2023 Women in Construction: Caitlin Space, Noonan Brothers Painting

What made you interested in seeking a career in the AEC industry? My interest in the AEC industry started at a very young age but it was ultimately my 9^th grade math teacher, Mrs. Kinney, that helped guide me into this field by recommending I take an architectural drafting course.

2023 Women in Construction: Nicole Sessa, NV5

What made you interested in seeking a career in the AEC industry? When it was time for me to start my high school career, the town I lived in provided me with two options: Traditional high school or a vocational school.

2023 Women in Construction: Diana Deng, CIL

What made you interested in seeking a career in the AEC industry? I love the tangibility of the field. For me, coming from a background in housing policy, it is immensely satisfying to be able to physically see the projects I work on and see the progress of the build from building permit to certificate of occupancy.

2023 Women in Construction: Melissa McGeown, CIL

What made you interested in seeking a career in the AEC industry? As a child, I would often watch my dad who worked as a carpenter. Seeing the creation of a product in front of my eyes was extremely exciting.

2023 Women in Construction: Caroline Clark, Bohler

What made you interested in seeking a career in the AEC industry? I have always enjoyed art, design, and thinking outside the box. As I got older, I developed an interest in learning how things worked and problem-solving.

2023 Women in Construction: Karen Estabrook, Margulies Perruzzi

What made you interested in seeking a career in the AEC industry? I chose a career in architecture because it encompassed two of my strengths and interests: problem-solving and creativity. The main driver of architec-ture is solving problems to meet the needs of the clients both

Southern New Hampshire CRE update - provided by Microsoft/ChatGPT via Open “AI” - by Mike Harrington

Given the recent media hype surrounding Open Artificial Intelligence (AI), specifically a search tool using Microsoft/ChatGPT https://chat.openai.com/chat I thought it would be interesting to have ChatGPT provide the content for the Southern New Hampshire industrial market. The information you are about to read is the response I received from ChatGPT when asking it to complete the following task.

Project of the Month: Dacon builds 135,000 s/f Edwards Vacuum facility - Boys & Girls Club of Greater Haverhill receives digital arts studio

Haverhill, MA Dacon Corporation has completed the 135,000 s/f New England facility for Edwards Vacuum, a designer and manufacturer of advanced technology parts used in the semiconductor, power, renewable energy, scientific R&D markets, analytical instrument manufacturers, chemical and food processing industries.

Trends in industrial warehouse development: Demand driven by e-commerce, parcel delivery, third party logistics, and large retailers

While demand for industrial warehouse and distribution space is not expected to match the record-setting highs seen over the past two years, it will likely keep up with supply as vacancy rates are expected to remain low throughout 2023. Higher interest rates may affect some developers and end-users that would otherwise be looking to expand causing

Layoffs, rollups, shakedowns, gummies... and commercial real estate - by David Skinner

Writing these articles for the New England Real Estate Journal is fun because it keeps me focused on what is happening not only in Boston but also around New England. I have been working transactions around the northeast over the last couple years and I’ve been seeing some commonalities across the greater New England economic landscape