Name: Christopher Ernst, AIA
Title: Associate
Company: Cooper Carry
Location: 50 West 17th St., 12th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10011
Birthplace and year: Denver, Col., 1971
Family: Daughter, Mavis; parents: Pat and Cliff; sister, Elizabeth
College: Bachelor of Architecture, University of Texas at Austin
First job outside of real estate: Working on the family farm in Fredericksburg, Tex.
First job in real estate or allied field: Internship at Kohn Pedersen Fox
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? I manage the design & construction of multiple mixed-use projects throughout the U.S. In the future, I would like to be an integral part of defining how good design adds value to real estate.
Hobbies: Music, art
Favorite book: "The Great Gatsby"
Favorite movie: "Dr. Strangelove"
Person you admire most (outside of family): Steve Jobs
Key to success: Try to take a chance every day. You may be walking around lucky and never know it.
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Artist, musician
Providence, RI Sweeney Real Estate & Appraisal facilitated a lease transaction at 56 Exchange Terrace, Suite 300, marking the relocation of financial planning and
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.