Name: Mark Mancuso
Title: Senior Vice President - Development
Company: CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.
Location: Waltham, Mass.
Birthplace and year: New Jersey, 1954
Family: Wife, Halcyon; 3 children: Brynne, Tierney and Conor
College: Utica College, BS; Harvard Business School, MBA
First job outside of real estate: Lobbyist in New York State legislature
First job in real estate or allied field: Leasing team for Crossgates Mall in Albany, N.Y.
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Manage CBL's New England office to create quality development projects
Hobbies: Golf, biking and cooking
Favorite book: "The Match"
Persons you admire most (outside of family): All immigrants to the USA who make a success of their lives
Keys to success: Integrity and persistence
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Chef
Ansonia CT Saugatuck Commercial Real Estate (SCRE) represented Investor Michael Berkowitz in the $8.3 million purchase of Ansonia Landing Shopping Center from a KIMCO-led Partnership. The 91,447 GLA shopping center is located at 100-172 Division St.
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.