Rob Dickey is a senior partner at Leggat McCall Properties in Boston, MA. He serves on the firm’s executive committee, co-heads acquisitions, and leads four of the firm’s largest principal development projects – 40 Thorndike in East Cambridge, Boynton Yards and 15 McGrath along the Cambridge/Somerville line, and the Vale in Woburn. With 40 years of real estate experience, Rob has special expertise in acquisition, development, project management, and financing. His projects have spanned life science and office developments, university projects, corporate relocations, residential, and complex planning and advisory assignments. Over his career, he has managed the development of over six million square feet at a value in excess of $4 billion. Select clients and financial partners have included Clarion Partners, ARE, DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners, Granite Properties, CBRE Investment Management, Harvard University, Wellesley College, Brandeis University, Polaroid, KBS Realty Advisors, Equity Office Properties, Accenture, and Stride Rite. Prior to joining Leggat McCall Properties in 2011, Rob was a National Director at JLL where he ran a 30+ person development and project management group in the Boston region. His role at JLL resulted from the company’s acquisition of Spaulding & Slye where Rob was an owner and served in a similar role. His career started at LaSalle Partners in Chicago and at Northland Investment Corporation in Newton, MA. Rob holds a B.A. from the University of Vermont, is a member of the Harvard Corporation Facilities Committee, and has served on multiple non-profit boards, including Citizen Schools, the Fessenden School, and the MGB Corporation in connection with Newton Wellesley Hospital. He has been an active leader in NAIOP and the Urban Land Institute and has been active in many local community organizations and not-for-profit building committees.