I started off my career working as an administrative assistant at an architecture firm. Somehow, I have moved full circle – through the music, beverage and development fields – to come back to buildings, now working in commercial real estate.

KIAWAH ISLAND, SC- Kiawah Island Golf Resort officials are in the initial stages of constructing a new hotel property.

BOSTON-Richards Barry Joyce & Partners’ semi-annual bioSTATus report found that the Greater Boston biotech real estate market has had a strong start to 2012.

DENVER-Urbana Realty Advisors buys a 262-bed Best Western in Lake Tahoe, California.

DENVER-The gaming industry apparently presents some surprising statistics, as HREC’s Mike Cahill explains on a History Channel segment.

HOUSTON-According to a recent company release, HREC has successfully obtained a $10.7 million fixed-rate loan via a national commercial real estate lender. The purpose? The company was responsible for arranging the senior financing on the property, despite a “challenging” financing environment, Mike Armstrong, HREC principal and co head of Capital Markets, was quoted as saying. …

NEW YORK CITY-R4 Capital closed on the initial $80 million of a $100-million multi-investor fund.

NEW YORK CITY-Formerly of Colliers International, Mark Jaccom takes on the role of president and managing principal at Cresa New York.