Spotlights

Showcase Your Firm in Our Fall Preview Spotlight!

Our annual Fall Preview issue is coming up, and this year we’re refreshing the format to make it more impactful, engaging, and valuable for your firm. All participants will be grouped into four core sectors of the commercial real estate industry, ensuring your firm is featured alongside its peers and seen by decision-makers looking for expertise in your space

2025 Women in CRE:
CREW Boston members

CREW Boston’s mission is to develop, advance and champion the success of all women in the commercial real estate industry by: • Creating a diverse, multi-cultural and welcoming community.

2025 Women in CRE:
April DaSuta, Bernkopf

What has been the most rewarding project or deal you’ve worked on in your career, and why? For over a decade, I’ve served as lead counsel on a transformative master plan development project, “On The Dot,” a 21-acre project near Andrew Sq. in South Boston. The project includes 11 buildings

2025 Featured Women-Owned Businesses: Ebbrell Architecture + Design

What inspired you to start your firm, and how has your vision evolved over the years? After years of working at large firms on complex projects, I saw an opportunity to build something personal and agile: a firm that could combine deep expertise with flexibility and a hands-on approach

2025 Women in CRE: Alexandra Pezzello, Esq.,
Partridge, Snow & Hahn LLP

What drew you to commercial real estate, and what keeps you passionate? Commercial real estate drew me in because, while some elements are predictable, every deal is unique and must be tailored to the property’s and client’s needs. The work is dynamic, and the strong

2025 Women in CRE: Marianne Sullivan,
Sullivan & Sullivan Auctioneers

What has been the most rewarding project or deal you’ve worked on in your career, and why? My most rewarding project involved the foreclosure of a nearly complete 70-unit apartment complex for Berkshire Bank. Preparation alone spanned three months, as we worked

2025 Women in CRE: Helen De Novaes, Acella Construction

What advice would you give to a woman considering a career in commercial real estate? The commercial real estate industry is teeming with opportunities and has so many career paths to choose from. My advice is to follow your passion. Explore the various roles within an organization and always seek to learn new skills.

Project of the Month: Dacon Corp. and R.J. Kelly Co. constructing 95,700 s/f warehouse and distribution facility

Methuen, MA Dacon Corporation, in partnership with R.J. Kelly Co., Inc., is currently constructing a 95,700 s/f, warehouse and distribution facility at 600 Griffin Brook Dr. The project, being developed on a design-build basis, is set to become a major addition to the Griffin Brook

It all began - or ended - with a trench - by Thomas House

When you cruise around 128…sorry, you thought it was I-95, that belt around Boston? That’s only a number on some signs - and those with a long memory may see any of those as a sign of broken dreams? Nightmares?<

The owner occupant strikes back - by David Skinner

In today’s article, I share some of the history of what has created the industrial investment bubble, particularly in Boston suburbs of 128/495. If you are an owner occupant along the 128/495 corridors, do not be bashful about approaching property owners to lease or purchase at what might have