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
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.