Spotlights

2019 Annual Review: Nicholas Lombardi of ONE SOURCE Companies

What was your greatest professional accomplishment in 2019? ONE SOURCE made the INC 5000 list of fastest growing private companies in America for the second year in a row. I’m most proud of my team and their

2019 Annual Review: Nick Matarazzo CORE Construction Resources

What was your most notable project, deal or transaction in 2019? Over the summer, we celebrated the ribbon cutting for the Great Oaks Charter School in Bridgeport. The project is part of an ongoing revitalization of the American Graphophone factory site. It includes not only new classrooms with room for 725 students

2019 Annual Review: Stephen Hodson of Hodson Realty, Inc.

What are your predictions for commercial real estate in 2020? There will continue to be segments of the market that will be in demand such as home health care, warehouse space and medical uses seeking to locate to anchored retail plazas.

2019 Annual Review: Edward Zuker of Chestnut Hill Realty

What was your most notable project, deal or transaction in 2019? Completing the permitting in Brookline of nearly 600 units and a 210 room hotel, where process started in 2006.

2019 Annual Review: David O’Sullivan of O’Sullivan Architects, Inc.

What are your predictions for commercial real estate in 2020? We have had a long period of construction growth and have seen many successful developments. I see 2020 as a time of caution with our clients as they look at new projects. They are bypassing some deals as overpriced or not feasible.

2019 Annual Review: Ed Silva of Vantage Builders

What was your most notable project, deal or transaction in 2019? Over the past few years, Vantage Builders has developed a strong presence in the cannabis construction industry and we continued that in 2019, with close to a dozen cultivation and dispensary projects.

2019 Annual Review: Lisa Saunders of D.L. Saunders Companies

What was your greatest professional accomplishment in 2019? This year we were delighted to announce that Longwood Venues + Destinations has signed a long-term lease for our historic 101 Arlington St., rebranding it as The Tower, a unique venue for events and exhibitions, private and public, national and international.

2019 Annual Review: Nicole Reilly of DiPrete Engineering

What was your greatest professional accomplishment in 2019? DiPrete Engineering has a staff of land planners, surveyors and engineers. Because of this we often get involved in projects early on via survey or land planning and it is exciting to see them form at concept level and ultimately get constructed and occupied.

2019 Annual Review: Eric Robinson of RODE Architects

What are your predictions for commercial real estate in 2020? I love to build new partnerships, engage with communities to learn how a project can benefit their neighborhood, and work together towards common goals. In a city like Boston, the tensions between parties thriving off the city’s economic strength and the populations

2019 Annual Review: Paul Zekos of The Zekos Group Auctioneers

What was your greatest professional accomplishment in 2019? Collaborating with officials from my hometown of Shrewsbury to generate $900,000 in revenues from the sale of surplus properties.