Name: Jon Meshel
Title: Project Manager - Development
Company: CBL & Associates Properties
Location: Waltham, Mass.
Birthplace and year: Boston, Mass., 1976
Family: Wife, Stephanie; daughter, Janie (15 months)
College: McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
First job outside of real estate: Carpenter
First job in real estate or allied field: Assistant project manager, CBL
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Initiate and manage shopping center developments
Hobbies: Running, golf
Favorite book: "Friday Night Lights"
Favorite movie: "Braveheart"
Person you admire most (outside of family): Frederick Law Olmsted
Key to success: Mental organization
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Pilot
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.
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.