Richard Reynolds

Biography: Richard Reynolds Senior Advisor to the EVP Tufts University Boston, MA Reynolds, an alumnus of Tufts and long time member of the University's real estate advisory committee, returned to campus as Vice President of Operations in January 2010. His responsibilities include facilities management of 4.3 million SF on 3 campuses, construction, public and environmental health and safety, and dining services. Prior to joining Tufts, Reynolds has been President of The Reynolds Group, Inc, a strategic real estate consulting firm based in Needham, MA, since 2004. Between 1993 and 2004 Reynolds was a Principal with Spaulding and Slye, LLC serving in a number of roles with the company, including Managing Director of the Capital Markets Group transacting over $1 billion of investment sales annually and Major Transaction Principal including joint venture developments, major tenant representation assignments, various corporate relocation analyses, and client relationship management. Reynolds also acted as lead Principal for the acquisitions of over $300 million of properties for Windsor Realty Fund II, a joint venture with the DuPont Company and General Investment and Development. Reynolds also was President of Reynolds, Vickery, Messina & Griefen, a development, property management, and advisory services firm for institutional and corporate clients from 1987-1993. He was a partner in Hines Industrial, an office/industrial development affiliate of the Gerald D. Hines Interest, from 1978-1987. He started his career in 1970 with New England Life as Second Vice President in the underwriting and placement of debt and joint venture equity nationally. Reynolds has been active in the Urban Land Institute for almost 30 years, and is a Governor of the ULI Foundation. He has served as Chair of several flights of the Office and Industrial Parks Council, Vice Chair of the Office Development Council, and as a member of the Public/Private Partnership Council. He also served as Chair of the Boston District Council of ULI. He has participated in or chaired five Advisory Service Panels across the country. Reynolds was President of the Greater Boston Real Estate Board in the early 1990s as well as Chairman of the Massachusetts Government Land Bank. Reynolds received his undergraduate degree from Tufts University in 1967 with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and his graduate degree was completed in 1970 at Babson College where he received a Masters of Business Administration with high distinction. Updated October 2013