Matt Halprin
Title: Vice President/Principal
Company: New England Retail Properties, Inc.
Location: 150 Hartford Ave., Wethersfield, CT 06109
Birthplace: Hartford, CT
Family: Three sons, one daughter
College: University of Connecticut
First job outside of real estate: Second mortgage business, Washington, D.C.
First job in real estate or allied field: Vice president, store development of retail home improvement chain
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future: Retail brokerage for 23 years - leasing, investment sales.
Hobbies: Golf, gourmet cooking, reading, travel, Yankees, Celtics and Giants
Favorite book: Any mystery - John Grisham novels
Favorite movie: "The Hustler" - Paul Newman
Person you most emulate (outside of family): John F. Kennedy
Key to success: High level of awareness and focus on hard work
If you were forced to choose another vocation, what would it be? Attorney