Name: John Schonborn
Title: Financial Analyst
Company: Hecht Development
Location: Concord, Mass.
Birthplace: Walnut Creek, Calif.
Birth Date: 1986
Family: Mother, father, sister
College: Tufts University
First job unrelated to current field: Real estate
First job in current field: Staubach Retail
Hobbies: Soccer, cooking, traveling
Favorite book: "Rigged"
Favorite movie: "Batman, The Dark Knight"
Persons you admire most (outside of family): Warren Buffett
Key to success: Persistence
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Architecture
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.