Chapter News

European Chapter Produces Collaboration Booklet In an effort to facilitate international collaboration, the European Chapter has produced an electronic booklet with profiles of participating European CREs and U.S. based CREs who conduct assignments in Europe. You can request the booklet by contacting Paul Coady in the CRE office (pcoady@cre.org). Scott Muldavin Visits Chapters Over Summer… Read more

Fred Campbell, CRE

President, CEO, The Cascade Group, LLC Professional Experience Mr. Campbell is the President and CEO of The Cascade Group, llc, a firm specializing real estate consulting, development services, brokerage-transactions and corporate services including strategic planning, project management, feasibility and financial analysis for individual, corporate and institutional clients nationally and internationally. He is also a co-founder… Read more

Marie-Andrée Boutin

Vice President of Real Estate, Aldo Group Marie-Andrée Boutin graduated with an MBA from Concordia University. She began her career in 1984 at Provigo developing large size food stores. She then acted as Director of Real Estate for Steinberg and then Director of Leasing for Cadillac Fairview. She began her career at the Aldo Group… Read more

Monique Rosszell

Managing Director, Toronto, HVS Monique Rosszell, AACI, RICS, ISHC, is a partner and the Managing Director of the Toronto office of HVS. Upon attaining a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Queen’s University, she fell in love with the hotel industry in Japan and subsequently enrolled in the Master’s program in Hotel and Restaurant Management at… Read more

Brian Fahey

President, Fahey + Associates Brian Fahey is the President of Fahey et associés, a firm specializing in urban planning, landscape architecture and urban design. A graduate in Urban Planning with a Masters in Urban Management, he has nearly 30 years of experience in planning and development, in both the municipal and real estate sectors. His… Read more

Nicolas Désourdy

Vice-President & Partner, Carbonleo Nicolas Désourdy is a real estate professional with over 10 years of experience in the real estate and retail sales industries, including a strong focus on customer service. As Vice President & Partner, he is responsible for the leasing of commercial and office space across Carbonleo’s entire portfolio of real estate… Read more

Member Spotlight: Lewis W. Stirling III, CRE®

“The More Complicated the Better” The Backstory Asked what his life goal was upon entering college, Lewis W. Stirling III, CRE, might have quipped that he wanted to be a rock star – or to play music in a bar on Bourbon Street. But when he graduated from Louisiana State University a few years later, his… Read more

Noah Shlaes, CRE, quoted in RE Journals

Noah Shlaes, CRE, was interviewed for RE Journals on the impact of emerging technology on the industrial sector. The article explores how advances in robotics, 3D printing, and the internet of things can increase efficiency and transform business models. “There are so many implications for the configurations of warehouses, for the through-put of warehouses,” Shlaes… Read more

In Memoriam

Richard D. Simmons, CRE Emeritus Richard D. Simmons, CRE Emeritus, passed away on August 2, 2017. He was 95. Richard was born in Fall River, Massachusetts on May 20, 1922. Following high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served as first lieutenant from 1943 to 1946. Richard started selling residential real estate in… Read more

David Kirk, CRE, quoted in Boston Globe

David Kirk, CRE, was recently quoted in the Boston Globe.  The article focuses on adaptive reuse in Boston, where historic buildings are refurbished into modern businesses and popular chains. “I think initially it was very tough for national chains that were used to developing on pods in the suburbs with their cookie-cutter demographic screens to… Read more

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