Name: Leslie Cohen
Title: Vice President of Development
Company: Samuels & Associates
Location: Boston, Mass.
Place of birth: Pittsburgh, Pa.
Family: Married with 2 children
College: Tufts University, Bachelors of Science in Civil Engineering; Babson, MBA
First job outside of real estate: Lifeguard
First job in real estate or allied field: Civil engineer at Sasaki Associates
What your firm does now and its plans for the future: Real estate development focused on mixed use urban and suburban.
Hobbies: Exercise, anything with my kids
Favorite book: "Womenomics" by Claire Shipman
Favorite movie: "Stealing Home"
Person you most admire (outside of family): My father (inside family); Hillary Clinton
Keys to success: Work hard and work smart; great childcare.
If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be? Wedding planner
Providence, RI Shawmut Design and Construction celebrated the ceremonial groundbreaking for the 195 District Park Pavilion, marking the start of construction on a facility that will feature year-round dining and support space for park operations. In addition to the 3,500 s/f building, the project will include infrastructure upgrades
The New England Real Estate proud to showcase the remarkable projects that have graced the cover and center spread of NEREJ this year, all made possible by the collaboration of outstanding project teams. Now, it's time to recognize the top project of 2024, and we need your vote!
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.
The industrial markets have never been stronger. What has happened is that the build out of Devens with new high-tech biotech manufacturing with housing to service these buildings serves as the connector required to really make the I-495 West market sizzle. Worcester has been the beneficiary