Name: David Fleming
Title: Corporate Marketing Director
Company: WS Development
Location: Chestnut Hill, Mass.
Place of birth: Boston, Mass.
Family: Lolli (wife); children: Dellia (11), Lola (7) and Camden (2)
College: UCLA
First job unrelated to your current field: Caddy/pro shop worker at The Country Club in Brookline
First job in real estate or allied field: Marketing copywriter for a technology company
What your firm does now and its plans for the future: Retail real estate development. Continue to build the next evolution of great open-air shopping destinations.
Hobbies: Running
Favorite movie: "It's a Wonderful Life"
Key to success: Vision and hard work to make it happen.
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Play by play broadcasting for the Red Sox
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.
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.
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.