Joseph W. Finnigan

Joseph is managing director for Link Business Parks, responsible for 14 million total square feet of infill assets as he leads the largest portfolio of its kind nationally. Overseeing operating performance including leasing, property operations and construction, he partners with the company’s overall operating platform and customer solutions teams to maximize the value of Link’s scale, access to data and in-market expertise. Previously, he was managing director for Link’s Southwest portfolio, a 70 million square-foot region spanning high-profile, high-growth markets such as Southern California, Phoenix and Las Vegas.

Joseph has been with Link since 2019; he previously worked for Gateway Industrial, another Blackstone company that was merged with two others to form Link. Before joining Gateway, he was an executive director with Morgan Stanley’s real estate investment business, working for more than 10 years in the firm’s Atlanta and San Francisco offices. He held both acquisition and asset management responsibilities across several U.S. markets and real estate sectors while at Morgan Stanley. Prior to that, he worked as an investment banker and was a captain in the United States Marine Corps.

Joseph earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Boston College and a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School. He has been active in NAIOP for most of his career, including serving on the board of the Inland Empire chapter since 2019 and as chapter president in 2021. Joseph is married and enjoys exercise, travel, amateur radio, sailing off the coast of Southern California and spending quality time with his son.