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Industry Pulse
Events
New England Condo Virtual Expo
Is Coming!
Attention Property Managers, Board
Members, Condo, HOA, and Apartment
Owners! Cooperator Events announces its
first virtual Expo in New England, taking
place on June 23, 2021 from 10:00 am to 4:00
pm. This virtual gathering will be a who’s
who of New England’s industry professionals.
Explore the virtual exhibit hall, interact with
vendors and service providers at their booths
through text and video chat, and attend a full
day of seminars, panel discussions, and vir-
tual networking, all from the convenience of
your office or home computer.
Best of all, the event is completely FREE to
attend; just visit ma.yrexpos.com to register.
You’ll receive an email confirmation with a
link to attend the event that will activate on
the day of the show, unlocking a wealth of in-
formation on everything from better manage-
ment practices to boiler repair. It’s that easy!
New England Condominium Presents
FREE Webinars—a Valuable Resource for
Boards and Managers at newenglandcondo.
com/events
New England Condominium,
a Yale
Robbins Infomedia publication, has been
a resource for the boards, managers, and
residents of co-ops, condos, and HOAs for
decades, both in print and online—and we
are pleased to provide another platform in
our toolkit: Cooperator Events, a series of
FREE educational ‘town-hall’ style webinars,
sponsored by leaders in the multifamily in-
dustry and focusing on issues and challenges
facing today’s boards. We have assembled
expert panels on everything from legal ques-
tions around the COVID-19 pandemic to
optimizing your insurance coverage to dis-
infecting your community’s pool. Registra-
tion and attendance are FREE to all—just
visit newenglandcondo.com/events, choose
the webinar you’d like to attend, and sign up.
It’s that simple. You’ll get an email link and
reminders for the event, and will have the
opportunity to submit questions for the pan-
elists before AND during the webinar itself.
Past events are archived and available on-de-
mand at newenglandcondo.com/events.
Serving on your board is a big job, and a
big responsibility, but sound, timely advice
from industry veterans can help lighten the
load and make your building or association
run more smoothly. We’re committed to
helping you achieve that, and look forward
to ‘seeing’ you at an upcoming webinar!
NESEA BuildingEnergy Conference Goes
Virtual
The Northeast Sustainable Energy As-
sociation (NESEA) will hold its 2021 Build-
ingEnergy Boston Conference — designed
by and for practitioners in the fields of high-
performance building and design, energy ef-
ficiency, and renewable energy—online this
month.
BuildingEnergy Boston annually brings
more than 1,000 industry leaders and emerg-
ing professionals together to learn from and
share ideas with each other. Sessions are cu-
rated by a volunteer NESEA-Member con-
tent committee to ensure that conference ses-
sions are genuinely useful to attendees.
The 2021 conference will be held virtually,
Wednesday–Friday, May 5–7. Wednesday
will feature a Methods & Materials Show-
case with live product demonstrations, net-
working events, and a keynote presentation.
Thursday and Friday will feature accredited
conference sessions that offer best practices
and lessons learned, case studies and proven
data, technical how-to’s, emerging technolo-
gies, and innovative policies and programs.
Getting at
WHY
is the theme of Buildin-
gEnergy Boston 2021. On its website, NESEA
says, “We believe that focusing on
WHY
will
empower building professionals with key in-
sights to successfully approach and navigate
challenges in their own work. Conference
sessions will share what knowledge/experi-
ence/resources practitioners brought to the
table and a commitment to getting at
WHY
they chose a certain path or course of ac-
tion. Presenters will share their approach to a
given challenge, in addition to what the data
show, what they learned, and, our favorite,
what they would never do again.”
For more information, visit nesea.org.
IREM Program Eyes Crime Prevention
The Boston Chapter of the Institute of
Real Estate Management (IREM) will pres-
ent an online seminar on “Crime Prevention
through Environmental Design: Multifamily
Manager Video Surveillance” on June 23.
The program in IREM’s Online Learning
Series will be led by Dion O’Brien, Philip E.
Bogucki, and Clayton Burnett of Security. For
details and to register, visit iremboston.org.
CAI-CT Presents Condo, Inc.
The Connecticut Chapter of Community
Associations Institute (CAI-CT) will pres-
ent its Condo, Inc. program virtually this
month. The program will be split into three
segments, on May 12, 19, and 26. The role of
a community board is to protect and increase
property value in an association. Becoming
a good board member is a process; but, you
can minimize the errors and the time it takes
you to get up to speed by attending this semi-
nar. The course will cover legal, financial, in-
surance, and other issues, along with a Q&A
period.
