookie cutter approach.
As a commercial real esate broker and developer, Steve has implemented his vision and strategies which have yielded exceptional positive community impact and fiscal returns. He has brought projects to life with high profile chefs, restaurants, and retailers driving higher foot traffic and creating vibrant places that were previously void of people. If you build projects with right concepts, people will come. Steve's careful methodology of evaluating talent and placing it in the right spaces has worked time and time again.
Prior to Thrive Equities, Steve founded AYANA RETAIL in 2013. AYANA RETAIL is a full service creative commercial real estate firm. AYANA RETAIL is the exclusive representative for some of the top chefs , restaurants, and retailers in the country. Steve has also worked on a variety of unique projects such as the revitalization of the Emeryville Public Market, as well as brining international award-winning brands to high profile spaces. Over the last few years, Steve and AYANA RETAIL was part of bringing a new wave of award-winning eateries to Downtown Walnut Creek including SanDai, 5 Tacos & Beer, Rooted Coffee Co. , and more.
Steve and his wife are Bay Area natives, they love exploring and visiting different cities all around California. They are passionate about their local church, Mission Church where they have served in different roles. Over the last 8 years they have lead a marriage group as well as mentored and counseled engaged and newly weds.
At Thrive Equities, Steve is excited about the intersection of his passion for developing unique places and spaces with best in class operators and integrating his values and purpose.
