Name: Thomas Hefferman
Title: Regional Vice President, Commercial Sales Division
Company: Mac-Gray
Location: 404 Wyman St., Suite 400, Waltham, Mass.
Place of birth: Brookline, Mass.
Family: Married, 4 children
College: Westfield State University
First job unrelated to your current field: Coca Cola
First job in current field: Biz Development manager
What your firm does now and its plans for the future: Identifying new laundromat locations.
Hobbies: Spending time with my family, racquetball
Favorite movie: "Fever Pitch"
Key to success: Trust and relationship building
Person you most admire (outside of family): George Bush, Jr.
If you had to choose another vocation, what would it be? Motivational speaker
Malden, MA According to Combined Properties, Inc., the Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) has renewed its lease at 195 Canal St. and will continue to operate its Malden Family Medicine Center there
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.
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.