50 year anniversary question and answer Michael Norman

Name: Michael Norman Title: President Company: Abbot Building Restoration Company, Inc. Years with Company: 42 Years in real estate industry: 42 Address: 28 Allerton Street, Boston MA 02119 Telephone: 617-445-0274 Email: menorm@me.com Website: abbotbuilding.com What year did you discover the New England Real Estate Journal and what business were you doing at that time? Founded in 1936 by Herbert Norman, father of current president, Michael Norman, Abbot served the greater Boston area primarily as a general contractor for commercial construction until the early 1960s. Around that time, Norman began to embark on several joint ventures with Angelo Diodati, an expert in masonry restoration that was a burgeoning field in that era. To help expand the business, Abbot became one of the first advertisers in NEREJ and a strong advocate of the publication. Over the years, Norman partnered with Diodati to build Abbot Building Restoration into a leading commercial and institutional masonry restoration company throughout Eastern Massachusetts. Now transitioning to a fourth generation as a family-owned business, Abbot continues to utilize NEREJ as a key component of its marketing plan.