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What challenges or opportunities have had the biggest impact on your business during the first half of 2026? Economic uncertainty has been extremely challenging for many clients, particularly in the retail and hospitality sectors. Clients are faced with rising operating costs including labor, materials and other expenses, higher interest rates, and more conservative lending practices.

What projects, initiatives, or types of work have been keeping your team busiest during the first half of 2026 Affordable housing continues to be a major focus for our team, particularly projects in and around Boston and throughout Massachusetts.

What trends or shifts have stood out most to you so far this year within your industry? One of the most notable trends we’ve seen this year is the continued momentum behind office-to-residential conversions, particularly in markets where housing demand remains strong and office vacancies persist.

What trends or shifts have stood out most to you so far this year within your industry? What’s really stood out this year, at E.M. Duggan is in our service division. Clients’ expectations have shifted they are looking for simplicity and uniformity;

What projects, initiatives, or types of work have been keeping your team busiest during the first half of 2026? The first half of 2026 has been an interesting six months to say the least. We initially thought we’d come screaming out of the gate in Q1, but the first 60 days fell flat. Since then, the end of Q1 and all of Q2 have been extremely busy.

What projects, initiatives, or types of work have been keeping your team busiest during the first half of 2026? The first half of 2026 has been focused on balancing growth, compliance, and resident impact. Our teams have remained busy supporting new affordable housing developments, lease-up activities, capital improvement projects, and asset preservation efforts across our portfolio.

What projects, initiatives, or types of work have been keeping your team busiest during the first half of 2026? We are a boutique law firm specializing in real estate litigation and condominium law. In the first half of the year, we have been intentionally expanding relationships with small to mid-size real estate investment firms,

What trends or shifts have stood out most to you so far this year within your industry? The growing focus on energy storage reflects a broader shift in how businesses manage energy consumption and control costs. As business leaders well know, demand charges can be upwards of 50% of a monthly utility bill for industrial facilities.

What projects, initiatives, or types of work have been keeping your team busiest during the first half of 2026? The first half of 2026 has been all about operational reclamation. I’ve been deep in the trenches doing high-level AppFolio optimizations and providing fractional operations management for scaling real estate portfolios.

What projects, initiatives, or types of work have been keeping your team busiest during the first half of 2026? The first half of 2026 has been defined by continued progress on several significant projects across New England, particularly in higher education, commercial, and public-sector markets. We’re advancing major projects toward completion, including FM’s new Science and Technology Center in Norwood

1. What do you see as the most important qualities or strategies that define successful property management in today’s market? For us, it really comes down to whether the property is working for the owner goals, not just whether

Three things define success right now. Responsiveness comes first. Boards and owners expect real-time information, not monthly summaries pushed out two weeks late. Financial discipline comes next. With insurance, labor, and capital costs all climbing, every line item matters and reserves need to be modeled honestly, not guessed at.