NEW YORK CITY-“You can't be everything to everybody, so very early on you have to decide what is most important,” says Abrams, EVP with the Lansco Corp. and this year's Louis Smadbeck Broker Recognition Award recipient.

NEW YORK CITY-The Winter Organization's Robert C. Fink, who will be honored as Young Real Estate Man of the Year at REBNY's Annual Banquet in January, believes in treating people “the way I would want to be treated.”

NORWOOD, MA-Leasing agent Elliot Ravech says the three retail deals “mark the bulk of the former Syms Plaza fully leased.”

NEW YORK CITY-While 2013 has seen Dunkin Donuts cross the 500-store threshold across the five boroughs, the city has seen the smallest year-over-year growth in the number of chain stores since CUF began keeping track.

TORONTO-The retail leasing, investment sales and consulting firm will work with Canadian retailers who want to expand outside their native country, as well as with US and overseas retailers who want to make inroads into Canada.

CAMBRIDGE, MA-New owner Alexandria Real Estate Equities already has extensive holdings in the Kendall Square life sciences submarket, and is building more.

NEW YORK CITY-Notwithstanding the improvement in CMBS delinquencies last month, “the market was quiet, too quiet,” says Trepp's Manus Clancy.

NEWTON, MA-The REIT says Corvex and Related's bid to persuade fellow shareholders to vote out its current board represents “another attempt to seize control of the company for short-term gains.”