In my past two columns, I wrote about some of the people who have made major contributions to the development of the Institutional Real Estate, Inc platform since our very beginning in 1987. These included Larry Hull of Larco Advisors, who founded what is now known as the Pacific Pension & Investment Institute; Paul Sack, one of the founders of RREEF, which continues today as part of DWS; Bob Burke, co-founder of AMB Property Corp, the predecessor of Prologis; and Bob and Sue Toigo, who founded the Institute for Fiduciary Education.

In this final tribute, here are a few more of the many, many people who have helped guide and support the development of our business over the years.

Bob Burke, whom I mentioned before, played a similar role to Paul Sack’s as a mentor and educator. Bob represented the “B” in AMB Property Corp, formed with his partners Doug Abbey and Hamid Moghadam. That firm merged with Prologis in 2011. Hamid and Doug were extremely helpful durin