Michael Margolis serves as the Capital Group’s market leader for the Philadelphia metropolitan area. He has held similar positions at Grubb & Ellis, Insignia/ESG, Trammell Crow and Professional Realty Advisors. With 39 years of institutional and private client investment sales experience, Margolis has represented most institutional owners in the Greater Philadelphia market, exclusively listing their office, industrial and retail properties for sale. His role has always been the team leader on listing assignments, responsible for marshaling the resources of his company and peers to best handle client assignments. In addition to his primary responsibilities in the Philadelphia market, Margolis has handled client requirements in many other states in the country, including Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, and Virginia.
Margolis grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs, went to college and graduate school in Philadelphia. Other than four years in the real estate syndication business in New York City, he has been a full-time Philadelphia area resident. He has been active in real estate investment sales in the city, the Pennsylvania suburbs, New Jersey and Delaware. In addition to his many years in investment sales, he also worked in real estate syndication for four years, as acquisitions director for three years, and started his career in public accounting, where he attained his CPA certification.
Significant Transactions
– Liberty Property Trust Office Portfolio: PA, NJ, FL, MD and MN (6,6240,000 SF) Liberty Property Trust
– Preferred RE Portfolio: PA, NJ and MD (2,242,222 SF) Preferred Real Estate
– 16500 Hunters Green Parkway, Hagerstown, MD (824,000 SF) TruServe
– One Franklin Plaza, Philadelphia, PA (607,471 SF) Equity Commonwealth REIT
– 1900 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA (456,922 SF) C-III Asset Management
– Christiana Executive Campus, Newark, DE (448,712 SF) Atapco
– New Crossroads Mall, Roanoke, VA (394,000 SF) GE Real Estate
– APEX: Fort Washington, PA (388,545 SF) Kairos
– Lebanon Mall, Lebanon, PA (386,000 SF) JBG Rosenfeld
– 801 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA (377,000 SF) Preferred Real Estate
– Freedom Business Center, King of Prussia, PA (360,000 SF) Prudential
– 8 Tower Bridge, Conshohocken, PA (346,659 SF) Barings Real Estate/Oliver Tyrone Pulver
– 300 Four Falls, W. Conshohocken, PA (346,659 SF) 300 Four Falls TIC LLC
– CrossPoint, Wayne, PA (272,310 SF The Davis Companies, Hayden & Miller Investment
– Parkview Hospital, Philadelphia, PA (270,000 SF) Tenet Healthcare
– 3 Beaver Valley Road, Wilmington, DE (263,503 SF) Gramercy/KBS
– Metropark & Northpoint, W. Palm Beach, FL (257,000 SF) Liberty Property Trust
– Bay Colony Executive Park, Wayne, PA (248,000 SF) Archon Group
– 1000 Howard Boulevard, Mount Laurel, NJ (105,312 SF) Brandywine Realty Trust
Education
Margolis earned an MBA from Drexel University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business.