Three BL Companies principals were featured in the latest Spotlight section of the New England Real Estate Journal titled “Ones to Watch: Innovators in Commercial Real Estate.” Each employee owner’s profile featured their response to a question about their work.
Matthew Bruton, PE, Regional Manager — Land Development, responding to the question, “What innovation or accomplishment are you most proud of?”: From mixed-use developments to quick-service restaurants to national retailers, it’s always a special moment when one of your properties comes to life. But there’s just something extra special about it happening in the community where you were born, raised, went to school and started a family of your own. Our engineering team has permitted millions of square feet of new development in New England.
Samuel Haydock, LEP, Manager, Project Development, responding to the question, “Where do you see the biggest opportunities for innovation in commercial real estate or your area of expertise?”: I’ve been involved in the world of investigating and remediating brownfields for years. When it comes to innovation in commercial real estate, these properties provide seemingly endless possibilities. What was once left for blight can become a blank canvas for a developer’s vision and turn into something productive and useful that uplifts the people in the community and generates tax revenue for the municipality.
Christen Robbins, RA, Senior Project Manager, responding to the question “What innovation or accomplishment are you most proud of?”: Innovation isn’t always a priority, which may seem surprising coming from someone with a design background, but I’m always looking first and foremost at how to best serve my client and the people in their buildings. I’ve done a lot of work for higher education thinking about both the facility side and the student side. Innovative ideas sometimes lead to confusion. It’s about identifying where innovation fits and what the client actually needs.
Read about the rest of the Ones to Watch: Innovators in Commercial Real Estate” here.