Bob Murphy- Energetic Leader (#50) - a podcast by Coe Enterprises

from 2021-08-31T15:37:43

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Bio





Bob Murphy, Managing Principal of MRP Realty, has over 33 years of experience in commercial real estate operations, ownership and investment. He joined Trammell Crow Company (TCC) in 1987, managing the firm’s regional operations for many years as Principal. Bob’s last role with TCC was area president of the development and investment group in the Mid-Atlantic where Bob and his team completed $1.8B of investments totaling over 10 million square feet. He co-founded MRP Realty (MRP) in 2005, capitalizing on his in-depth knowledge of Mid-Atlantic real estate markets, extensive network of capital relationships, and his reputation as a collaborative and creative partner to drive the firm. Under Bob’s leadership, MRP has deployed nearly $6B of office, residential/mixed-use and industrial developments and acquisition investments with a current portfolio of 15 million square feet and an active pipeline totaling over 10 million square feet. He has actively participated in leadership roles at NAIOP and ULI and at various charitable activities during his career; currently serving on the board of Habitat for Humanity of Washington D.C. Bob received his B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Notre Dame; his M.B.A. in Finance at Columbia Business School; and was an officer in the United States Army.





Show Notes





  • Role today- Problems and Opportunity person. Working with partners on business strategy. Deal structuring is shared. (3:45)




Origins





  • Born in NYC (4:15)
  • Moved to Wayne, PA at 6 yrs. old
  • Dad big influence- Went to Fordham U. and worked at IBM subsequently (5:15)
    • Did presentations for IBM and was one of top salespeople there
    • Left in 1969 and went with a power plant company selling to the military and took the company public and became a CEO of a public company (6:00)
      • Traveled considerably
  • Mom went to college with young children at home over time (6:45)
  • Dad advised him to be an engineering to have a quantitative understanding (7:45)




Education





  • Small town- Catholic grade school (9:00)
  • HS- Archbishop Carroll in suburban Philadelphia (10:00)
  • Attended Notre Dame and his Dad became a fan and several relatives have now attended (10:30)
    • Picked Civil Engineering as a major (12:15)
    • Army ROTC- helped pay for school ( 12:40)
  • Commissioned in Army in 1982 in Europe (West Germany) (14:00)
    • Honoring America
    • Learned about mutual respect in the military (15:45)
    • Treat everyone respectfully- lesson learned (16:45)
    • Offered a command to stay in Germany (17:15)
  • Columbia MBA– Went there due to a referral from his rugby buddy (17:45)