Dr. Andrea Chegut

Director, MIT Real Estate Innovation Lab Dr. Andrea Chegut is the Director of the MIT Real Estate Innovation Lab, which investigates innovative products and technologies, their financial value, and economic growth impacts in the built environment.  The lab is an interdisciplinary group of computational designers, urban planners, economists and statisticians that work to understand change… Read more

Hans Vrensen, CRE

Head of Research and Strategy, AEW Europe LLP Hans Vrensen, CFA©, CRE© is a managing director heading AEW’s award-winning European Research & Strategy team supporting its investment clients and businesses. Hans is a member of the Executive Committee, the Logistis Fund and other Investment Committees. As an analyst in the international commercial real estate capital… Read more

George Vallone, CRE

President of The Hoboken Brownstone Company As President of The Hoboken Brownstone Company (HBC) — a multi-faceted real estate development firm active along New Jersey’s Hudson River “Gold Coast” — George Vallone, along with his friend and Business Partner for 40 years – Chief Operating Officer Daniel Gans, has compiled extensive experience in urban housing… Read more

Doug Poutasse, CRE

Managing Director, Head of Strategy and Research at BentallGreenOak Doug Poutasse is Managing Director, Head of Strategy and Research at BentallGreenOak, with overall responsibility for overseeing the strategy of U.S. and Canadian investments and directing the research teams. He serves on the US Management Committee and US and Canadian Investment Committees. Doug has over 35… Read more

Jim Halliday

Managing Director, NB Development As Managing Director, Jim Halliday is responsible for the overall strategic direction of the Company. In leading the Senior Management Team, Jim is responsible for coordinating the efforts of all aspects and functions of the Company. In sharing functional responsibilities with the other members of the Senior Management Team, Jim has… Read more

Robert Cleary, CRE

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, BOSTON SPECIALIST & FACILITIES PORTFOLIO ADVISORY, Colliers International Bob initiated his real estate advisory practice focused on the downtown Boston office market in 1988 and was employed by Meredith & Grew, Inc. from 1995 – 2003 (Colliers’ predecessor). He rejoined the Boston team in October 2015 after more than a decade of… Read more

Paul Briggs, CRE

Managing Director, Head of U.S. Research, BentallGreenOak Paul leads BentallGreenOak’s U.S. Research & Strategy team and has nearly 25 years of experience as a commercial real estate market researcher and investment strategist. He joined the firm in 2011 and his work has been integral to the formulation and execution of investment strategies on behalf of… Read more

Richard Barkham, PhD, CRE, MRICS

Richard is one of the world’s leading real estate economists.  He joined CBRE in 2014 as Executive Director and Global Chief Economist.  He is based in Boston and, as CBRE’s Global Head of Research, leads a team of 700 researchers worldwide, whilst travelling and speaking extensively on key real estate trends.  He is Chairman of… Read more

CRE Collaboration

Kathleen Rose, CRE, and Brian Dolehide, CRE, will represent the CRE Consulting Corps at the Conference for Catholic Facility Management (CCFM) on May 5 in Baltimore.  Along with Deacon Tom Croke of the Philadelphia Archdiocese, they will present three compelling case studies that will showcase approaches to portfolio assessment, adaptive reuse, and disposition in challenging… Read more

Real Property. Real Talk.

2020 Chair Michel Couillard, CRE, was quoted in Bisnow.com on the impact of infrastructure repair and modernization on real estate and economic growth. Read it here. Paul Chiles, CRE, addressed Seattle University students, faculty, alumni, and staff on Dr. Martin Luther King’s timeless impact on society and students of color in particular. Mr. Chiles also… Read more

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