Dolan & Murphy, Inc.

In 1965, Daniel D. Dolan and James O. Murphy combined their talents as Commercial Industrial Real Estate brokers and formed Dolan & Murphy, Inc. creating the first real estate firm in the Fox River Valley exclusively specializing in commercial, industrial and investment properties. In the years to follow, Dolan & Murphy, Inc. became deeply involved in annexing and zoning thousands of acres in Aurora including Kane County and Aurora’s Zoning Ordinance and Comprehensive Plan in the 1960′s, advocating the designation of thousands of acres of prime tollway and major highway land for commercial and industrial use. Most of Aurora’s present economic development has occurred on these parcels, generating hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax revenue for the City of Aurora.