Name: Robert A Cala AIA
Title: Principal
Company: Allevato Architects, Inc.
Location: 31 Hayward St., Franklin, Mass
Place of Birth and year: Philadelphia, Penn.
Family: Wife - Lyn; daughter - Liz
College: Temple University and Boston Architectural College
First job outside of real estate: City of Philadelphia Bridge Dept
First job in real estate or allied field: designer/draftsman
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future: principal-in-charge on office inertias and new ground-up retail projects.
Hobbies: tennis, travel, sketching
Favorite book: The Snow Leopard
Ket to success (one idea): respectful attitude and promoting excellent service
If you were forced to choose another vocation what would it be? Photographer
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.