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181: Fred Kramer, Former President @ ADD Inc. (now Stantec)
Fred Kramer joined ADD Inc. when it was a 15-person operation focused entirely on suburban Boston office buildings. Over the next three decades, he rose to President, blending his business discipline with design ambition. Under Fred...
180: Gregory Minott, Managing Principal @ DREAM Collaborative
In 2008, Greg Minott and co-founder Troy Depeiza launched DREAM Collaborative with a clear conviction: architecture, planning, and real estate development should exist under one roof. Now, seventeen years later, DREAM stands as Bost...
179: Tim Alexander and Bill Endicott, Mill Creek Residential
When Mill Creek Residential launched in 2011, it didn't look like the typical startup. Roughly 75 people came together to form the company with capital relationships already in place, construction expertise in hand, and a clear thesis on multif...
178: Celeste Tanner, President and Chief Development Officer @ Confluent Development
Nothing in Celeste Tanner's background suggested a future in real estate. Before rising to President and Chief Development Officer of Confluent Development, she majored in English in college, had no ties to the industry, and was starting in an ...
177: Toby Banta, Executive Managing Director @ Eastern Real Estate
When Toby Banta stepped in as Executive Managing Director at Eastern Real Estate nearly six years ago, the firm was hitting its stride. Even as COVID sent markets spinning, Eastern closed twelve deals in just two years - spanning multifamily, i...