Anthony Maher
Partner / President | University Place Associates, University Place Associates
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Based and focussed in University City, Philadelphia. Innovation, Life Sciences and LEED Platinum.
Phone (609) 374-4552
Based and focussed in University City, Philadelphia. Innovation, Life Sciences and LEED Platinum.
Property Types
Office, Specialty, Health Care
Markets
Philadelphia
Bio
Anthony loves building startup ecosystems and he loves real estate. He has a unique skill set of leveraging real estate as a platform for entrepreneurial growth. Anthony's strength is attracting & managing talent to curate entrepreneurial ecosystems with best in class programming activity, balanced with the commercial real estate understanding of maximizing net operating income.
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He was a First Team All-American soccer player in college where he developed a drive and an attitude to compete and always improve. Anthony refined those skills as a 10 year professional soccer player and became obsessed with winning. When he retired in 2012, Anthony applied those skills to entrepreneurship, building several companies and brands.
In 2013 he launched Benjamin's Desk, which quickly became the largest & most successful co-working provider in the region. In Q4 2017, Benjamin’s Desk merged with nationally known DC incubator, 1776, to form the largest network of entrepreneurial incubators in the United States.
In early 2019, Anthony stepped down from Executive Management into an advisor position at 1776. His new venture has him partnering with Scott Mazo at University Place Associates (UPA) to reinvent commercial real estate development in University City.
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