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Posted: October 24, 2025
Celebrate your firm’s leadership and recognize your Industry Leader today!
We are now accepting profiles for the New England Real Estate Journal’s 2025 Ones to Watch: Industry Leaders Spotlight, publishing November 28. This annual feature recognizes exceptional professionals whose leadership, innovation, and vision are shaping the future of New England’s commercial real estate industry. It’s an opportunity to highlight the individuals driving your firm’s success and share their insights with NEREJ’s influential audience of CRE professionals.
Who Qualifies
Industry Leaders are senior executives or department heads within a CRE firm or an organization that supports the industry through its services. This includes CEOs, presidents, partners, directors, and other leadership roles who have made measurable contributions to their firms and communities. Offices of record must be located in New England, and each firm may recognize one leader. If you wish to recognize more than one leader, please contact us for additional feature opportunities.
Key Dates
Profile submission deadline: November 17
Advertising deadline: November 20
Publication date: November 28
All Industry Leader profiles submitted by November 17 will be published online on November 28. Select profiles will also appear in NEREJ’s print and digital editions, with preference given to advertisers and Corporate Connect members.
Celebrate your firm’s leadership and recognize your Industry Leader today.
For questions, problems accessing or submitting the profile questions, please contact John Picard at jpicard@nerej.com or your NEREJ account manager
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