Name: Marc Koenig
Title: Principal
Company: Marc D. Koenig Realty, Inc. d/b/a MDK Realty; Medfield Retail Partners
Location: Medfield, Mass.
Place of birth: Brooklyn, N.Y.
Family: Four children ages 16 - 26
College: University of Massachusetts, 1973, Magna Cum Laude
First job unrelated to your current field: Office copier salesman
First job in real estate or allied field: Broker with CB Commercial
What your firm does now and its plans for the future: Retail real estate leasing, investment and development.
Hobbies: Motorcycling, classic muscle cars
Favorite book: "The Man to See" by Edward Bennett Williams
Favorite films: "Goodfellas"
Key to success: Hard work, focus on client's/partner's needs and commitment to success.
Person you most admire (outside of family): Richard Henken
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Divorce lawyer
East Providence, RI Bob Horvath and Todd Tremblay of Horvath & Tremblay have completed the sale of Newport Center. Horvath & Tremblay exclusively represented the seller to complete the transaction at a sale price of $8.5 million
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.