Name: Matthew Senie
Title: General Manager
Company: Riverbridge North, LLC
Location: Berlin, Mass.
Place of birth: Norwalk, Conn.
Family: Wife, Janine; Sons, Alex and Andreas
College: Tampa University, Tampa, Fla.
First job outside of real estate: Restaurant management
First job in real estate or allied field: Salesman, Prudential Douglass Elliman Real Estate, Westhampton Beach, N.Y.
What your firm does now and its plans for the future: We are currently building the first phase of a 470,000 s/f mixed-use village. When completed Riverbridge will have 130,000 s/f of commercial space, 115 townhouses and apartments with the balance up to an 90 unit 175,000 s/f assisted living facility.
Hobbies: Tennis
Favorite film: All films about the civil rights movement of the 1960s
Person you most admire (outside of family): President Clinton
Keys to success: Surround yourself with smart people.
If you had to choose a different profession; what would it be? Teacher
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