Raised and educated in Boston, Lucas started working at Weld Management Company when he was in High School during the summers. He gained valuable experience in the operations of apartments and office buildings. Working in the field with longtime property staff gave him a good feel for managing people as well as property. Educated at the Dexter School, The Brooks School, Wheaton College and a post graduate Masters in Business Administration at Babson College, have all helped him to develop an academic preparation for work in the field of Real Estate Development.

Prior to joining Weld, Lucas worked for two years between college and Business School at an architectural consulting firm based in Natick. In 2013 Lucas rejoined Weld and acted as a Project Manager for a $19,000,000 historic and low income housing tax credit project in Holyoke, Massachusetts. This highly successful project has won awards for its Architectural Excellence. Lucas was made a Partner in Weld in 2014.

E. Denis Walsh, Founder of Weld Management Company, was involved in real estate development and management for over 40 years prior to his death in 2016. He worked for The Codman Company and Schochet Associates before starting his own company, in 1976.

After graduating from Boston College with a degree in Economics, Mr. Walsh taught for a year at Baghdad College in Iraq. His travels throughout the Middle East and Europe let him observe firsthand how historic cities were coping with growth, change, and decay. When he returned, he earned his M.B.A. from Boston College.

At Codman, he worked initially as a commercial real estate broker, handling leasing transactions for suburban office spaces along Route 128. His clients included GTE, Litton Industries, and ITT. He later became Assistant to the President of Codman, responsible for project management and multifamily development.

As a partner in Schochet Associates, a real estate development and management group, Mr. Walsh was responsible for finding and developing new projects and served as vice president of Schochet’s wholly-owned property management subsidiary. In this latter capacity, he was responsible for a portfolio of 1,500 units of multifamily housing, assisted and non-assisted apartments from Maine to Rhode Island. He instituted new marketing, leasing, and financial reporting procedures and supervised both office and field staffs.

In 1976  Mr. Walsh founded his own development, consulting, and management firm, which initially concentrated on the highly challenging ares of urban residential rehabilitation. These projects, by virtue of their size, location, or complexity, had often been overlooked by larger development companies.

During the past 40 years, Weld Management has built a solid performance record, which includes some of the most innovative projects in New England. The firm has developed and built residential condominiums, first-class office buildings, market-rate and government-subsidized multifamily residential projects, and industrial space. Overall, this record consists of more than $102,337,000 worth of real estate, which includes 1836 housing units and 518,000 sq. ft. of commercial space.

Weld Management currently manages over 600 apartments and is aggressively pursuing new opportunities to acquire and develop historic properties in new England.

In 2014 his son Lucas Walsh became a partner in the firm.

In 2016, Mr. Walsh sadly passed away after a long battle with his health. He is survived by his wife and 4 children.