To register, visit caict.org.
Industry News
Tellier Joins Goldman & Pease Firm
The Needham, Massachusetts-based
law firm of Goldman & Pease, LLC, has an-
nounced that attorney Paul M. Tellier has
joined the firm.
Tellier “helps clients to succeed by de-
veloping and implementing practical strat-
egies to achieve their goals and by provid-
ing exceptional service,” the company said
in a press release. Tellier’s practice includes
both real estate and civil litigation matters
in both state and federal court. He repre-
sents property managers, condominium
associations, landlords, and owners in
all aspects of buying, selling, managing,
and operating residential and commercial
properties and has advised individuals and
companies on business formation, the pur-
chase and sale of businesses, and corporate
governance and compliance.
Tellier graduated magna cum laude
from Boston College in 2006 and from
Northeastern University School of Law in
2009. Prior to joining Goldman & Pease,
LLC, he practiced at Schofield Law Group,
LLC for over 11 years and represented cli-
ents in similar matters. He is admitted to
practice law in Rhode Island, Massachu-
setts, and the U.S. District Court for the
District of Massachusetts.
Tasha Davis Joins Schochet Team
The Schochet Companies has hired
Tasha Davis as portfolio manager, accord-
ing to a press release. Davis joins Schochet
from Peabody Properties, where she was a
multi-site senior community manager re-
sponsible for supervision of five sites. Prior
to that, she held positions as senior com-
munity manager for Trinity Management
LLC; and as property manager for Maloney
Properties, Cruz Management, and Hall-
Keen Management Co.
Davis holds a
Bachelor of Science
degree from Cam-
bridge College and
anticipates receiv-
ing a masters in
Urban Affairs from
Boston University
in May 2022. She is
a candidate for Cer-
tified Property Manager and has obtained
certification in the following areas: Insti-
tute of Real Estate Management (IREM)
Accredited Residential Manager; National
Center for Housing Management; Site
Based Budgeting Specialist; Certified Oc-
cupancy Specialist; New England Afford-
able Housing Management Association
Tax Credit Specialist; Spectrum Enter-
prises Certified Credit Compliance Profes-
sional; IREM—executive councilor, as well
as receiving a Communities of Quality-Ex-
emplary Family Property Award in 2015.
First Condos in CT Raised for Concrete
Replacement
A building in the Willington Ridge Con-
do complex in Willington, Connecticut, re-
cently became the first condo in the state to
be raised and lifted for pyrrhotite removal,
according to a news report on WTNH.
The Connecticut Department of Hous-
ing has estimated that more than 35,000
homes in the state are facing the potential
for failed concrete foundations due to the
possible presence of a naturally occurring
iron sulfide, pyrrhotite, in the concrete.
The concrete originated from the JJ Mottes
Concrete Company in Stafford Springs,
Connecticut, during the years 1983 – 2015,
the state website explains. “The mineral is
found in a Willington, Connecticut, quarry
that no longer supplies aggregate for resi-
dential foundations,” the website says.
The state is providing financial assis-
tance to homeowners who have crumbling
foundations due to pyrrhotite, where the
home, condo, planned unit development,
or home addition was built between Janu-
ary 1, 1983, and December 31, 2015.
At the end of March, Congressman Joe
Courtney joined community leaders, engi-
neers, and residents at the Willington Ridge
Condo complex to watch Foundation Solu-
tions of New England begin work on lifting
the building to replace the foundation.
Real Estate &
Development
Want to Live Like a Champ?
Tom Brady’s former home, a condo at 314
Commonwealth Ave. in Boston’s Back Bay
neighborhood, hit the market this spring.
The asking price: a cool $6,995,000.
The 3,422-square-foot condo in the Bur-
rage Mansion has 10 rooms, including three
bedrooms and three full bathrooms. The
unit encompasses the entire second floor of
the mansion and overlooks Commonwealth
Avenue. Campion and Company, which has
listed the property, described the mansion
as “a landmark corner building that is the
epitome of style and opulence with museum-
quality detail throughout its graciously scaled
interiors.”
The longtime Patriots QB and his su-
permodel wife, Gisele Bündchen, sold the
condo for $5,285,000 in 2008, before mov-
ing to Beacon Street, according to Masslive.
com. Most recently, the couple moved to
Florida after Brady joined the Tampa Bay
Buccaneers. According to the
New York
Post
, Brady and his wife spent $17 million
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