Bill Motley joined 星空体育app下载 in 2015 and serves as a Senior Managing Director in the Boston office, where he specializes in the representation of tenants in lease and sale transactions. Motley has more than 35 years of real estate experience as a downtown commercial broker and has negotiated approximately 8 million square feet of lease transactions in Downtown Boston.
Prior to 星空体育app下载, Motley served as an executive director in Cushman & Wakefield鈥檚 Boston office. As an exclusive tenant representative, he assisted many Boston-based and international firms with the implementation of their real estate strategies, principally in the Financial District, Seaport and Back Bay. Motley previously worked for 15 years at Jones Lang LaSalle.
Partial List of Significant Transactions In Boston
- Wells Fargo: Assisted with its consolidation of six offices totaling 257,000 SF into approximately 160,000 SF at 125 High Street in Boston鈥檚 Financial District (nominated as Downtown Team of the year).
- Eaton Vance: Two Corporate Relocations: In 2022, 280,000 RSF from Two International Place to One Post Office Square. In 2009, he was part of a two person team that oversaw the selection of its 310,000 SF facility at Two International Place, as well as numerous expansions and regional offices totaling 200,000 square feet (named Downtown Lease Transaction of the Year by the Commercial Brokers Association).
- Merative: Oversaw restructure of their four U.S. locations consisting of a portfolio of 178,000 SF.
- Deloitte: Served as one of three managers of the client鈥檚 U.S. real estate portfolio, totaling approximately 10 million SF.
- BNY Mellon: Assisted the bank with several expansions, dispositions and renewals of real estate, most recently its lease renewal for 362,000 SF at One Boston Place.
- Marsh & McLennan: Oversaw the strategic development and implementation of its 108,000 SF relocation to 99 High Street in Boston鈥檚 Financial District.
- Holland & Knight: Successfully renegotiated a new lease totaling 105,000 SF at 10 St. James Avenue in Boston鈥檚 Back Bay, which reduced the tenant鈥檚 immediate occupancy cost by $3.4 million.
- UBS: Assisted in the search and eventual renewal at One Post Office Square in downtown Boston for approximately 55,000 square feet.
- General Investment & Development: Oversaw the review of purchase and lease opportunities in metro Boston, analysis of negotiations and due diligence of base building conditions and construction of this tenant鈥檚 45,000 SF requirement at 125 High Street in Boston.
- Leerink Partners Inc.: Three relocations of their downtown headquarters each totaling 45,000 SF
- Finnegan, Henderson, Farrabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP: Represented this AM 100 law firm throughout its real estate search in downtown Boston, resulting in a lease for 33,000 SF at 155 Seaport Lane
- Edelman Financial Engines: Co-managed their U.S. portfolio consisting of 205 locations across the United States. Including their corporate offices at 28 State Street in Boston.
- Standard Life Investments: Reduced the tenant鈥檚 existing obligation on the 34th floor of One Beacon Street by more than 41% and structured a new 10-year commitment with generous amounts of free rent and tenant improvement dollars for approximately 30,000 SF.
- Consulate of Japan: 15,000 SF
- Dartmouth Endowment: 6,000 SF (2)
- Ellenzweig: 13,000 SF (2)
- ERM: 13,000 SF (2)
- Gryphon Networks: 15,000 SF
- Loring Wolcott Coolidge 40,000 SF
- McDermott & Will: 45,000 SF
- Riverside Partners: 13,100 SF (2)
- Womble Bond Dickinson: 27,000 SF
- WSP: 45,000 SF
- Clough Capital: 8,000 SF (3)
- TDK: 16,000 SF
- Yellow Wood Partners: 8,000 SF (3)
- Boston Trust: 30,000 SF
- Westfield Capital Management 28,000 SF
- Wolf & Co: 15,000 SF
- Callodine Capital: 6,000 SF
- IBM (multiple)
- 1251 Capital: 1,800 SF
- Webster Capital: 10,000 SF
US Portfolios
- DataRobot - Multiple
- Deloitte (Preferred Provider)
- Edelman Financial Engines
- The Colony Group
Charitable/Volunteer
- Co-chair of the Mass General Hospital for Children annual fund (2021-2024)
- Bill serves as a Director on the town of Dover Planning Board
- Director and former president of the Union Boat Club (2004-2021)
Professional Achievements
A director with the Commercial Brokers Association (CBA) from 2010 to 2013, Motley received that organization鈥檚 awards for Downtown Lease Transaction of the Year in Downtown Boston two times and has been nominated five times. Motley is a current member of the Greater Boston Real Estate Board (GBREB). He is a licensed real estate broker in the commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Education
Motley received a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Denison University.
Testimonials
鈥淏ill and his team did a fantastic job. They were able to deal with six different leases with varied expiration dates in several buildings and consolidate them into one lease at a new location. He and his team had a keen sense of the market鈥檚 direction and temperament. Their collaborative approach with their capital markets team is both highly innovative and unique. In the end, the new lease saves us money, allows for a much better work environment and significantly improves our brand in Boston.鈥�
John Saclarides SVP 鈥� Real Estate Wells Fargo
鈥� I couldn’t be more pleased with my ongoing relationship with Bill, a tremendously competent and talented broker. I first hired Bill and his team in 2004 to represent AIG with their Boston relocation. In 2011, I hired Bill and his team at Deloitte as a preferred service provider to oversee transactions within our U.S. portfolio of over 11 million square feet. Bill鈥檚 strengths are his integrity, work ethic and sound real estate knowledge. He is one of those few real estate brokers I know who always puts the needs and interest of clients first and foremost.鈥�
Frank L. Cuevas 鈥� Former VP, Real Estate Strategy & Operations-IBM