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Robert (Bob) Michael Brasler August 19, 1936 - June 25, 2012
he Brasler Properties Team celebrates Bob’s life and numerous ac-
complishments. SIR/SIOR Member since 1967, directly responsible for over 30 million s/f in indus- trial and commercial property sales and leasing. Broker, Developer, and Founding President and CEO of the National Constitution Center. Bob Brasler was the Found- ing President and CEO of the National Constitution Center on Independence Mall in Philadelphia. Under his lead- ership the initial capital was raised, the site and concept for the museum were estab- lished, and he created and installed an honorary board of directors that included all of the living former U.S. Presidents. ThenMayor of Philadelphia and later Pennsylvania Gov- ernor, Ed Rendell said, “Bob Brasler took a simple idea – that in Philadelphia, the Birthplace of modern democ- racy, we should create a place that tells the story of the great ideas behind our system of government - and breathe life into it. We wouldn’t have the NCC in Philadelphia, an awesome building, with all of the great things and great exhibits and wonderful show without Bob Brasler. Through the lean years when there was no government support he, by almost force of personality kept the center alive.“ The Congressionally authorized, non-partisan, non-profit $160 million National Constitu- tion Center opened to rave reviews on July 4, 2003 and hosts more than 1 million visitors annually. In the Industrial Real Es- tate industry since joining the Binswanger Company in 1961, Bob Brasler has been involved in sales, leas- ing, management, planning, development and re-devel- opment of over 30 million s/f of commercial and indus- trial properties throughout the United States. Starting with door to door canvass- ing in Philadelphia’s older industrial neighborhoods, Brasler built up a clientele
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by relocating industrial firms and by 1965 had completed his first major sale of the 400,000 s/f former Kaiser Fleetwings property in Bris- tol PA. to Keystone Lighting. During that period the firm partnered with Tishman to develop the 600 acre Phila- delphia Industrial Park, the largest planned industrial development within a major city in the U.S. A member of the Society of Industrial Realtors (SIR, later SIOR) since 1967, Bob became a partner at Binswanger in the 1970’s and after complet- ing transactions throughout Pennsylvania he expanded coverage to the Northeast, Midwest and Southern U.S. - a 450,000 s/f manufacturing plant sale by Midland Ross to Ford Motor Co. in Ohio, a 950,00 s/f sale for Roper in Newark, NJ, a 1.7 million s/f sale for Clark Corp in Battle Creek, Michigan and 3.7 million s/f in transactions for Firestone in Michigan, Ohio and Georgia. Bob also opened the firm’s first international offices; in Paris, to cover Eu- rope and then in Tokyo, after a visit there sponsored by the U.S. State and Commerce Departments to encourage investment in the U.S. During the 80’s Brasler con- tinued to expand the firms’ coverage in the U.S., bringing the total to 17 offices covering strategic regions of the coun- try and building it’s specialty of selling large industrial buildings in North America. In the late 80’s and early 90’s Bob reorganized the In- vestment Division of the firm that focused on the sale and financing of income property. Transactions included over a thousand apartment units in North and South Carolina, a
400,000 s/f freezer building in Oregon, the sale-leaseback of 20 supermarkets in the Mid South and a 1.4 million s/f in- dustrial center in St. Louis for the Park Corp. During this period Bob assisted in build- ing the new Corporate Ser- vices Division of Binswanger. Apartner and Vice-Chairman of the company, he left in 1994 to head the NCC. Returning to the private sector in 1998, Bob re-estab- lished the family business, Brasler Properties, founded by his father in 1917 with his partner and son, Chris. The company’s most recent completed development the “York Business Center” is a total transformation of a 1.5 million s/f, 126 acre, former Caterpillar Manufacturing Plant inYork, PA into a mixed use distribution, manufac- turing, office and retail cen- ter creating over 1000 jobs. Brasler Properties maintains an industrial presence with 400,000 s/f for lease in Read- ing PA. Bob, was an active par- ticipant in many charitable endeavors including: Co-chairing the successful ten year effort to build the new $12 million Arthur Ashe Youth Tennis and Educa- tion Center in Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park (recently re- named Legacy Youth Tennis and Education), a program that benefits over 5 ,000 chil- dren in the MSA annually. Mr. Brasler was a proud and active alumnus of Central High School’s Class of 2012. He served as Chairman of the Dickinson College Board of Advisors and as a Trustee from 1981 to 2001. In 2007 Bob was selected as one of the 25 most influential alumni of Dickinson. n
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