Name: Anna Brigham
Title: Commercial Property Manager/Leasing Agent
Company: Davenport Realty
Location: 20 North Main St., South Yarmouth, MA
Place of birth: Boston, MA
Family: 3 Children
College: UMass, Amherst
First job unrelated to your current field: Scooping Ice cream at Baskin Robbins, Harvard Sq.
First job in current field: This one
What your firm does now and its plans for the future? Leases, owns residential and commercial property, owns large businesses like golf courses, resorts, elderly housing communities, fence companies, building companies.
Hobbies: Walking cranberry bogs, reading cookbooks, zoning reports
Favorite website: A Glass of Wine Solves Everything
Keys to success: Being passionate about what you do
Person(s) you most admire (outside of family): Anyone who reaches their goals and then sets higher ones and can do it with respect and a sense of humor
If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be? A Broadway performer
Hingham, MA The Conrad Group has brokered the sale of 55 Research Rd., South Shore Park. The property consists of a 20,340 s/f single story manufacturing building on two acres of land.
>They say, “April showers bring May flowers,” but this season may bring more movement in the housing market as springtime is one of the most popular times for home buying and selling. Although spring is one of the strongest seasons for the residential market, it may not be all rosebuds and butterflies if you don’t have the right advisors.
Long-term interest rates have fallen by 100 basis points, and the market is normalizing. In December of 2022 I wrote an article about investing in a high interest rate, high inflation market. Since then, inflation has cooled off, and the Fed has begun lowering their funds rate.
As healthcare facilities, often referred to as “Doc in a Box” clinics, increasingly move into traditional retail spaces, landlords are more frequently leasing to medical tenants. Unlike standard retail or office leases, medical facilities come with a unique set of considerations that must be carefully addressed to ensure a successful tenancy.
Facing higher costs, shrinking enrollments, reduced state funding and severe demographic headwinds, many colleges and universities in New England and the Northeast are fighting for survival. The latest to lose the battle is the 150 + year old University of the Arts in