Spotlights

2022 Women in Commercial Real Estate: Kara Chiccarelli, Skanska USA Commercial Development Inc.

What advice would you offer to women getting into the CRE industry? Be inquisitive. Get comfortable being the person asking the questions rather than being the person providing answers. When I started working in development, I quickly recognized there

2022 Women in Commercial Real Estate: Emily Clark, Chapman Construction/Design

What advice would you offer to women getting into the CRE industry?  Ask questions! There are so many amazing resources right in your office, jobsites, and classrooms. If you don’t ask the question, you won’t get the answer.

2022 Women in Commercial Real Estate: Stacy Roman, Chapman Construction/Design

What advice would you offer to women getting into the CRE industry? Get involved with industry events and meet a lot of people. The strength of your network will become more and more important as you grow in your career. It’s also important to maintain

2022 Women in Commercial Real Estate: Cassie Norton, ARCO National Construction – NE

In the past year, what project, transaction or accomplishment are you most proud of? ARCO National Construction - New England is currently working on a 396,375 s/f project in Boylston, Mass. The site presented major challenges, which required blasting over 280,000 cubic yards of rock. This project has made our team think outside the box

2022 Women in Commercial Real Estate: Colleen O’Donnell, ARCO National Construction – NE

What advice would you offer to women getting into the CRE industry? My biggest piece of advice for women entering the CRE industry is to focus on learning more every day. Even seasoned professionals will tell you that they are constantly learning new things

2022 Women in Commercial Real Estate: Elizabeth Krol, EBI Consulting

What trends will dominate your industry in the coming months? The demand for quality, expedited property due diligence, including Phase I Environmental Site Assessments and Property Condition Assessments, will continue to be dominant in the property transaction

2022 Women in Commercial Real Estate: Gina Leeman, Tecta America New England

What advice would you offer to women getting into the CRE industry? Don’t think that it’s just a male-dominated world, because there are a lot of really smart, talented women in the industry.

Three key trends impacting warehouse development in the Boston market - by Parker Snyder

With vacancy rates hitting record lows in the past year and tenants prioritizing speed to market in response to consumer demands, the Boston industrial market has seen dramatic growth, with an increasing number of developments being built on a speculative basis. As the market evolves, many players are changing

Users and investors will be under pressure to find available properties in Rhode Island industrial market - Mike Giuttari

For Rhode Island, 2022 industrial market has big shoes to fill from what 2021 left it. 2021 ended with a bang, especially within the industrial sector. 2021 brought us some of the largest deals this market has seen. With the 200+ acre sale of a site at I-295 and Rte. 6 in Johnston

What will happen next? Here are three mini trends that we should revisit - by David Skinner

We are in a brave new world, and the question I’ve been asked lately is, “Dave, what is going to happen?” With interest rates growing more quickly than a pack of rabbits on a commune, buyers keep asking when the deals are going to fall from the sky and sellers think that these rate hikes