Robert S Powell

Bio

Bob Powell has more than 25 years experience in the development and finance of real estate. Prior to founding the firm in 1996 he served as President and CEO of DKM Properties Corp., one of the largest real estate development organizations in New Jersey, with a portfolio of approximately 6 million square feet of space. While at DKM, Mr. Powell directed the development, financing, and leasing of office parks, retail shopping centers, and master-planned industrial parks throughout the Northeast. Mr. Powell was instrumental in raising approximately $500 million in debt and equity capital for the firm's real estate portfolio. Mr. Powell continues to be actively involved as an investor and developer of real estate projects in the New York-New Jersey markets. Prior to joining DKM in 1984, Mr. Powell served as the Executive Director of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, the public real estate investment bank for the State of New Jersey. Under his leadership, the EDA completed several billion dollars in incentive financing for business and industry throughout the state. Mr. Powell has an undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a Ph.D. degree in economics and public policy from The Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University.