Name: Stephen Lebovitz
Title: President
Company: CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.
Location: Waltham
Birthplace and year: Charleston, S.C., 1961
Family: Wife, Lisa; kids: Andrew (16), Matthew (14), Abby (12), Julia (9)
College: Stanford University
First job in real estate or allied field: Goldman-Sachs
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Involved in all aspects of leading CBL, the fourth largest mall company in the country.
Hobbies: Biking, skiing
Favorite book: "Into Thin Air"
Favorite movie: "Braveheart"
Person you admire most (outside of family): Lance Armstrong
Key to success: The greatest thing about this business is that every project has its own unique challenges. There is never a dull moment.
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Teaching
Boston, MA Warehub, the technology platform building the operating system for industrial real estate, has been named a “2026 Influencer in Industrial Real Estate” by GlobeSt.com, recognizing the company’s role in introducing a more connected, flexible and performance-driven model for the industrial real estate industry.
Now what? As the year comes to a close, the state of retail is always in the news. The answers vary greatly depending on who in the various related industries you ask, each offering a unique lens on the challenges and opportunities ahead.
This may seem self-serving, and I’ll be the first to admit it. But unlike some of the artificial intelligence tools now reshaping our industry, I am fully aware of my own bias. So, hear me out. The rise of AI in commercial real estate is not a distant threat or a speculative headline.