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Posted: March 10, 2010
Memoriam: Griefen, 95, of Cabot, Cabot and Forbes and Urban Land Institute
Jack Griefen died on February 17th. He was 95 years old. Griefen was an industrial Realtor, working for R.M. Bradley; and then serving as senior vice president of Cabot, Cabot and Forbes of Boston; as a partner in Hines Industrial, an affiliate of Gerald D. Hines of Houston; and as a principal in the firm of Reynolds, Vickery, Messina & Griefen of Cambridge.
Griefen was past president and member emeritus of the Urban Land Institute.
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