WALTER R. MURPHY
Industrial Real Estate - Chicago Region

Principal
Lee & Associates | Chicago

Walter Murphy is an industrial real estate specialist who has been advising clients in investment sales, sale/leasebacks, portfolio sales, acquisitions, dispositions, and new construction (development) opportunities since 1989. Clients in all situations rely on Walter to identify and evaluate real estate opportunities and portfolios to help maximize cash flow based on a thorough understanding of specific business goals.

His dedication to the analysis of market trends, statistics, global economics, and advancing his own knowledge base has resulted in the identification of numerous opportunities for many of Chicagoland’s most successful entrepreneurs, institutional clients, and publicly traded companies.

Professional Experience

Cushman & Wakefield, Inc., 2002 to 2008

• Senior Director of Global Supply Chain Solutions(2005)
• Senior Director of the Industrial Group (2002)
• 2003—Walter was named Cushman & Wakefield of Illinois’ Number One Industrial Broker
• 2006—Walter named among Cushman & Wakefield’s Top 20 industrial brokers globally

Grubb & Ellis, 1994 to 2002

• Senior Vice President of the Industrial Advisory Group (1997)
• Vice President, Industrial Advisory Group (1995)
• 1997– 2000—Earned Grubb & Ellis' coveted “Circle of Excellence” award (recognizing the top 100 brokers nationally).

Simborg Industrial Real Estate and Development, 1989 to 1994

Walter's brokerage experience began in 1989 when he began mastering the use of IRB bonds, Tax Incremental Financing, and the use of creative partnerships to develop investment grade single-occupant facilities and master planned business parks in the metropolitan Chicago area.