Rebirth Sweeps Across Boston’s Downtown Crossing

National + Weekender | April 14, 2017

What is Downtown Crossing? In CRE terms, it is likely denoted as a submarket of downtown Boston between Boston Common and the Financial District. But to understand what it really is requires a deeper look at its remarkable transformation.

Downtown Crossing is urban revival on a grand, glorious scale. And it is blood, sweat, and furrowed brows by the urban planners, developers and city leaders who risked greatly, envisioned grandly and struggled mightily to bring back to life a bleak, five-block “ugly hole” few dared look at, much less enter.

Today, Downtown Crossing is a hot kaleidoscope mix of uses, ranging from fashionable retailers, local merchants, chef-driven restaurants and hip bars, to vibrant hotels, high-end residential developments and cool creative office redevelopments. But beyond all the new projects, perhaps the biggest change on the streets of Downtown Crossing are the throngs of people that have rediscovered it.

If you’ve ever questioned why you got into, or are staying in commercial real estate, take a few minutes to read the full story on the link to the Boston Globe below. It will inspire you to hear what’s good about the profession, and the people who make it happen.

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Dennis Kaiser is Vice President of Public Relations and Communications for Connect Creative. Dennis is a communications leader with more than 40 years of experience including as a journalist and in corporate and agency marketing communications roles. He is responsible for Connect Creative’s agency client services and is involved in a range of initiatives ranging from public relations and content strategy, communications and message development, copywriting, media relations, social media and content marketing services. Prior to joining Connect Media in 2015, his most recent corporate communications roles involved leading a regional public relations effort across Southern California for CBRE, playing a key marketing role on JLL’s national retail team, and directing the global public relations effort at ValleyCrest (BrightView), the nation’s largest commercial landscape services company. He has worked on marketing communications assignments for such CRE companies as Blackstone/Equity Office, Carlyle, Caruso, Disney Resorts, GE Capital, Irvine Company, Hines, Howard Hughes Corp., Jeffries, Lennar, MGM, Marcus & Millichap, Prologis, Raleigh Studios, Simon, Starwood, Trammell Crow Company, Transamerica, UBS and Wynn Resorts. Dennis has also worked on communications and launch strategies for a number of consumer electronic, media and tech brands including SlingMedia, Channel Master, Deluxe Media Entertainment, BeIn Sports, EchoStar and Sprint. Dennis’s agency background included firms such as Off Madison Ave., Idea Hall and Macy + Associates. He has earned an outstanding reputation with organization leaders as a trusted advisor, strategic program implementer, consensus builder and exceptional collaborator. Dennis has developed and managed national communications programs for Fortune 500 companies to start-ups, both public and private. He’s successfully worked with journalists across the globe representing clients involved in major-breaking news stories, product launches, media tours, and company news announcements. Dennis has been involved in a host of charitable and community organizations including the American Cancer Society, Easter Seals, Boy Scouts, Chrysalis Foundation, Freedom For Life, HOLA, L.A.’s BEST, Reach Out and Read, Super Bowl Host Committee, and the Thunderbirds Charities.

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