Walter Murphy

Walter specializes in industrial real estate.

Principal

Lee & AssociatesRosemont, IL (773) 355-3017

ABOUT

Walter Murphy has specialized in industrial real estate tenant representation, landlord representation, consolidations, acquisitions, dispositions, sale/leasebacks, consulting, investment sales and new construction since 1989. Clients have come to rely on Walter to evaluate their real estate holdings in an effort to maximize their cash flows based on a thorough understanding of specific business priorities. His dedication to the analysis of market trends, statistics, and global economics has resulted in the identification of numerous opportunities for many of Chicagoland's most successful entrepreneurs, institutional clients, and publicly-traded companies. A true entrepreneur at heart, Walter is best known for consistently "pushing the pricing envelope" and substantially increasing the net worth of his clients within a minimum risk tolerance environment. In 2008, Walter joined Lee & Associates of Illinois, LLC as a Principal in one of the top five industrial brokerage firms in the Chicago Metropolitan area. Prior to Lee, Walter had been with Cushman & Wakefield, where he was named Illinois' Number One industrial broker. His numerous merits quickly moved Walter to the position of Senior Director of Global Supply Chain Solutions where he was named among the Top 20 industrial brokers globally. Prior to Cushman & Wakefield, Walter served as Senior Vice President of the Industrial Advisory Group at Grubb & Ellis. During his eight-year tenure at Grubb & Ellis, Walter earned the coveted "Circle of Excellence" award (recognizing the top 100 brokers nationally) from 1997 - 2000. His brokerage experience began in 1989 with Simborg Industrial Real Estate and Development, during which time 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.