Name: Leyla Kimball
Title: In-house Counsel
Company: Hecht Development
Location: Concord, Mass.
Birthplace: Boston, Mass.
Family: Husband and three children
College: Merrimack College
First job unrelated to current field: Bank auditor
First job in real estate or allied field: Legal associate
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future: Currently involved in all aspects of purchasing, developing and constructing shopping centers and planning for large scale development projects.
Hobbies: Reading, gardening, running
Favorite book: Books by Jhumpa Lahiri
Favorite movie: "Traffic"
Person you admire most (outside of family): Abigail Adams
Key to success: Dedication
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Advocate for children
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