50 year anniversary question and answer Len Bierbrier
Name: Len Bierbrier
Title: President and Founder
Company: Bierbrier Development Inc.
Years with Company: 39
Years in the Industry: 42
Address: 420 Bedford Street, Lexington, MA 02420
Telephone: 781 863 1800
Email: LBierbrier@BierbrierDevelopment.com
Website: bierbrierdevelopment.com
What year did you discover the New England Real Estate Journal
and what business were you doing at that time? I discovered NEREJ when I became Bert Druker's assistant at the Druker Company, right after graduation from Harvard Business School in 1971.
In what way has the New England Real Estate Journal been a
benefit to you and your business? The benefit of NEREJ has been the timely reporting on the ebb and flow of CRE in the Boston market - a useful and complete compendium of transactions, people and events presented in a readable format - but the real joy has been the wisdom and wit in Rolly's editorials!
How long have you been affiliated with the commercial real
estate industry? Could it be almost 42 years!?
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