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Boston – Richard Galvin, President and Founder of CV Properties, LLC, will speak at the Massachusetts Building Congress (MBC) breakfast, and networking session this November 14 at Westin Copley Place.
In February, the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority selected CV Properties to build a pair of hotels near the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. Under the plan, Commonwealth Ventures, together with Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, will build a 330-room Aloft hotel and a 180-room Element hotel. These two projects are breaking ground soon and Dick Galvin will be at the MBC breakfast to talk about them as well as Channel Center, 50 Post Office Square and Davol Square in Providence.
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Galvin has 30 years of experience in acquiring, developing, and managing commercial real estate throughout the United States. He started CV Properties, LLC in 2003 to focus on development and investment opportunities throughout New England. Since then, he has developed and acquired more than 2.6 million sf of office and residential projects valued at almost $1 billion.
Galvin spent the first 15 years of his real estate career with Trammell Crow Company, one of the largest real estate development companies in the world. He spent his first eight years of his career in Boston, eventually becoming a partner in the Boston office where he was involved in the development of over 2.5 million sf of office and research & development space. He moved to Stamford, Connecticut in 1992 to help found the Global Corporate Services business of Trammell Crow Company, the company’s largest subsidiaries.
In early 1999 Galvin co-founded NeXcomm Capital Partners, whose primary focus was the acquisition and development of technology-related office buildings. NeXcomm and its partners acquired and/or developed such signature projects as the Dallas InfoMart, a 1,200,000sf building and the Los Angeles InfoMart, a 475,000sf historic renovation of the former US Post Office building in downtown L.A.
Richard Galvin is a native of Newport, R.I. Galvin received his BA in Economics from Brown University. He is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees for Wakeman Boys and Girls Club, is on the Board of the Providence Downtown Improvement District, and is a member of the Providence Foundation.
