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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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