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Combined Props. hires Martin, Seligmann and Gray

Real estate development firm Combined Properties Inc. has hired three people for three new positions in the company. Paul Martin, Sabina Seligmann, and Richard Gray bring experience and expertise for CPI to work with our tenants, brokers, clients, contractors and with the communities in which CPI own's properties. Martin, CPM, director of residential real estate will oversee all aspects of the operation at CPI's luxury high-rise community in Malden called 160 Pleasant Street, as well as assist with planning new residential developments. He has experience managing multiple housing types and programs and has extensive knowledge of compliance issues, marketing, maintenance and construction, capital planning as well as overseeing leasing and maintenance staff. Seligmann, project architect, a talented architect, Seligmann brings extensive project development and management experience and a solid knowledge of construction administration, budgeting and cost analysis to the development team at CPI. Sabina holds both a BFA and a BA from the R.I. school of Design, and she is fluent in Italian having lived and studied in Italy. Gray, director of facilities Gray has more than twenty years of facilities management experience with an emphasis on supporting a multi-campus computer technology environment. He will be responsible for CPI's portfolio of 35+ commercial properties around Greater Boston. Richard has a BSBA in Management Information Systems from Northeastern University.
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