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
Wakefield, NC Wilder and Greenberg Gibbons have formed a joint venture to acquire Wakefield Commons, a 163,975 s/f shopping center located in the high-growth submarket of Raleigh, N.C. The acquisition marks a significant milestone for both firms – representing Wilder’s entry into the North Carolina market
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.