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What was your greatest professional accomplishment in 2019? In 2019, Abbot completed one of the largest exterior masonry repair and restoration projects in our 80+ year history. This multi-phase project involved two high-rise connected commercial
What was your most notable project, deal or transaction in 2019? My most challenging project has been assisting a Kenya, real estate entrepreneur. The Nairobi start-up has devised an innovative construction technique to transform local impoverished settlements into clean, safe, and sustainable housing
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
