Alexander Murray

Al Murray is a Real Estate Project Manager for the Colliers Chicago Construction Management Team. Al has worked primarily with office and industrial assets for both self-managed and 3rd party managed portfolios in the Chicago suburbs. His background and understanding of real estate valuation, maintenance, and management as it pertains to office and industrial properties supports construction and redevelopment.  Al has overseen all phases of tenant improvement and capital projects from budget development and project oversight to construction cost analysis and job closeout.  

During Al’s 6-year career in real estate he has worked for companies such as Marc Realty and Marcus & Millichap.  Al has worked in many aspects of real estate ranging from selling & leasing, capital projects, and tenant interiors.

Al began his construction management career at Marc Realty overseeing TI & capital projects for a 9-property portfolio throughout the Chicago suburbs. At Colliers, Al’s role as a project manager includes a tenant relations aspect that has allowed him to work on many dynamic tenant improvement projects. Additionally, this includes budgeting and overseeing many capital projects as well.

Al acted as the owner’s representative for a 17K SF corporate office expansion of T-Mobile at 1400 Opus Pl in Downers Grove. The project entailed coordination between multiple trades, AV, low voltage, graphics, furniture vendors, and 2 architects.  The overall project cost totaled just over $2.3 Million.

Al acted as the owner’s representative for the demolition and site prep of 9 structures located on a former country club in Northbrook. This project involved terminating all utilities that serviced the property, contracting demolition, project oversight documentation, and job cost tracking. The project duration lasted just over 1 year and totaled $1.4 Million.

OTHER PROJECTS COMPLETED

Regent Surgical Health (Westchester, IL) - 16,500 SF project valued at $640K

601 Oakmont East Parking Lot Underdrain & Resurface Project (Westmont, IL) -  74,000 SF project valued at $380K

77 W Washington Elevator Cylinder Replacement (Chicago, IL) - Project valued at $100K

Special Olympics (Lombard IL) - 9,900 SF project valued at $300K

5100 N. River Rd Parking Structure R&M (Schiller Park, IL) - 56,000 SF, project valued at $200K