News: Spotlights
Posted: March 28, 2013
50 year anniversary question and answer Bryce Blair
Name: Bryce Blair
Title: Chairman of the Board
Company: AvalonBay
Years with Company: 27
Years in the Industry: 27
Email: bryceb@avalonbay.com
Website: www.avalonbay.com
What year did you discover the New England Real Estate Journal and what business were you doing at that time? I was a young high school student when I first learned of the NEREJ. I had a growing interest in real estate but also had a growing interest in the owners daughter. I subsequently married Kathi Hopkins (Rolly's daughter) and since then the New England Real Estate Journal has been a big part of both my business and family
life.
In what way has the New England Real Estate Journal been a benefit to you and your business? The NEREJ has been an important source of real estate news and opportunities for the New England region
How long have you been affiliated with the commercial real
estate industry? I have been in the real estate field for almost 30 years.
I began with Trammell Crow Resdential developing condominiums and apartments and then helped form AvalonBay communities which I had the privilege of serving as CEO of for 12 years.
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