50 year anniversary question and answer Peter Hayes
Name: Peter Hayes
Title: Partner
Company: Hayes & Sherry, a Cushman & Wakefield Alliance Member
Years with Company: 23
Years in real estate industry: 30
Address: 146 Westminster Street, 2nd floor, Providence, RI 02903
Telephone: (401) 273-1980
Email: phayes@hayessherry.com
Website: www.hayessherry.com
What year did you discover the New England Real Estate Journal and what business were you doing at that time? 1983. I was working for The Codman Company updating the property inventory database and learning the brokerage business.
In what way has the New England Real Estate Journal been a benefit to you and your business? In addition to the obvious advertising tool, it helped get our name out in the real estate community, along with the exposure for our company.
How long have you been affiliated with the commercial real estate industry? August 19, 1983 - 30 years this August. Time flies when you're having fun!
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