Sean Nugent

Chairman, Preston Redevelopment Agency Summary 30+ years experience in research, management, and operations in biopharmaceutical R&D. Extensive experience in leading M&A teams from initiation through final business integration. Accomplished in establishing research and business alliances, outsourced partnerships and strategic planning. Experience in property repositioning and regional economic development. Bottom-line focused while building and growing flexible… Read more

Daniel Fariña

OHL – Executive Director, Project Co – CHUM Daniel Fariña has 20 years of experience in operation of major public infrastructure projects under different structured finance formula, mainly PPP/PFI having played a key role in CHUM Project transaction at financial close, largest North American bond deal and the subsequent management of the operation of CHUM… Read more

Jim Costello, CRE, quoted in National Real Estate Investor

Jim Costello, CRE, was recently featured in National Real Estate Investor to discuss a slowing of investment sales volume due to changes in investor behavior. Costello says that the underwriting process is taking longer and the negotiation process is tougher. “Now you have to be right on everything,” Costello says. “You can’t make mistakes there…. Read more

Geoff Dohrmann, CRE, celebrates the 30th Anniversary of IREI

This October marks the 30th anniversary of Institutional Real Estate, Inc. Founded in 1987, Institutional Real Estate, Inc. (IREI) is a global media firm recognized for sharing industry intelligence, knowledge and insights on institutional real estate and infrastructure marketplaces. Geoff Dohrmann, CRE, is the President and CEO of IREI. IREI creates news publications, special reports… Read more

Victor Calanog, CRE, coauthors “Houston After Harvey” white paper for REIS

REIS economists Victor Calanog, CRE, and Barbara Byrne Denham authored a white paper analyzing what to expect, based in part on REIS’s study of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and New York after Superstorm Sandy: Houston After Harvey: REIS Looks at the Impact on Commercial Real Estate. View the white paper here.

Alex Menard

Director, Investments and Development, Busac Real Estate As the director of investment and development at BUSAC Real Estate, Alexandre Ménard is actively involved in the strategic development of the company, focusing on the commercial, institutional and residential sectors. His responsibilities encompass activities related to the development of properties and sites, including redevelopment projects, the commissioning… Read more

News from CRE Headquarters

  The CRE® 2017-18 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate was announced on June 14, 2017 at the annual conference for the National Association of Real Estate Editors. Since the release, the 2017-18 Top Ten has been covered over 100 times by websites and publications including Forbes, Chicago Tribune, the Columbus Dispatch, GlobeSt.com, Urban Land Magazine,… Read more

H.E. “Skip” Preble, Jr., CRE

Managing Member, Land Analytics, LLC Skip Preble has spent over 30 years of his career showing developers and real estate investors in the US and internationally how to use financial modeling to design their projects. While architects, engineers and planners use lines to design, Skip uses data to design. Skip does not view financial modeling… Read more

Rob Nahigian Named to Massachusetts Real Estate Licensing Commission Education Subcommittee

On September 7, 2017, Rob Nahigian, CRE, of Auburndale Realty Co., Newton, Mass. was re-appointed by the Massachusetts Real Estate Licensing Commission/Real Estate Board to its Education Subcommittee. The Education Subcommittee reviews and recommends to the State’s Executive Director and Associate Executive Director the continuing educational requirements to remain a real estate licensed salesperson and/or… Read more

Member News

Awards & Honors William T. Anglyn, CRE, receives the Appraisal Institute’s Lifetime Achievement Award. National Association of Real Estate Editors Awards Hugh Kelly, CRE, the 2017 Robert Bruss Real Estate Book Gold Award. Joseph I. Neverauskas, CRE, Honored by the 2017 Jeffrey D. Fisher Real Estate Legacy Award for Real Estate Studies. Stanley Gniazdowski, CRE, honored… Read more

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