Madge Roberts recently joined the brokerage team at The Diamond Group. Roberts has a background in the hotel, restaurant, and retail sectors. She served as a senior project manager at Luxury Resorts, the hotel division of Blackstone and as the head of business development for the hospitality division of Suffolk Construction.
Roberts earned her masters in architectural history at the University of Virginia but developed a lasting tie to Cambridge during her undergraduate years at Harvard.
She is an active member of the ICSC and the National Restaurant Association and serves on the steering committees of both the Boston Harbor Island Alliance and Transitions House, a local women's shelter.
Wallingford, CT O,R&L Commercial has completed the $3.8 million sale of a mixed-use investment property located at 33-39 North Main St. and 24-25 Wallace Ave. in the town center.
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.