Name: Andrew Horvitz
Title: Principal
Company: Horvitz Communications
Location: Newton Centre, Mass.
Birthplace: New Bedford, Mass.
Birth Date: 1952
Family: Wife, Jacolyn
College: American University, BA Communication, 1974
First job outside of real estate: Golf professional
First job in real estate or allied field: Marketing communications and advertising
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future: Marketing communications and advertising; also production of a musical play.
Hobbies: Golf, swimming, hiking, tennis, photography
Favorite book: "Five People You Meet in Heaven" and "Golf in the Kingdom"
Favorite movie: "Requiem of a Heavyweight"
Person you most emulate (outside of family): David Ogilvy
Keys to success: Integrity
If you had to choose a different profession; what would it be? Teacher
Little Compton, RI Mott & Chace Sotheby’s International Realty sold 17 Ferolbink Way, for $4.5 million. The sellers were represented by Cherry Arnold, sales associate of Mott & Chace
Now what? As the year comes to a close, the state of retail is always in the news. The answers vary greatly depending on who in the various related industries you ask, each offering a unique lens on the challenges and opportunities ahead.
This may seem self-serving, and I’ll be the first to admit it. But unlike some of the artificial intelligence tools now reshaping our industry, I am fully aware of my own bias. So, hear me out. The rise of AI in commercial real estate is not a distant threat or a speculative headline.