Power Broker
Robert Griffin

Robert Griffin

Co-Head of U.S. Capital Markets, Newmark

Boston, MA 02110

Phone (617) 863-8611

One of the nation’s top capital markets executives, Robert E. Griffin, Jr. joined Newmark in 2015 as Co-Head of U.S. Capital Markets
Property Types
Office, Retail
Markets
Boston
Bio
One of the nation’s top capital markets executives, Robert E. Griffin, Jr. joined Newmark in 2015 as Co-Head of U.S. Capital Markets. He leads a capital markets team offering multiple specialties, including the marketing and sale of office, industrial, retail, medical and multi-family assets. In addition to servicing his clients in Boston, Griffin focuses on expanding the Capital Markets platform and establishing top-tier teams in gateway cities throughout the U.S., including Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, DC, and Houston. Griffin also heads Newmark’s Capital Markets’ Boston operation. Griffin leads one of the nation’s most successful capital markets groups, which offers a complete gamut of specialties including office, industrial, retail, medical and multi-family assets. He also works closely with Newmark’s Boston-based leasing teams on many of their complex, high-profile assignments. Griffin’s team-based, 360-degree approach and extensive experience advising many of the country’s major corporations and financial institutions have been game changers for every client with whom he has had the opportunity to work. In his 35+ year career, Griffin and his team have closed more than 1000 transactions with total consideration nearing $80 billion. Clients include many of the country’s leading institutions, such as Blackstone, JP Morgan, KKR, Boston Properties, Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Beacon Capital Partners, Clarion, AEW, Rockpoint Group, Related, Starwood, Fidelity, Jamestown, MetLife, MIT, Prudential, TA Associates Realty and Nuveen. Griffin previously served as President of the New England Area for Cushman & Wakefield, where he built one of the nation’s most successful capital markets groups and was a key adviser to the firm’s Boston area leasing teams.
Education
Bachelor of Science degree from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College