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I am a strategic thinker and a planner both by nature and by formal education. I incorporate these strengths into all aspects of my career – client service, development and corporate management.

As the general manager of a downtown Boston portfolio, my job involves solving any number of issues in a given day. Experience has shown me that procrastination is the enemy in most situations, and often I am required to react quickly.

I’ve been fortunate in that I’ve been able to build lasting and valued friendships within the industry that have sustained me through career highs and lows over the past 14 years.

Where sometimes parties in a transaction have opposing goals, perhaps it’s my Libra sign that abhors conflict that comes to the rescue, or my desire to help people. I see myself as a collaborator and mediator to bring everyone on the same page and get to a win-win situation.

Where we bought our groceries, was simple...Stop N’ Shop, or Market Basket. Today, add to the mix, the Wegman’s and WalMart super stores. The ever-growing plethora of food operators is staggering...locally and nationally; as fast as one opens, another closes. In the closed space of a failed business another follows with the goal to take a stab at the gold ring.

One might expect that the industrial real estate market is in rough shape in a state with a projected $1.7 billion state budget deficit, where the capital city (Hartford) has discussed bankruptcy, and where one of the most famous employers (General Electric) has moved out — not to mention the state’s high taxes and high wages.

The hot humid weather is upon us and many are enjoying their vacation. The summer is a time for leisure and relaxation for many but the real estate industry does not seem to be on vacation.

A vibrant and diverse suburban community supplanted by light manufacturing and service industries, Randolph is centrally located 14 miles south of Boston with convenient access to major highway transportation corridors, as well as commuter rail and bus public transportation systems.

The brokers at CBRE|The Boulos Company are often asked which neighborhood in Portland might be next to experience major growth in the near future where a developer or investor can get in on the ground level as pricing may be lower than some of the more established neighborhoods. Over the last decade, downtown Portland has witnessed several areas undergo tremendous change and improvement including...

Actress Alyssa Milano first gained fame playing Tony Danza’s daughter on the television sitcom Who’s the Boss. The show ran for eight seasons, snagged ten Emmy and five Golden Globe nominations (winning one of each), and established Milano as a bone fide teen idol. While her star has dimmed since then, she continues to work in Hollywood and seems to be one of the few child stars in recent memory to grow into adulthood without well-publicized trips to rehab or jail.

Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 1031 allows a property owner, who holds property for “the productive use in a trade or business or for investment”, to defer paying any capital gains taxes if the property owner sells such property, identifies “like kind” property within forty-five days of the sale, and acquires other “like kind” property within 180 days of the sale. The theory behind Section 1031 is that real estate investors selling and reinvesting in new investment property are not cashing out of their investment, and that the replacement property is a continuation of the old investment.