Category: Spotlight Content

What aspects of working from home have you enjoyed most? It’s actually been really nice interacting over Zoom with clients who are also working from the more causal home environment versus a polished corporate setting. It’s a reminder that we are all in this thing together, trying to balance work and home life. There’s something about having your dog refuse to stop barking during an important meeting that forces you to put your guard down and be more real.

What aspects of working from home have you enjoyed most? The ability to meet virtually allows me to schedule more meetings in less time than the old face-to-face way of doing things. Although I do miss the personal interaction: shaking hands and catching up with personal news with friends and business associates you may not have seen for years. 

What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2020? My greatest professional accomplishment in 2020 was taking a leadership position in Rhode Island governor Gina Raimondo’s COVID-19 personal protective equipment procurement task force. This team, with dedicated members from the Quonset team and other Rhode Island state agencies

What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2020? This year, R.L. Goldman completed a total reconstruct of the corporate headquarters for a prominent South Shore development company. The job consisted of paving over 322,000 s/f of existing parking lots and roadways while also replacing 12,000 feet of concrete curbing with vertical granite.

What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2020? We made a conscious decision to make sure our clients and our colleagues heard more from us in 2020, so we’ve been much more frequent in our communications. We focus much of our message on sharing the good news

What was your greatest professional accomplishment or most notable project, deal, or transaction in 2020? We had a great year servicing all of our major vertical markets: Academic, corporate, retail/hospitality, healthcare, and community. One of the most rewarding projects was our 13,000 s/f, ground-up Pelham House Resort project.

What are your predictions for commercial real estate in 2021? My feeling is that the rental market will continue to be slow until the vaccine has been distributed to a majority of the world’s population and the economy starts showing consistent signs of recovery. Once people are allowed to move around and return to work, both here and abroad, the situation will improve.