Name: Carol Todreas
Title: President
Company: Todreas Hanley Associates
Location: Cambridge, Mass.
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio
Family: Wonderful
College: American University
First job unrelated to your current field: Ballroom dance teacher
First job in real estate or allied field: Boston Redevelopment Authority
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future: Conceive and find tenants for retail and mixed-use properties.
Hobbies: Dance, hiking, skiing, exotic travel
Favorite book: "Life and Death of American Cities"
Favorite movie: "Streetcar Named Desire"
Person you most emulate (outside of family): Urbanist William Whyte
Key to success: Persistence
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Paris-based travel writer
West Roxbury, MA Prescott IOS has arranged an industrial outdoor storage lease for Eastern Bus Company at 151 Rivermoor St. David Skinner and Devon Wagner of Prescott IOS represented the tenant, while Caroline Munn nd Rob Byrne of CBRE represented the landlord, Feeney Brothers Real Estate. The 40,000 front foot site gives the bus operator secured yard space close to the routes it serves across Boston and the inner suburbs.
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.