Institutional experience, local presence
Our partners bring decades of experience from Blackstone/EQ Office, among other notable institutions, to each and every transaction we pursue, acquire, manage and execute. We immerse ourselves in our target markets, creating broad relationships and deep product knowledge.
Mr. Conley’s career spans 30 years in which he has been involved in the acquisition, leasing, development, master planning, financing and sale of over $10 Billion in real estate assets located throughout the Eastern United States. Mr. Conley began his real estate career as an asset manager for CBRE/Whittier Partners. He later joined Glenborough Realty Trust a NYSE (GLB) traded REIT where he was responsible for 5 million SF of office and industrial properties in the Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Washington DC, Virginia and Maryland markets. He next joined Goldman Sachs covering the Boston and Washington DC markets in an asset management role working on opportunistic real estate projects. Mr. Conley spent the last 11 years of his career at Equity Office Properties, a Blackstone subsidiary working in the Boston, New York, Atlanta, Orlando and Columbus markets as a Senior Vice President of Portfolio Management. He graduated from Boston University with a degree in Economics and International Relations and received an MBA from Boston College with a concentration in Finance and Marketing.
Mr. Macnamara has spent his entire 32-year career in commercial real estate operations and asset management. He has successfully managed complex portfolios in excess of 6,000,,000 square feet, including individual assets in excess of 1,000,000 sf. Mr. Macnamara has successfully negotiated and constructed more than 10 million square feet of commercial, industrial and retail leases, including tenants such as Monster.com, EDS, Verizon, FedEx, Comcast, Urban Outfitters/Anthropologie, Peoples United Bank, Legal Sea Foods, Timberland, Ted Baker, Betsey Johnson, Radio Shack, Planet Fitness, Calvin Klein, Chestnut Dental and Sovereign Bank. Prior to founding CB Equities LLC, Mr. Macnamara was Managing Partner of Atlas Commercial Real Estate. Mr. Macnamara founded and leads Dartmouth Property Management, allowing CB Equities to self-manage its assets using the deep expertise and broad platform of Dartmouth Property Management.
Mr. Gillespie has spent the past 13 years working in the commercial real estate industry within multiple disciplines. He joined CBRE in 2009 in a commercial property management role assisting institutional investors such as Deutsche Bank and Liberty Mutual. In 2014 Mr. Gillespie joined Nordblom Development Company and was responsible for underwriting and executing acquisitions of various product types. During his time with Nordblom, he closed on a 500,000 SF value-add office portfolio in Marlborough, MA; a 165,000 SF opportunistic office investment in Providence, RI; and recapitalized 1000 Washington Street in Boston, MA. In 2015 Mr. Gillespie joined EQ Office (f/k/a Equity Office Properties), a Blackstone portfolio company. He worked as a senior investment associate on Blackstone’s 28M SF East Coast office portfolio. Most recently, Mr. Gillespie managed the underwriting, acquisition, and asset management of a $1B mixed-use ground-up development in a Qualified Opportunity Zone with Lincoln Property Company in Atlanta. Mr. Gillespie graduated with a B.A. from Tulane University and received an MBA from Babson, cum laude.
Chad Boulay has over 20 years of diversified real estate industry experience managing over 80,000,000 SF nationally, across all asset classes throughout his career.
As a Senior Vice President Chad leads all internal operations, strategic initiatives and creates customized client solutions for CB-NE's property management division, Dartmouth Property Management. Furthermore, Chad oversees the firm's growth strategy and team development.
Specializing in property and asset management, Mr. Boulay's experience spans throughout all aspects of real estate including but not limited to: property investment & redevelopment, facilities & construction management, brokerage and sustainability practices. Over his career, Chad has negotiated hundreds of leases and participated in both the disposition and acquisition of properties nationally. Chad is an active real estate investor and also provides consulting services to private and institutional clients.
Prior to Dartmouth Property Management, Mr. Boulay held positions with Wellesley Management, Tishman Speyer, Equity Industrial Partners, HallKeen Management, Synergy Investments and CREF LLC.
Chad received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Assumption College in Worcester, MA, is a Massachusetts licensed realtor and a member of BOMA Boston.