2024 Year in Review:
Michele Fitzpatrick, Northern Bank

What noteworthy transactions or deals from this year best exemplified key market trends or shifts? 
Northern 1031 Exchange recently demonstrated our commitment to comprehensive financial planning by facilitating a nuanced real estate transaction that addressed the unique needs

2024 Year in Review:
Emily Paparella, Elkus Manfredi Architects

What noteworthy transactions or deals from this year best exemplified key market trends or shifts? 
As much of the nation grappled with the commercial real estate headwinds of 2024 - lingering office vacancy, high interest rates and local regulatory changes – we shifted our focus to diverse opportunities on university campuses

2024 Year in Review: Gregory Chakmakas, Sheehan Phinney

What noteworthy transactions or deals from this year best exemplified key market trends or shifts? 
Increasingly, affordable housing developers must rely on their ability to cobble together an alphabet soup of competitively awarded funding sources.

2024 Year in Review: Margaret Cachel, Vantage Builders

What emerging trends will drive investment and development in 2025? 
In 2025, I believe we’ll see a resurgence of tenant improvement projects, as companies continue to implement their “back to work” plans.

2024 Year in Review: Andrew Deluski, BankRI

What noteworthy transactions or deals from this year best exemplified key market trends or shifts? 
The conversion of commercial office buildings in downtown city locations to mixed-use and residential will continue for the next few years as the corporate world reshapes itself after COVID.

2024 Year in Review: Rich O’Connell, RJ O’Connell & Associates

What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2024? 
20 Years Strong - We hung out our shingle back on March 17, 2004, so this year RJOC celebrated its 20-year anniversary. We would like to thank our clients, consultant teams, strategic partners and vendors, and employees, past and present for their contribution to our success.

2024 Year in Review: Ryan Weinberg, Rockland Trust Bank

What noteworthy transactions or deals from this year best exemplified key market trends or shifts? 
Rather than focusing on a single transaction, I want to highlight a broader market shift that occurred when the Federal Reserve began cutting interest rates.

2024 Year in Review: George Paskalis, MG Commercial Real Estate

What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2024? 
A lot has happened this year in terms of professional accomplishments. In July Leeds Mitchell IV, SIOR and I became the new owners of MG Commercial as partners, and we certainly look forward to building upon the foundation of over 25 years serving Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts

2024 Year in Review: Steven King, Quonset Development Corp.

What noteworthy transactions or deals from this year best exemplified key market trends or shifts? 
Businesses continue to look for flexible, customizable leasing options. Quonset’s Flex Industrial Campus now includes ten move-in ready, modern industrial buildings with high-bay manufacturing space,

2024 Year in Review: Robert Marcus, Robert Marcus Real Estate Company, Inc. & Home Maintenance Organization LLC

What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2024? 
Both property management companies saw significant growth in 2024, and we see that trend continuing into 2025.