JAMES J MULLAHY

MULLAHY JAMES J. May 22, 1932 – January 24, 2024 James Joseph Mullahy of Philadelphia, PA and Avalon, NJ died peacefully in his Avalon home on January 24, 2024, surrounded by his family. Jim Mullahy was a person of deep faith, a dear friend and mentor, an esteemed professional, and, above all, an intensely loving and devoted family man. While he built his career on giving exceptionally good advice, his best lessons were found not in what he said, but by how he lived: with faith, integrity, dignity, and compassion. Over the span of his 65-year career, Jim built a reputation as a singularly influential figure in the commercial and industrial real estate industry, with a client list that included 80 of the most prominent commercial and industrial development and brokerage firms in the US, Mexico, and Europe. With offices in Philadelphia, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Vienna, his clients included Cabot Partners, CB Commercial Properties, Colliers International, Copley Real Estate Advisors, Cushman Realty, The Ford Foundation, Korman Communities, The Linpro Company, Maguire Thomas Partners, Pannatoni Properties, Penn Central Properties, Prudential Property Co., The Rockefeller Group, The RREEF Funds, and the City of Vienna. Jim served as national consultant to Cushman and Wakefield for over twenty years, with a special focus on its offices in Philadelphia, New York, California, Florida, and Georgia. His long association with The Rockefeller Group was one of his greatest professional pleasures, as was his work with the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR). He is largely credited as the architect of SIOR's expansion into Europe. Born on May 22, 1932 and raised in the Logan section of Philadelphia, Jim was a graduate of LaSalle College High School (1950) and Villanova University (1954). After completing his Korean War service as a US Army intelligence officer in Baltimore, Jim married the late Marian Collins Mullahy and moved to Drexelbrook, Bala Cynwyd, and finally Merion, PA, where they raised their five children. Jim was the beloved father of Marian Mullahy (Ardmore, PA), Kathy Mullahy Barker (Jeff) (Merion, PA), Eileen Mullahy (Michael Brazunas) (Wynnewood, PA), Barbara Mullahy DeNault (Narberth, PA), and the late Matthew Mullahy (Philadelphia, PA); a devoted companion to the late Rosalie M. Minder; loving grandfather ("T") to Michael (Christine), Sean (Moira) and Kate (Max) Barker, Sara (Ryan) and Robert DeNault, and Grace Brazunas; tender great-grandfather to William, Paige, Patrick, Jack, Charlotte, Benjamin, and Caroline Barker; and dear uncle to a host of loving nieces, nephews, grandnieces, and grandnephews. He was predeceased in life by his parents, John Mullahy and Genevieve Hillegas Mullahy, his brother John "Jack" Mullahy (Betty), his sisters Mary Mullahy Healy and Anne Mullahy Waller, and his brother-in-law John Waller. Jim leaves behind legions of dear friends and a legacy of deep, abiding love. Relatives and friends are invited to attend his Visitation on Friday, February 2 (9 A.M. - 11 A.M.) followed by a Mass of Christian Burial (11 A.M.) on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024 at Old St. Mary's Church, 252 S. 4th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106. In lieu of flowers, his family gratefully appreciates memorial contributions in his name to Bread and Roses Community Fund (www.breadrosesfund.org) or Why Not Prosper (www.why-not-prosper.org). https://www.loganfuneralhomes.com/obituary/James-Mullahy www.loganfuneralhomes.com