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JP Plunkett 2010

Name: JP Plunkett Title: Senior Director Company: Cushman & Wakefield of MA, Inc. Location: Boston, Mass. Birth Date: April 12, 1971 Family: Wife,Beth; son, Patrick and daughter, Paige College: Boston College First job unrelated to your current field: Caddying at Wollaston GC First job in current field: Broker with Rader Properties What your firm does now and its plans for the future? We represent building owners and tenants/user buyers in the leasing and sales of commercial real estate and plan to stick to our core business. My personal focus is on the Boston industrial market and the office/industrial markets south of Boston. Hobbies: Spending time with my family, playing golf, watching the Red Sox, attending concerts/enjoying music and going to the gym. Favorite book: I am more of a non-fiction fan. Favorite movie: "Caddyshack" and "Good Fellas" Person(s) you most admire (outside of family): Pope John Paul II, Ronald Reagan and John Lennon Keys to success: My dad long ago taught me to keep things in the following order: 1/family, 2/business, 3/self. If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be? Major league baseball general manager
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