Atlanta, Ga., USA - September 5, 2013, Atlanta, Ga., USA - Columbia Property Trust announced that Murray J. McCabe and Thomas G. Wattles have been appointed to the company's board of directors.
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Mr. McCabe has served as Managing Partner at Blum Capital Partners since 2012, where he serves as a member of the Management Committee and is responsible for overseeing and managing the firm's global real estate-related investment initiatives. Prior to that time, he spent 20 years at JPMorganChase & Co. During his tenure, he held several positions in the Investment Banking Division, including Global Head of Real Estate and Lodging Investment Banking.
In addition, Mr. McCabe served as a member of JPMorgan's Mergers and Acquisitions Fairness Opinion Committee and the Investment Banking Coverage Management Committee. He is a member of the advisory board for the Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics at the University of California, Berkeley.
Mr. McCabe is also an executive council member of the Real Estate Finance and Investment Center; and serves on the REIT Investment Funds advisory board for the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas, Austin; and a director of RREEF Property Trust.
Mr. Wattles co-founded NYSE-listed DCT Industrial Trust in 2003 and currently serves as Executive Chairman of the Board. He also served as Chief Investment Officer from 2003 to 2005. His real estate career spans more than 30 years. Prior to founding DCT, he held a number of positions with Security Capital Group and its investees from 1991 to 2002.
From 1991 to 1992, Mr. Wattles oversaw multifamily acquisitions for Property Trust of America, which became Archstone Smith. In 1992, he was instrumental in founding Security Capital Industrial Trust, now known as Prologis Trust, and served as Chief Investment Officer, Co-Chairman and Chairman, and a member of the Board of Directors.
As Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer of Security Capital Group, Mr. Wattles oversaw real estate research and served as a member of the Operating Committee as well as numerous private company boards of directors. Prior to Security Capital Group, he spent 11 years with LaSalle Partners, now known as Jones Lang LaSalle. ■